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Is it normal for your body to be falling apart at 28? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Turning 28 in a month and in the past year everything has gotten drastically worse.

Is this just a normal part of aging or am I unlucky? I mean I am almost 30 but it just seemed kind of sudden idk.

Like for example my varicose veins have gotten exponentially worse this year, I feel like my skin is sagging a lot over my whole body, and I feel like I've lost muscle mass, like significantly. To be fair I wasn't as active as usual but in other similar situations I was never looking this way.

Doctors said I'm fine btw. I'm just so exhausted and it's depressing seeing this shit.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I was starting to go that way in my late twenties. Started training in the gym. Thirties now, looking and feeling better than at any other point in my life. I beat my high school time for the 1 mile run by 30s recently, I couldn’t believe it.

I’ve seen people much older than you or I totally turn their lives around. I think for most people, it’s not getting older that is the problem, but rather, being sedentary over the long run is just way more destructive than we realize. Even just daily long walks makes a night and day difference

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How long? Is an hour or so ok or is that not long?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Anything at all is vastly better than sitting around all day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

An hour is great.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yup I didn’t get back to a healthy weight until after my kid was born at 40. Really till he started running around so closer to 42-43.

Then I got Covid just before the vaccine was available for our ages and have been underweight since. Just finally started gaining back decent muscle this winter but still having trouble keeping weight on (I’m 6’3 and 170-175lbs (~190cm ~78kg)).

Was around 200lbs (90kg) while my wife was pregnant.