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Re: Middle age funk question
« Reply #25 on: October 01, 2011, 11:19:50 AM »
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My middle age funk is based on being tired and hurting and lacking energy[/quote
Yeah....I think that is a huge part of it for me as well.  As my dad used to say, "my get up and go, got up and went". 
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Re: Middle age funk question
« Reply #26 on: October 01, 2011, 11:59:16 AM »
I assume you still have the full auto Thompson! 

If not you got some 'splainin' to do, dood!

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Re: Middle age funk question
« Reply #27 on: October 01, 2011, 08:49:17 PM »
I've watched best bud go through this every fall/winter for the past ten+ years. Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Here's a shortlist:
-  Exercise (and sunlight if you can get it)
-  Vitamins
-  Setting up little treats for yourself over time so you always have something ahead to look forward to
-  Change up your routine a bit
-  Seduce the wife (sex cures a lot!)
-  Don't make any major decisions until you're on the other side of it (i.e. selling things that you really enjoyed, buying things that sound like a good idea right now)
-  Cut yourself some slack and don't over-analyze things

Good luck Lee. You'll get through it. And do have the testosterone checked. Best Bud and I joke around all the time that her hubby's going through MENopause, but there is a hormone fluctuation for men as they age too.
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Re: Middle age funk question
« Reply #28 on: October 01, 2011, 09:39:24 PM »
These days, sex with the wife and riding my horse are the only things that make life worth living.
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Re: Middle age funk question
« Reply #29 on: October 01, 2011, 09:47:36 PM »
Quote from: MrsSmith on October 01, 2011, 08:49:17 PM
I've watched best bud go through this every fall/winter for the past ten+ years. Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Here's a shortlist:
-  Exercise (and sunlight if you can get it)

I'm 250lbs.  Running would hurt my feet.  I bike when I can, but the snow can get deep.

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-  Vitamins

3 grams C, niacin, assorted others stuff.

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-  Cut yourself some slack and don't over-analyze things

Good luck Lee. You'll get through it. And do have the testosterone checked. Best Bud and I joke around all the time that her hubby's going through MENopause, but there is a hormone fluctuation for men as they age too.

No medical insurance.  Health care is catch as catch can, whatever can be afforded.  I am fortunate to have good genes.

It may help this year, that I have cut my caffeine and coffee to almost nothing.  I think it was making me stupid.
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Re: Middle age funk question
« Reply #30 on: October 01, 2011, 11:07:44 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on October 01, 2011, 11:10:03 AM

My middle age funk is based on being tired and hurting and lacking energy, and knowing it ain't gonna get any better ...  =(

I resemble that remark.

This is going to be the first year in the last four that I have time to really go hunting. And I might be broke enough this year to need the added meat.

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Re: Middle age funk question
« Reply #31 on: October 01, 2011, 11:52:31 PM »
Quote from: Waitone on October 01, 2011, 11:59:16 AM
I assume you still have the full auto Thompson! 

If not you got some 'splainin' to do, dood!



Very quickly, as I've told this before, and don't want to veer the thread: bought for $1800 in 1988. Prices were going nowhere, wasn't shooting it much because ammo was $$$. Had my eye on something else in 1996, and figured I could always get another Thompson. Sold it for the $1800 I paid. Rest is history.

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Re: Middle age funk question
« Reply #32 on: October 01, 2011, 11:59:37 PM »
<sniff>Sad story</sniff>
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Re: Middle age funk question
« Reply #33 on: October 02, 2011, 12:01:21 AM »
You don't want to veer this thread, Dick?  Shame on you, sir.  Shame, shame shame on you. :P =D
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Re: Middle age funk question
« Reply #34 on: October 02, 2011, 11:21:14 AM »
Quote from: lee n. field on October 01, 2011, 09:47:36 PM
I'm 250lbs.  Running would hurt my feet.  I bike when I can, but the snow can get deep.

3 grams C, niacin, assorted others stuff.

No medical insurance.  Health care is catch as catch can, whatever can be afforded.  I am fortunate to have good genes.

It may help this year, that I have cut my caffeine and coffee to almost nothing.  I think it was making me stupid.

Walking and simple calisthenics would help. I understand about no health insurance, been in that boat for a while. But GNC or some equivalent "health" store would likely have some sort of testosterone supplement. Do some research online to help determine how much to use/take. Give it a month.
And I stand by the theory of giving yourself something to look forward to. It really does help. One of my favorite quotes (by Chalmers) is "The Grand Essentials of Happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."
Pretty basic, but true.
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Re: Middle age funk question
« Reply #35 on: October 02, 2011, 12:26:05 PM »
Definition of middle age? My definition is "10 years older than I am now."  =D

Having said that, 80 somehow doesn't seem all that old any more.  :O

Take it for what it's worth.

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Re: Middle age funk question
« Reply #36 on: October 02, 2011, 07:12:07 PM »
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Having said that, 80 somehow doesn't seem all that old any more. 

Hell, I can see 80 from my window. (Actually, I can see Sarah Palin from my window, but that's another story).
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