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Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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Re: Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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Be careful not to drink too much water though, your body needs the salt that gets flushed away :-)

As a 3-4l of water/day type of person I have first hand encountered the lack of salt (cramps while I sleep) and also the solution: add salt to your diet. I makes the food taste nice to boot!

oooh, I wonder if that's why I sometimes get cramps while I sleep. I feel like if I stretch my legs too much while in bed, I could randomly get a cramp.

Re: Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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Books have the benefit that they are usually not fixed in place. When I read, I tend to change my posture quite a lot. Of course you can get similar mobility watching videos on a tablet/smart phone.

TV has the same if not better benefit - it's probably just less frequently utilized. I'm sure I watch more TV than the average American (which is saying a lot) with a screen in all of the major rooms in my apartment. But 50-75% of the time that I'm watching, I'm cleaning, preparing meals, etc.

It depends on what folks are binge watching. My only gripe with living in the 'Golden Age of Television' is that the shows are too good, contain too much depth, and warrant 100% attention to lest you miss its subtleties.

Re: Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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I sit most of the days but I also take about 12-20k steps/day walking. So basically whenever I don't sit around in front of a computer I move. Is that really so bad? I mean you have to rest sometimes.

I don't think casual movement or low pace walking is enough. I've been less active for a while and can feel a difference after I run.

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I sit most of the days but I also take about 12-20k steps/day walking. So basically whenever I don't sit around in front of a computer I move. Is that really so bad? I mean you have to rest sometimes.

How much of those steps are real, physical exercise? This is the biggest problem in American culture. No one actually exerts themselves physically. Take a look at the legs of a Dutch grandmother. Rippling with muscle because they bike every day, everywhere.

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I work remotely 80-90 hours a week using my laptop (this is important: your screen needs to be mobile). Here's how I currently try to keep my body moving: - I don't have a desk or chair. I have a bar table and a stool. This makes a huge difference. I get uncomfortable sitting on the stool after about 30 minutes, so I get off. Then I'll stand at the bar table and work for an hour or two. When I get tired of that, I'll…

"I work remotely 80-90 hours a week" I think that's your problem right there, regardless of all the extra measures you're taking, that's mental.

I think he might be counting his exercise time in that and working 7 days a week. 11 hour work day with a total of 2-4 hours of breaks interspersed sounds about OK.

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"I work remotely 80-90 hours a week" I think that's your problem right there, regardless of all the extra measures you're taking, that's mental.

Why are some people always suspicious of others who work a lot ? Genuine question as I don't have this kind of sensibility it seems.

>> Why are some people always suspicious of others who work a lot ?

Sometimes it's bragging. Sometimes it's somewhat delusional. A lot of folks who say they work that long don't really.

To be forced to do that much is awful, to do it voluntarily is probably obsessive.

We absolutely do not want that to become 'normal' or accepted. As others have mentioned, our forebears fought very hard to get the right to a family life, the right to time away from the grind. We shouldn't give it up so easily.

It's also likely to be really unhealthy.

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I work remotely 80-90 hours a week using my laptop (this is important: your screen needs to be mobile). Here's how I currently try to keep my body moving: - I don't have a desk or chair. I have a bar table and a stool. This makes a huge difference. I get uncomfortable sitting on the stool after about 30 minutes, so I get off. Then I'll stand at the bar table and work for an hour or two. When I get tired of that, I'll…

"I work remotely 80-90 hours a week" I think that's your problem right there, regardless of all the extra measures you're taking, that's mental.

I love my work, and doing something 80-90 hours a week that I love hardly seems like a problem. :-) I work 7 days a week, so it works out to around 12 hours a day. That gives me 4 hours of 'other' time if I sleep 8 hours a night.

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In my experience a large percentage of people that are fat are in a scooter and most of the older people are either on a scooter or in a wheelchair. It definitely makes one deja vu to WALL-E. If everyone was in a scooter they would have to limit admissions even more, it's built to accommodate scooters but not for everyone to be in a scooter, yet. The fireworks show would be a total traffic jam without the mobility of…

Those places ought to require a doctor's note with a legitimate medical problem (not just obesity) in order to use a motorized scooter.

It's always so nice when the FPH shows up. Thanks.

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"I work remotely 80-90 hours a week" I think that's your problem right there, regardless of all the extra measures you're taking, that's mental.

I love my work, and doing something 80-90 hours a week that I love hardly seems like a problem. :-) I work 7 days a week, so it works out to around 12 hours a day. That gives me 4 hours of 'other' time if I sleep 8 hours a night.

regardless of whether you love it or not, somebody better be paying you bucketloads of overtime for that

Re: Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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"I work remotely 80-90 hours a week" I think that's your problem right there, regardless of all the extra measures you're taking, that's mental.

I love my work, and doing something 80-90 hours a week that I love hardly seems like a problem. :-) I work 7 days a week, so it works out to around 12 hours a day. That gives me 4 hours of 'other' time if I sleep 8 hours a night.

>I love my work, and doing something 80-90 hours a week that I love hardly seems like a problem. :

I think his point is that regardless of the measures you're taking, your health will likely suffer.

I'd hazard sitting a lot in a 40 hour job and moving around the rest may be safer.

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