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In fairness @Deadmanposting, I’m re-reading that exchange and no one was actually complaining. There was a fairly neutral exchange about numbers versus feelings and then you started posting about only giving us bad news in future and how we always complain. This feels more about you than us...

I think of this as somewhere where I can be myself, and I think any of you who know me in real life can attest to that.

fair enough, not the intent behind my message but that’s the danger of putting my thoughts on the internet I suppose.

I said something about VO2 max just being a number and not the feeling of being healthy. It was honestly a throwaway thing, not meant to be a challenge to his worldview!

And I’m actually finding most of your posts genuinely great and I’m trying to get out of my own head and do more lately because you are clearly thriving. But I’m not going to be stepping on a weighing scales, let alone having my VO2 max done.

It wasn’t that I was saying don’t be happy but relying on a number like VO2 max (which still misses a huge amount of your health) instead of just happy with feeling healthy just seems to be looking for a proxy of happiness. What do you do if you never improve your VO2 max but continue to be...

Once more, with feeling.

Please do.

I suppose. I don’t do that either. I guess it’s the idea that you don’t need a measurement to spur you into action. The behavioural changes @Deadmanposting already has made are the ones you’d do in response to the VO2 max reading being below what you want it to be - it seems redundant to me when...

I suppose that’s the bit I don’t get. It’s a number as opposed to that feeling of being well. Like I don’t do a blood test to measure my CRP levels to feel any more disease free for example.

Or free your mind entirely and just be well?

I put down flooring panels in my attic today and my back is now killing me from all the stooping and lifting. However, I bought myself knee pads and my knees are in fabulous form despite spending my day on them.

I have this similar tendency when talking to my wife as I undress.

I just got one of these: https://frontierwargaming.com/product/hobby-deck/

Is he an Airfix nerd or Warhammer jock like me?

You’re in America though, so all the treats are gank.

I think you’re overreacting to what I posted. It’s absolutely good for your mental health*, and it will help if you have depression but you said yourself you’ve never suffered from depression. It’s not just feeling sad, it’s a complete wipeout of mood, motivation, and self-care. You’re talking...

I think it’s often offered as a glib “sure, exercise will cure it!” thing because generally, yeah, it cheers you up. But if you’re suffering from actual clinical depression, it’s like someone offering to put Savlon on a broken femur.

Interesting. I just checked my phone and I did over a 1000 miles walking in the last 12 months. Take that, UKanians!

No, one of them has just had really bad health for years and it’s put pressure on different organ systems. The other works on sites and I think the cut was just unfortunate. In the context of the above, the fortune cookie I got yesterday was a bit of a dire prediction: