Taking charge of your own health

Welcome Meg, am sure you will waste many a happy hour on here, as I do! I agree it's difficult to make changes when a partner doesn't feel the need. Is it possible that you can ask a friend to go with you on short walks, also there are supportive threads on here if you do decide to make some changes in your eating habits. Maybe start small with achievable goals to begin - good luck!

Madmeg, I sympathise. I know how you feel.
I am overweight and find it really hard to stick to a diet or healthy lifestyle. I am at last trying very hard for the sake of my dgd.
I feel as if I cannot do anything for myself but for her sake I m prepared to try. I have joined a slimming club and for the first time in my life I feel as if I am doing something about it. My dh has no interest in healthy eating, lives for his food and is quite happy. I envy him but feel as if I need to keep fit so that I do not become a 'frumpy granny'. Left to my own devices I would eat and drink to my hearts content, probably with dire consequences!
It is not easy I can tell you ! A stone off so far and quite a bit to go!

It's funny how people start threads and then disappear
I m not sure that fasting thing has any bearing on cancer my son in law was so healthy a road runner used to run 12 miles a day he didn't drink or smoke and died at 46 from thyroid cancer leaving two little kids
I don't think all the things the original poster aims for will make that much difference if he or she gets cancer it worked against my son in law as they said because he was so fit none of his cancer showed up and the aches and pains he had were put down to exercise aches

My mum died aged 61. She had an enlarged heart which was probably caused by childhood Scarlett Fever or a viral infection. She was diagnosed after she went for a mass x-ray as she was becoming short of breath when she rode her bike. No amount of 'healthy living' would have changed that.

My rule is generally 'everything in moderation'! Enjoy whatever you do choose to eat and eat 'mindfully', only do exercise you enjoy and is comfortable for you, laugh as much as you can, do one thing a day just for you!

None of us knows what lies ahead and being slavish to self imposed 'health' routines is no guarantee of longevity or personal happiness!