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syzygy_lj

Resolutions

Jan 01, 2011 17:31

Ah, New Year's Day. You are so much better than New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve was spent in a weird funk, wherein I did not feel like doing anything and had to rally my strength to even go out for dinner with friends. As it is, I left before midnight, pleading general malaise. I was in bed just as 2011 was being rung in.

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nonelvis January 2 2011, 01:51:54 UTC

These are all good resolutions, and I've got #1 and #7 on my list as well. Like you, it's the diabetes thing that scares me, especially since my father was diagnosed with Type II diabetes a few years ago after being wildly overweight pretty much for as long as I can remember. I don't want that to happen to me.

Are you mostly going to be working out with the Wii? I've found that helps, but we're going to get a treadmill, too.

syzygy_lj January 2 2011, 02:00:01 UTC

Both of my parents, one of my dad's brothers and my maternal grandmother all have/had diabetes. My father's is just crazy-- he had an infection on his foot a year ago or more and the wound is just closing now, and he's on so many medications and insulin and and and. Mom's is under control, to the point where she claims she is not diabetic anymore.

I will be sticking to the Wii for now, and we have an exercise bike that I never use. We don't have room for a treadmill.

profrobert January 2 2011, 07:43:47 UTC

I added you as a flickr friend, but I unhelpfully use a different username there, so if you see the Sport Death icon, that's me.

I'm not a financial adviser, but if you have problems spending everything that comes in, consider "billing" yourself after every paycheck and sending that amount to an investment account. At your age, I'd recommend a stock index fund like the Vanguard S&P 500, assuming they do business in Canada. Then, as you get closer to retirement age, you shift from equities into bonds or preferred stocks that throw off income instead of appreciating in value. Vanguard and Fidelity both have very good sites that help you figure out what you need to save and what mix of assets to invest in at a given age.

Happy new year!