This is my kind of thread. I taught PE for 40 yrs and was married to a clinical dietician for 25 yrs. The body adapts so doing the same cardio may have some diminishing returns. And the same is with diet. Your weight plateaus as your body adapts to the intake. The key to both is probably changing it up. Madison said water. Drinking more in my mid sixties has helped a lot with my digestion. I have diverticulitis and I fixed that with diet years ago. But the water has made a great difference. I found a new book recently
Attachment 36013 and it basically affirms that you move you live, you move a lot and you live longer and much healthier and if you sit you are gonna die and have poor health. I recently had that epiphany in my old easy chair. It was like a drug so I threw it out. Movement raises your metabolism and helps digestion. Maintains flexibility and actually gives you energy. So Ive done a stairmaster for about 20 yrs now. Easy on the joints and three miles, 5 days a week. I also do weights. There is proof they are good for you as you age. I was lucky those forty years because my job was a lot of exercise as I lead each class in exercise and stretching each day 6 classes a day. Retiring 3 yrs ago I had to create my own program.