Might as well give it a shot (pun intended). Like Half my department and half the spouses are on it. Couple people it didn’t work for because they had side effects. I’m not on it, but anything I know it is that if you don’t have side effects you can stay on it indefinitely and if anything, it’s healthier for you.
I’m only a bit overweight at the moment. My issue is that I need energy and more time at a gym. And a lower back that’s 20 years younger.
FWIW, if it’s not a musculoskeletal injury/concern (and their possible neuropathic symptoms), maybe focusing on core & lower back strength at a gentle but regular pace could hero you like it has for me. My spine’s survived 3 rollovers/tumbling crashes, ~10 auto collisions (7 while I was parked/stopped!), a 90ft cliff jump (never again), and teen years @ a McDojo. I’ve run for improvement, certainly, but the 237lbs I was at a couple years ago is now down to ~170lbs, and I more often feel 20 again —until I look at the world around me, ofc. Then, I’m old AF & tired of fighting the Sisyphean battles toward common decency and compassionate “civilization”. 😅😶
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 17 hours ago
Thanks. It’s some of both for me, really. Exercise definitely helps, but at the end of the day, I got a messed up back. It’s not bad enough from butting me down and out very often at all, so I’ll keep exercising and stretching and make it last as long as I can.