[fatnotlazy]

My Grandma lived to be 90. The only produce she used were apples for her strudel and potatoes and onions for potato pancakes. She ate everything fried, potato chips, used lard in her baking and drank 2 beers a day. She didn't “exercise” exactly, but she worked hard and it was her choice. Refused to buy an automatic washer and dryer. Scrubbed clothes on an old washboard and hung everything to dry. Her “vacuum cleaner” was an old rotary Bissel contraption that maybe picked up a few pieces of lint. Wouldn't use a mop. Scrubbed floors on her hands and knees.

With all of our modern conveniences we have gone soft. That's probably what's killing us. The old timers could burn up the fat just from daily living 24/7, while our activity might consist of an hour at the gym. They seemed to be almost immune to the diseases precipitated by excess fat, sugar, carbs and what not

[TexasFreeper2009]

Your personal experience mirrors my own nearly exactly.

The all worked hard going about their daily lives, but none exercised. There was no need! They got plenty of exercise just going about their daily business.

And none ate a diet that anyone would ever consider even remotely healthy.