Those that have just turned 30 or is over 30, what changes have you noticed in your body?

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Those that have just turned 30 or is over 30, what changes have you noticed in your body?

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  1. won23 Avatar

    If I eat wrong or get too stressed I will die

  2. YoniMassagePro Avatar

    Very easy to gain weight and very hard to lose weight. Clicking sound inside of the knees. Back pain sometimes. Endurance. Libido. Everything is not the same as before) I can’t drink the whole night and be alright for the next day

  3. Ok_Method_988 Avatar

    Nothing, I still feel the same when I was in my 20’s. Your body is still maturing at that age. You’re at your peak when you turn 30

  4. arparris Avatar

    When I turned 33 I had to start peeing right before I went to bed or else I couldn’t get comfortable enough to go to sleep lol

  5. naughty-boii Avatar

    The floor is far away 😅

  6. Lucky_Ad_3745 Avatar

    Sleep becomes a higher priority.

  7. Pontificius Avatar

    This started at 27+ years old, around COVID. Now knees hurt and my back gets injured way too often. Started working out, consuming vitamins, sleeping earlier and things are going good so far, things just hurt more.

  8. ThisMyNameeeee Avatar

    Those injuries I thought were no big deal years ago were in fact very big deals. I should have gone the the hospital many times

  9. HijackedDNS Avatar

    Everything hurts. I spent my youth playing every sport that I could and now my knees hurt, my ankles and feet hurt, my shoulders hurt, and my neck is crazy painful from all the hits I gave and received playing football

  10. bluejayfreeloader Avatar

    Fall and get hurt after turning 30 means that pain will never go away.

  11. LBWingMan82 Avatar

    I became a lightweight as a drinker. I can’t do the hangovers. 1 or 2 drinks and done. I know… real exciting.

  12. Petaluridae Avatar

    I fatigue much faster, and I’m noticing my diet, lack of adequate sleep, and lack of water intake are all catching up with me. I feel generally unwell much more often, whoops.

  13. [deleted] Avatar

    Im stockier than I was in my 20s muscle mass is like
    30xs what it was I was scrawny in my 20s i was 170 lbs I’m now 36 218lbs and i feel great also i have a dad bod.

  14. drippy_dik Avatar

    There’s hair in places that there wasn’t hair before

  15. Unlikely_Effective72 Avatar

    The day i turned 30 i felt like I got my ass kicked and felt lethargic. Didn’t go out or do anything, just had a normal work day. Been downhill since then

  16. HeadFit2660 Avatar

    My knees go squeak when I walk up stairs.
    Caffiene without food makes me sick

  17. narwahl_IQ Avatar

    Harder to lose weight 😖

  18. Super_NOVA6314 Avatar

    I need to have better sleep habits, rainy days make my joints hurt but feel like i’m just starting my sexual prime.

  19. ladyraptorclawz Avatar

    Back pain and sexual prime don’t go so well together… I’ve had fun recently.

  20. Dances28 Avatar

    Your body doesn’t recover the way it used to. Injuries take longer to heal. Your workouts keep you beat up for longer. If you get sick, it just lingers.

  21. SquirrelNormal Avatar

    Teeth hurt. Gums bleed. Joints ache, pop, and click. Muscles move in odd directions of their own accord and then hurt. My feet are always sore. And I can’t turn my head too fast or I’ll pull my neck and then not be able to turn my head at all.

    Oh, and I got fat and hairy.

  22. Unaware-of-Puns Avatar

    Skin grows random little things like wtf. metabolism is shot. staying up late feels like a shore. obviously cause of the routine, though. Internal muscle injuries take a lot longer to heal. my ankles give out at least 3 times a year. oh well. life goes on…

  23. Zero_Trust00 Avatar

    I didn’t really notice any changes until 34

    Now I’m starting to see wrinkles appear in my face. And I’m getting gray hair in multiple parts of my scalp

  24. Curious_Test6065 Avatar

    I didn’t notice much, I did start working out. Still have a tummy though 😆

  25. Street-Spinach9710 Avatar

    Bruises or cuts take longer to heal. 

  26. Heavy_Direction1547 Avatar

    It takes longer to recover from injury or illness and you don’t always recover 100%.

  27. tvjunkie710 Avatar

    My knees always crack when I bend down. I neeeed sleep

  28. FreeIDecay Avatar

    Less hair on my head, more on my shoulders, gray in the beard, my metabolism was great for a long time but I had to stop snacking so much (i.e. get the munchies and binge at night) which in theory sucks but in reality my digestive system is much happier.

    You start to not be able to “get away” with things anymore and have to live a little better.

    Or ignore the fact that you don’t have a 20 year old body anymore and become fat and chronically ill by the time you’re 40

  29. TheCowhawk Avatar

    I’ve become considerably harmed by sleeping in a comfy bed at least 3 times this year already.

  30. DecentYesterday6092 Avatar

    I’ve kept up high intensity quadruple drop set free weight training for about an hour a day 5 days a week. I get my cardio during my workouts. I’m 50, I have high energy, so I know I’m doing something right. I’ve noticed though. When the weather gets cold, I do have certain joints that’ll ache a bit more that didn’t when I was younger.

  31. NinoRasic Avatar

    You start to fart more frequently, you need to exercise even more, your lower backs and knees hurt more, you need an afternoon nap or shit load of caffeine

  32. Which-Village3092 Avatar

    even my aches have aches

  33. girlgogettem Avatar

    Everything takes a little longer to recover from (exercise, alcohol, sex) but also having been so well acquainted with it for so long, the good things are gooder. Sex feels fantastic, the burn after exercising is delicious, stretching, yawning, touching all improved by all the time I’ve spent getting to know me. Can’t complain

  34. BatgirlofBrickCity Avatar

    I’m 29. I also did dance and gymnastics from ages 2 to 22 and as a result, have the back and joints of an arthritic senior citizen.

    I wish I’d actually rested and recovered and taken care of myself back during my career. I’m sure kicking myself for it now.

  35. MoneyWonderful3278 Avatar

    Not so much a change, but a build up. I am 36 and there are past injuries I feel. Its not that I feel like I get hurt easier but that I have 36 years built up now.

  36. Lucky_Hyena_ Avatar

    things take longer to heal.. even though im working out im getting weaker

  37. Key-Reading1681 Avatar

    Ibuprofen is now a morning routine.

  38. 1have2much3time Avatar

    Your eyesight will fall off a cliff in your early to mid 40’s.

    I went from being able to clearly read the smallest text in the dark to needing glasses and a flashlight to read a menu in a restaurant in a week. Apparently it’s completely normal.

  39. greatlakesseakayaker Avatar

    This thread has to be a joke, yes? I’m 56 and only now am I starting to feel my age pain wise

    30 shouldn’t feel any different than 21
    For whatever reason the marketing media is lying to you and making you believe 30 is old, wtf?

  40. fightingthedelusion Avatar

    Certain things start catching up to you depending on lifestyle. People age differently so some of the stuff is very individual.

  41. Musty_Gym_Sock Avatar

    I feel pain in my joints, and my skin is losing elasticity. I don’t heal as quickly, and my nails are garbage now. Oh and I’m also slowly losing all my hair.

  42. defensekid Avatar

    Cancer. Twice. Also chemo have me grey hair.

  43. phollowingcats Avatar

    Gotta take the time to actually warm up before doing any physical activity

  44. Bugaloon Avatar

    That vertebrae in my back that goes out doesn’t pop back in as easy. Makes my back muscles super fatigued.

  45. LordOdin99 Avatar

    Less flexible than I used to be and pancake ass. I’m a dude.

  46. unnaturalanimals Avatar

    Alcohol takes me to a really dark place and hangovers are horrendous. I’m really grateful for that because I quit drinking and it’s been a couple years now and I feel the best I ever have in my life.

  47. Arkie_MTB Avatar

    This thing just barely works. I spent the entirety of my life to 23 running and playing basketball for hours every day. Then in my mid 20s I found Mountain biking. For the last 20 years, I’ve been putting in long miles and running into trees. It cracks, it pops and it’s always sore.

    But I’ve had so much fun.

  48. Zear-0 Avatar

    Just herpes mainly

  49. My_DMs_are_for_boobs Avatar

    The gray that starts to come in.
    The fact that MILFs are just women your age.
    The workouts and sickness take longer to heal from.
    Viagra is your best friend and you should not feel ashamed for that.

  50. realitywarped Avatar

    Eating like I used to when I was younger is finally making me fat 🙁 The weight piles on so fast now, I have to actually think about how much I eat.

  51. Fortwaba Avatar

    Much easier to gain weight.

    Easier to get injured doing normal activities, or even playing sports.

    Easier to fall asleep at night, or anytime, really. Not necessarily a good thing.

    Less patience for long video games.

    More patience for kids.

    I’ve found I get a stomachache if I eat really greasy food now.

  52. worried_parent01 Avatar

    Turning 30 this year. My left knee swells and aches if I stand for too long. My legs and wrists ache if I catch a chill. I have arthritis. Battled with IBS all my life but now I can predict bowel movements with the inconvenient sharp pain in my side a few hours prior. Fun.

  53. ChipmunkElegant3846 Avatar

    Oh wait until you hit 40 lol

  54. pdrent1989 Avatar

    Hangovers are murder now. Even just having two or three drinks will give me a roaring headache

  55. Klrkaelin Avatar

    Just noticed things hurt more. Knees, back and shoulder’s. Just keep active. Take care of your body early and it does you better in the long run. It’s like a retirement plan. Take care of it early and you’ll get more when your older.

  56. JazzmatazZ4 Avatar

    Nothing?

    What difference from 29 could there possibly be exactly?

  57. Away_Mountain_2344 Avatar

    35 here. All of your old sport injuries start to hurt when it rains and you start waking up 3 times a night to pee.

  58. jl_theprofessor Avatar

    Well now I run 40 miles a week and bench press 300 pounds.

  59. ProtoMonkey Avatar

    My metabolism slowed drastically after I turned 31. Since then it’s been a bitch to both eat enough, and be a healthy weight.

    Sadly, cortisol seems to have an even greater effect on my health/well-being, now that I am past 33 years of age too.

    All of these boils-down to “…I need [more] exercise in my routine…”

  60. DiggingUpTheCorpses Avatar

    Concerts aren’t what they used to be.

    Being a metalhead going into the pit and running the gauntlet is commonplace.

    After a show you might get beat up, but once you hit 30 you notice it takes a few days to recover rather than just one.

  61. Curious-Research-536 Avatar

    love handles sadly. slow metabolism

  62. Curious-Research-536 Avatar

    the urge to be alone. when not ok.

  63. AshvstheWalkingDead Avatar

    I’ve started growing hair out of my ears and I hate it.

  64. compchief Avatar

    People age, yes – but – think of it like this; most people live unhealty, when the body is young and growing, abusing it doesnt do damage like it does after you’re what 25? At that point, any unhealthy living will begin to accumulate damage, bad sleep, soft tissue injuries, to much food, to kuchnthinking of problems, to much stress, not enough laughter, not enough movement etc ..

    All those small muscles that kept growing and strengthening until adult age, now instead starts to wither due almost never being used.

    Ask yourself this; top athletes or people who care about their health to a high degree – do they also experience random backpains, weightgain, depression, brain fog etc in their thirties?

    We got to care about ourselves more after a certain age, the tutorial is over and choices have consequences.

    Personally 34, nothing bad with my body has changed for me since i was 25. What i can relate to, however, is that periods of inactivity hits way harder. Don’t be inactive, use your body. Tutorial is over, fellas. Don’t lie to yourself – go do what should be done for your sake and if not, for your familys sake.

  65. AHailofDrams Avatar

    Nothing so far, but I’m sure by this time next year I’ll be complaining about back pain

  66. TroublesomeTurnip Avatar

    Pain lasts longer 🙁

  67. Ob1cannobody Avatar

    What are 20somethings afraid of turning 30? It’s 30 trip around the sun, that’s it. If you abused your body in your 20s you play the rest of your life, mostly.

  68. aluaji Avatar

    Everything still works, just… slower. Getting up from bed, a chair or a couch, walking and running, bowel movements…

  69. faunalmimicry Avatar

    Alcohol used to essentially not affect me like normal people, now I am toast after 2 drinks

  70. Thedeckatnight Avatar

    Less morning woods

  71. Sarge1387 Avatar

    Weight goes on a fuck of a lot easier than it comes off anymore

  72. Lost-In-The-Horizon Avatar

    I feel better than ever. Fuck my twenties.

  73. slaugherbug Avatar

    High blood pressure and diabetes showed up. Dad bod mode kicked in hard. Also, hairline went back. Oh and I have noticeably greyer hair. Did I mention how all of my bones now pop and creak when I do things. Also my ability to eat tons of bacon is gone, that sucks. Oh yeah, and finding comfortable positions to sleep in just became a challenge one day. Also spicy food now makes me shit fire. Don’t know where that one came from but it made my once great relationship with hot wings much more abusive. I still love spicy wings, they just burn all the way through me now.

  74. Senior-Tchi5380 Avatar

    strengh increasing , more veins apparition here and there ,some white hair growin both in beard(less) and head ,made some posture ajustement, ..

  75. chiefmud Avatar

    It’s more than just things hurting. When you’re under 25 your body has just spent 25 years growing exactly into the most perfect specimen of you possible. Sure you might be fat or have a serious injury, but all your organs and hormones are probably in relatively great shape. (Unless they aren’t, I’m sorry)

    Now that I’m 35. I see the accumulation of my friend’s and my choices catching up with us. 35 is when you can see the real differentiation between people who take care of themselves, and those that don’t. 

    You can see it in their posture, in their fat, in their skin, in their movement. It saddens me to see people my age at the store walking like they’re not good at walking. (Granted some may have injuries) But many of them are just couch potatoes, and it shows.

  76. usernnamegoeshere Avatar

    My knees sound like glowsticks if I bend them

  77. TheSalTeaOrange Avatar

    I cannot drink at night or else I will be recovering for two days.

  78. HoboBaggins008 Avatar

    You blink at food wrong and get fat.

  79. robbob19 Avatar

    Mid 30’s is when I started gaining weight, before that I could eat anything and stay the same weight. Early 40’s I started having problems with my knees. Basically your body starts heading down hill and you need to work at it to stay in shape (I now gym 3 times a week and watch my weight)

  80. FuriouslyListening Avatar

    It’s as if the warranty expired. Shit just breaks for no reason and recuperation time seems to extend a bit more every year.

  81. garrettj100 Avatar

    I’m 50.  So I guess that’s “over 30.”

    I have to work out more to lose weight.  It was much easier back before I was 30.  My sleep is chronically bad.  I have to prepare hours before I go to sleep to get it right.  Drink a lot of water so I don’t wake up dehydrated.  Drink it 2 hours before I go to bed so I don’t wake up 7 times to piss.  Don’t eat anything 4 hours before or my sleep’ll be shit.  Sleep mask to keep the light from waking me, CPAP, and occasionally earplugs.

    And when I do all that?  Even then I only bat .800.

  82. HammerFistsToVictory Avatar

    Minor injuries no longer take 2 days to heal. It’s a week or longer.

  83. 9212017 Avatar

    I turned 30 in January. I literally didn’t noticed a thing. Maybe later, after 35. I feel 20. I can still fuck for days, I don’t do it anymore but I still could.

  84. bigexpl0sion Avatar

    Longer recovery time, and lower energy. Also if I drink I feel awful, so I basically stopped

  85. Puzzleheaded-Car3562 Avatar

    Yeah, dick’s started to get bigger, nothing much else …..

  86. Cant_aim_forshit Avatar

    My back goes out way easier now

  87. hannibalthellamabal Avatar

    I woke up on Saturday and my back/shoulder/ neck were so achey. If I was to shoulder check over my right shoulder it would pull and ache.

    I’ve never felt so old.

  88. DChristy87 Avatar

    I used to have 20/20 vision and that’s gone. My knees hurt. My back hurts. I can no longer eat whatever I want and maintain weight. I have grey in my beard.

  89. Fest_mkiv Avatar

    “I’m thirty seven, I’m not old!” – Some guy critical of aquatic ladies distributing swords as the basis of government.

    Seriously – you have to think a bit more about stuff. What you eat, what you drink, how much you exercise and how you treat your body in general… but it’s not the end of the line after 30. Hell I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been at 45 and all I’ve done is started doing a very minor routine every 2nd day, running a bit more, doing pilates once a week and eating slightly better.

    Small changes lead to results – and if you partied your 20’s away, there’s nothing stopping you making healthy changes now that are going to allow you to live a better life in you 70’s.

    Remember immobility is death – they can’t bury you if you don’t stop moving.

  90. This-Ad-9234 Avatar

    Honestly, nothing really noteworthy. It’s 40 when it all starts to go downhill QUICKLY!

  91. TNTworks Avatar

    I started to hate people.

  92. macthefire Avatar

    Just over 40 here. I crouched down to pet my dog the other day aaaaaaaaaand I can’t get back up.

  93. wysiwyg-ok Avatar

    More sensitive to cold; especially during the winter months…

  94. AstroAlchimia Avatar

    If I turn around too fast I see stars. And I wake up with aches that last for days.

  95. LotusCSGO Avatar

    I’m still active and play hockey, but things take longer to heal and there are times when I can tell I pushed myself too much and really regret it for a few days. It’s no longer just take some advil before bed and wake up fine the next day.

  96. Immaculatehombre Avatar

    My dongs grown 3 sizes. It’s only been a few months too!

  97. CreateYourUser00 Avatar

    My back hurts 😭

  98. scatteredloops Avatar

    I’m 48 and the perimenopause train is not fun.

  99. Rude-Worry-6128 Avatar

    Really at 29 it started but I started gaining weight very easily. Very slim and lean most of my life with little effort. Now I spent 5 months just chilling and not worrying about it and gained 30 pounds. Before that would have taken me 3-4 years.

  100. TheRogueRook Avatar

    For 42 years I had the kind of vision fighter pilots prayed for. I could read articles in magazines over the shoulder of someone two aisles in front of me…and then, almost overnight my eyes just decided. Ok. I’m done. I had to get glasses, bifocals. Since then they’ve gotten a little bit blurrier every couple of years, needing new script.

  101. Thebazilly Avatar

    My thyroid started eating itself.

  102. Pyjama-party Avatar

    You get sick for longer and you get tired easily.

    And the back always flipping hurts.

  103. Opti-Free31 Avatar

    People act like being in your 30s is old. I feel better than when I was in my 20s I try to stay active stay healthy. You’re still young at 30-37.

  104. dylanr23 Avatar

    Just because you dont feel pain lifting something today, wait till tomorrow.

  105. DifficultyMore5935 Avatar

    Not a lot, maintain your body in your 20s and you will be fine in your 30s.

  106. NavEd95 Avatar

    Just turned 30 early March. I suddenly cannot run on 4-5 hours of sleep a day. I did it everyday for years and now I need my sleep more than ever.

  107. ItsmeSean Avatar

    I look better. Because I’m richer.

  108. TheElement92 Avatar

    Stuff takes slightly longer to get over

  109. cicadascicadas Avatar

    Night sweats Every. Single. Night 😭 I also definitely notice my metabolism slowing down – I gain weight easier now

  110. garlep Avatar

    I just pushed past 30 and turned 43. I have to be more conscious of my choices to keep feeling my best. No more smoking and drinking and eating wings and sleeping 5 hours a night and just carrying on like nothing. Now I appreciate a quality pair of sunglasses, not for the appearance, but for keeping my eyes comfortable. My body is the same, but it tells me way faster when I’m not giving it the respect it deserves.

  111. LittleLove3 Avatar

    Disappointing but I smile less. 🥲

  112. SanteNick Avatar

    I wakeboard a lot, and from 30 to 31 I noticed that I don’t recover nearly as easily from a hard fall. And 36 to 37 the hang overs have gotten a lot worse, and back pain takes forever to recover. I pulled a muscle closing the door weird and it has taken me 6 weeks to recover.

  113. uncertainty_critical Avatar

    The same week I turned thirty I gained 5 lbs, my knee started to ache and found my first grey hair.

  114. GuruRoo Avatar

    Man I’m 30 and reading these it sounds like yall need to exercise more. My diet is mediocre and I drink too much but whew 95% of these comments do not apply to my experience of 30.

  115. silvermanedwino Avatar

    Are you all 30 or 60?

  116. MadMadoc Avatar

    I have noticed that my son will not be playing hockey or football.

  117. myperspective24 Avatar

    I just turned 35 and got my first grey hair !!

  118. Fuzzy_Fish_2329 Avatar

    Jelly dripping from the navel.

  119. RockasaurusFlex Avatar

    The second you stop moving you’re FUCKED… keep moving, don’t stop exercising or you will actually age… fitness is what keeps people youthful.

    Good healthy eating becomes more and more important. Your diet makes such a massive difference to how you feel and your energy. When I was younger I could live on kebabs and chocolate for a week – I don’t eat either of those things any more. Not worth it.

  120. Prs-Mira86 Avatar

    To echo what many have said, recovery from a night of drinking is not what it used to be. I simply cannot drink like I could in my 20s and be a functioning adult the next day. So honestly it’s not worth it. I don’t drink during the week and I usually don’t have more than 2-3 drinks a weekend.

    Also, sleep is huge. I’ve got young kids who are up at the crack of dawn every single day so I can’t stay up late. They’re up. I’m up. Sleep is now a luxury. Therefore I’m usually in bed by 10:30-11:00.

  121. LigmaBunghole Avatar

    At 31 I learned to NEVER, EVER, trust a fart… I’m 38 now, and still live my life this way, though I have made the mistake of attempting to trust again.

  122. lunarmothtarot Avatar

    I’m creeping up on 30 but I notice I have more lower back issues

  123. Ashi4Days Avatar

    Your lower back basically shits the bed somewhere between the ages of 28 and 32.

  124. Doom_goblin777 Avatar

    Can’t stay up past 11 without feeling like crap the next day.

    Bones pop more.

  125. missnikkibabyyy Avatar

    The way my joints snap, crackle, and pop every time I lift or bend over for anything.

  126. San_Cannabis Avatar

    It hurts. A lot.

  127. breakarobot Avatar

    I like to blame my habits more than my age. Granted age piggybacks onto habits because it shows you how long you keep those habits up.

    People our age (turning 35) like to complain about body pain… but when was the last time you actually stretched? Moved around in a healthy manner?

    My body hurts and so does my back but I blame my habits more than my age. It’s my fault I don’t prioritize stretching. After years of not stretching… well it gets worse.

  128. ElrondCupboard Avatar

    I can’t put on muscle as quickly as I used to.

  129. spoopypuppy Avatar

    Hangovers take business days. And milk is slowly becoming a mortal enemy.

  130. Overall_Insect_4250 Avatar

    I can’t stay awake after 9 pm