Staying in relatively decent shape has always been a priority for me partly because of all the traveling I've done in Africa, Asia, and so forth. Despite not having the greatest genetics, average people like me can be fairly good at maintaining a decent level of muscle mass and relative leanness. For me, this is partly due to the fact that the Lord has blessed me with the "gift" of sleeping (this gift is mentioned in First Conditionings 6:14).
If you're trying to get into shape and your sleep suffers, it's not a very good combination. Getting a good night's sleep like I did last night (I slept for 10 hours) just makes showing up at the gym so much easier in the first place, not to mention the fact that it makes your workouts far more enjoyable and productive when you get there. I honestly never have to "force" myself to the gym when I don't feel like going, and I think that it's probably due to adhering to a bedtime routine that leads me to wake up at a similar time every day without an alarm.
Of course, maintaining fitness is more than sleeping. You still need to keep your body fat within a certain range and have some kind of control over your calories and macros. Every morning I get my protein and carbs at Bo's (sausage biscuit), a meal that is fairly low calorie so that I can afford a much higher calorie dinner with plenty of protein. This daily routine helps me to stay roughly where I need to be in terms of calories without having to actually enter calories into an app. I also train 3 days a week and get in between 8-10,000 steps a day.
Currently I'm not making any really significant gains in terms of muscle mass, but that doesn't mean I don't train as if I'm trying to build muscle. At this point in my lifting "career," my progress has plateaued, but at the same time I'm losing unwanted body fat through cardio. The truth is, you're going to go through phases in lifting when you're more or less in a real good groove with your training. At my age I'm someone who's pretty much grateful just to be able to get out of bed in the morning. I do think that if you really want to get into good shape for life, at some point you need to start thinking long term, which means incorporating into your daily lifestyle basic things that will help you arrive at your health and future goals.
Well, that's all for now. I told you you'd be bored. But as I said, I write these posts mainly for my descendants, who already show promising signs of moving well with their bods.