Guess I should share some more of my attitude to help put my original post in focus. To me it takes three things for success in any venture. Smarts enough for the task. Lots of work. Serendipity, or luck. Without all three a person just cannot succeed.

When I fell and had to take meds I'd done the first two, but got bit by number three. Not a whole lot a person can do about that or other things clearly beyond their control or influence.

On the other hand, a trip to the nearest mall makes it plain that many, if not most, people are the way they are because they have neither been smart in their choices, nor have done much work at being as healthy as they can.

Yes, there is virtue in doing the best a person can do to be healthy and physically fit. But, never forget Number Three.