You have to have your priorities straight.
You do.
Even, if like me, after years of resistance, you're eventually forced into a reduced sugar/ carb diet. You don't have to give up sugar/ carbs, just reduce them and burn off the rest.
Apparently there's already over a billion people walking around in the insulin resistant phase.
An awful lot of future suffering could be avoided if more people followed your example.
more calories burned
That's the heart of it I think.
We all slow down metabolically, but we don't have to stop altogether.
Music also has healing qualities and a good system can certainly improve mood.