Health update

Pred · 06-05-2007, 08:55 AM

I'm putting this in it's own thread cause it some ways it has more to do with my health then my weight. For the past 4 days I've not taken my blood pressure meds. I've been on them since I was like 23-24. My weight was up around 300lbs, and every time I went into the doctors office my BP was like high 90's to 110 over 150-165. After I started taking them it went down to around normal levels. Since I've lost over 30lbs, I basically forgot to take them this weekend. Well, yesterday I went to the doctors office and had them take my BP, it was 82/124. I'm not for sure how long the meds will stay in my system, so I'm going to keep an eye on it over the next few days to make sure it doesn't jump back up. Hopefully though I can now get off the meds. That alone is a huge prize, so to speak.

JoeLee · 06-05-2007, 09:20 AM

Weight does effect a persons health and longevity in a big way.I only consume one large meal a day at Diner time,most of our Predators eat only once a day,my weight stays at about 195.

Pred · 06-05-2007, 09:52 AM

Thats actually what I've been doing too. I don't eat in the morning, eat a salad for lunch, and then a huge dinner. I eat enough at dinner that I don't feel hungry until noon anyways. Total my BP had gone done a lot. Something else, my old job, my office was right across from the break room where everyone smoked. So all day long I had that to deal with, and stress. So when I switched jobs it dropped down to like 90/145. Now it's down to normal levels.

JoeLee · 06-05-2007, 10:04 AM

Oh yes,Stress and blood pressure go together like a team.I found in Life when stress becomes an issue,I takeoff over the hill like I just stole a chicken.

Pred · 06-05-2007, 10:08 AM

I'm starting to learn that some times, things in life just arn't worth it.

JoeLee · 06-05-2007, 10:38 AM

Pred,Life ain't long it's over before you know it,ENJOY!Don't take Life to seriously it will kill ya.If your lucky enough to live that long,one day you'll look in the mirror and say to yourself,who the **** is that guy.

Don't get to hung up on woman,they can do as much damage as bullets.

cubbieman · 06-05-2007, 03:26 PM

joelee you sound like my barber, he never lets you forget hes had 3 divorces lol

countrymama · 06-05-2007, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeLee

Pred,Life ain't long it's over before you know it,ENJOY!Don't take Life to seriously it will kill ya.If your lucky enough to live that long,one day you'll look in the mirror and say to yourself,who the **** is that guy.
Don't get to hung up on woman,they can do as much damage as bullets.

hey now...

cubbieman · 06-05-2007, 05:22 PM

having people you care about adds stress to your life, having a wife and kids would be the most extreme form of that.... then the financial aspect....

JoeLee · 06-05-2007, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by cubbieman

joelee you sound like my barber, he never lets you forget hes had 3 divorces lol

I had three DIVORCES!#1 From a Dear John Lawyer#2 I jumped out the window to get#3 My boots felt like they were nailed to the floor.

ArkansasHunter · 06-05-2007, 06:54 PM

Pred !!!! Don't make me come to your house and force them blood pressure pills down you!!!!! I take a combination of 4 everymorning.
If I can do it, you can you too.
Before I started takeing them I averaged 110 to 120 bottom number.
You don't want to have a stroke do you ? You will feel better if you'll get in the habit of takeing them. Please ! we don't want to read your obit on this forum. Take them pills ! You hear me !!! lol !!!...A.H

JoeLee · 06-05-2007, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by cubbieman

having people you care about adds stress to your life, having a wife and kids would be the most extreme form of that.... then the financial aspect....

Kids the best,woman go fight a Polar Bear.

Pred · 06-05-2007, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ArkansasHunter

Pred !!!! Don't make me come to your house and force them blood pressure pills down you!!!!! I take a combination of 4 everymorning.
If I can do it, you can you too.
Before I started takeing them I averaged 110 to 120 bottom number.
You don't want to have a stroke do you ? You will feel better if you'll get in the habit of takeing them. Please ! we don't want to read your obit on this forum. Take them pills ! You hear me !!! lol !!!...A.H

Wait... huh? I think you misread what I wrote... either that or I wrote it wrong. I'm saying that a year and a half ago I had an average BP of about 100/160 when I went to the doctor, so they started me on meds. That got it to about 90/140. I changed jobs, got away from the smokers and less stress, and with meds it went down to 80/120. Now, what I'm saying is that since I've lost some weight, I've not taken my BP since Thursday or Friday morning, and it's holding around 80/120, meaning that I might have lost enough weight to even out my BP, so now I don't have to take the meds. If it's still holding around normal by Friday, I'm going to stop taking them all together. As I drop more weight, it will be even better, or less chance of it coming back up. See what I'm getting at now?

just_a_car · 06-05-2007, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by countrymama

hey now...

Oh, yeah... he forgot to mention that women with bullets can do even more damage!

ArkansasHunter · 06-05-2007, 07:42 PM

I guess I got carried away, I was thinking of an older friend who couldn't get his under control and HI BLOOD over time messed up his veins.
He is disabled and looks very sickly all the time.
It took about a year to get mine regulated and I feel so much better.
I'll pay more attenion next time

JoeLee · 06-05-2007, 07:54 PM

AH Cares that's all but no less.

just_a_car · 06-05-2007, 07:59 PM

Well, Pred, my doc read me at around 71 for 2-3 years and due to that being near the high-end of normal, he put me on a half-tablet of Hydrochlorothiazide, which just makes you pee so that you have less fluid in your body and thus, less pressure.

If your doc thinks you're good to go off the meds, that's fantastic! I'm sure his medical training trumps any of our assumptions and I'm happy to hear you're doing better.

Because of both my parents having high blood pressure, my father having type 2 diabetes, my mom's mom having type 2 diabetes, and my mother having a heart attack, I went onto Atkins and have stayed at 235 or lower after about 3 months on it; it's been 4 years since April that I've been on it and I started at 265.

I love the fact that my father started on it a month before I did and is now in remission from his diabetes. I will likely be on a low-carb diet the rest of my life. It just feels good to know you're eating to prevent health problems later in life.

Keep up the good work Pred!

JoeLee · 06-05-2007, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by just_a_car

Oh, yeah... he forgot to mention that women with bullets can do even more damage!

No No they don't need bullets j_a_c they are bullets,big ones to.

Deersniper · 06-05-2007, 08:50 PM

Pred, losing that weight helps. You might be at that point where you can go to herbs. Try some Hawthorn berries, garlic, ginko biloba, cayenne, valarian root, milk thistle, and bilberry. That formula got mine under control and really made the doctor mad because it worked faster. It cleans the liver and kills yeast infections.

dceptiv240 · 06-05-2007, 10:15 PM

just wanting to share something i learned a while back. if you can eat about 6 small meals through the day it will be way better for you than the 1 large meal. when you do the eat less to loose weight technique it actually backfires on you. one of the ways your bodies metabolism is controlled is by how often it gets fuel. if you only eat once or twice a day your body will store fat and instead of increasing your metabolism and burning the food for fuel right. instead it will lower it so that the fuel (food) will last you longer to help prevent starvation. if you eat constant small meals throughout the day your body will start to recognize that it has a steady supply of fuel and will incease your metabolism giving you more energy on a constant basis and it will also store less fat! your body stores food to help prevent starvation if it realizes that there's no threat of starvation there's no need to store any and it uses it instead! look into this a little if you have any doubts, even ask your doctor if you'd like they should back it up!

oh, by the way pred., congrats on the b p.
i quit smoking and started working out and eating healthy about a year ago and it's made my life so much better.

06-05-2007, 10:38 AM	#6
JoeLee Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North New York State. Posts: 1,241	Pred,Life ain't long it's over before you know it,ENJOY!Don't take Life to seriously it will kill ya.If your lucky enough to live that long,one day you'll look in the mirror and say to yourself,who the ** is that guy. Don't get to hung up on woman,they can do as much damage as bullets.** Last edited by JoeLee; 06-05-2007 at 10:42 AM.

06-05-2007, 07:59 PM	#17
just_a_car Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Edmonds, WA Posts: 3,522	Well, Pred, my doc read me at around 71 for 2-3 years and due to that being near the high-end of normal, he put me on a half-tablet of Hydrochlorothiazide, which just makes you pee so that you have less fluid in your body and thus, less pressure. If your doc thinks you're good to go off the meds, that's fantastic! I'm sure his medical training trumps any of our assumptions and I'm happy to hear you're doing better. Because of both my parents having high blood pressure, my father having type 2 diabetes, my mom's mom having type 2 diabetes, and my mother having a heart attack, I went onto Atkins and have stayed at 235 or lower after about 3 months on it; it's been 4 years since April that I've been on it and I started at 265. I love the fact that my father started on it a month before I did and is now in remission from his diabetes. I will likely be on a low-carb diet the rest of my life. It just feels good to know you're eating to prevent health problems later in life. Keep up the good work Pred! __________________

06-05-2007, 08:50 PM	#19
Deersniper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,691	B/p Pred, losing that weight helps. You might be at that point where you can go to herbs. Try some Hawthorn berries, garlic, ginko biloba, cayenne, valarian root, milk thistle, and bilberry. That formula got mine under control and really made the doctor mad because it worked faster. It cleans the liver and kills yeast infections.

06-05-2007, 10:15 PM	#20
dceptiv240 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: south ALABAMA Posts: 260	just wanting to share something i learned a while back. if you can eat about 6 small meals through the day it will be way better for you than the 1 large meal. when you do the eat less to loose weight technique it actually backfires on you. one of the ways your bodies metabolism is controlled is by how often it gets fuel. if you only eat once or twice a day your body will store fat and instead of increasing your metabolism and burning the food for fuel right. instead it will lower it so that the fuel (food) will last you longer to help prevent starvation. if you eat constant small meals throughout the day your body will start to recognize that it has a steady supply of fuel and will incease your metabolism giving you more energy on a constant basis and it will also store less fat! your body stores food to help prevent starvation if it realizes that there's no threat of starvation there's no need to store any and it uses it instead! look into this a little if you have any doubts, even ask your doctor if you'd like they should back it up! oh, by the way pred., congrats on the b p. i quit smoking and started working out and eating healthy about a year ago and it's made my life so much better. __________________ ________[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Ruger Redhawk .44 mag w/Simmons 2-6x32 "FREEDOM SHOULD APPLY TO EVERYTHING, AND EVERYONE!" Last edited by dceptiv240; 06-05-2007 at 10:18 PM.

06-05-2007, 08:55 AM	#1
Pred Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,873 Blog Entries: 3	Health update I'm putting this in it's own thread cause it some ways it has more to do with my health then my weight. For the past 4 days I've not taken my blood pressure meds. I've been on them since I was like 23-24. My weight was up around 300lbs, and every time I went into the doctors office my BP was like high 90's to 110 over 150-165. After I started taking them it went down to around normal levels. Since I've lost over 30lbs, I basically forgot to take them this weekend. Well, yesterday I went to the doctors office and had them take my BP, it was 82/124. I'm not for sure how long the meds will stay in my system, so I'm going to keep an eye on it over the next few days to make sure it doesn't jump back up. Hopefully though I can now get off the meds. That alone is a huge prize, so to speak.

06-05-2007, 09:20 AM	#2
JoeLee Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North New York State. Posts: 1,241	Weight does effect a persons health and longevity in a big way.I only consume one large meal a day at Diner time,most of our Predators eat only once a day,my weight stays at about 195.

06-05-2007, 09:52 AM	#3
Pred Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,873 Blog Entries: 3	Thats actually what I've been doing too. I don't eat in the morning, eat a salad for lunch, and then a huge dinner. I eat enough at dinner that I don't feel hungry until noon anyways. Total my BP had gone done a lot. Something else, my old job, my office was right across from the break room where everyone smoked. So all day long I had that to deal with, and stress. So when I switched jobs it dropped down to like 90/145. Now it's down to normal levels.

06-05-2007, 10:04 AM	#4
JoeLee Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North New York State. Posts: 1,241	Oh yes,Stress and blood pressure go together like a team.I found in Life when stress becomes an issue,I takeoff over the hill like I just stole a chicken.

06-05-2007, 10:08 AM	#5
Pred Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,873 Blog Entries: 3	I'm starting to learn that some times, things in life just arn't worth it.

06-05-2007, 03:26 PM	#7
cubbieman Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 1,481	joelee you sound like my barber, he never lets you forget hes had 3 divorces lol

06-05-2007, 05:22 PM	#9
cubbieman Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 1,481	having people you care about adds stress to your life, having a wife and kids would be the most extreme form of that.... then the financial aspect....

06-05-2007, 06:54 PM	#11
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,717	Pred !!!! Don't make me come to your house and force them blood pressure pills down you!!!!! I take a combination of 4 everymorning. If I can do it, you can you too. Before I started takeing them I averaged 110 to 120 bottom number. You don't want to have a stroke do you ? You will feel better if you'll get in the habit of takeing them. Please ! we don't want to read your obit on this forum. Take them pills ! You hear me !!! lol !!!...A.H

06-05-2007, 07:42 PM	#15
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,717	I guess I got carried away, I was thinking of an older friend who couldn't get his under control and HI BLOOD over time messed up his veins. He is disabled and looks very sickly all the time. It took about a year to get mine regulated and I feel so much better. I'll pay more attenion next time

06-05-2007, 07:54 PM	#16
JoeLee Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North New York State. Posts: 1,241	AH Cares that's all but no less.