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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I never had to before, always had reasonably active jobs. Supervisor role and middle age and a scolding from my doctor has made a difference.

I've been giving myself 20 minutes a day for the last six weeks. I haven't really lost weight, but I do feel better.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I actually gained weight when I first got serious about the gym, and that worried me until my doctor reassured me that I was putting on muscle, not fat. These days, it's pretty obvious in retrospect.

The real metric I pay attention to is blood pressure. As my dad's getting older he's been struggling with blood pressure, and I don't want that to ever happen to me, so cardio is important.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Blood pressure is the real reason I started.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's called "the silent killer" for a reason. Maybe you're just tired lately from working hard, or you've been having headaches from eye strain, or maybe your blood pressure is at 170/120 and you're actually near death.

That's the shit that scares me. I've worked really hard to get my blood pressure way down (currently 110/60) and intend to keep it that way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah me too, but I haven’t gotten my shit together with diet or exercise and my doctor is taking it way too cautiously with medication.

I’m constantly too tired t put enough energy into getting my doctor to be useful and getting myself in gear …… actually Pokémon Go is the only thing that works. Every Saturday I’ll take a 3-5 mile walk with my teens (except recently with heat waves)