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Medication vs. Stent treatment for coronary artery disease
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I’m 66. I’ve been overweight my whole life. My mother died of a stroke at 47 father died of colon cancer at 60. I don’t have any symptoms but a lot of people who have a first heart attack die I don’t wanna have a heart attack, but my numbers are really low. It’s normal when you are on a Whole Foods plant-based diet for your HDL to go down so I’m not worried about that. My number is about 30. I still have about another 40 pounds to lose over the last two years. I’ve lost about 55 pounds but I’ve been at a plateau the past year and I exercise every day. I try to do 30 minutes on the treadmill.
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Congratulations on getting healthy! I haven't had to diet much in my life (good genes and a good diet) but when I was working full-time, raising kids, traveling in my job, and eating 3 meals a day in restaurants, I had to work really hard to maintain a healthy weight. I also have had to retrain my body after several major surgeries, injuries and illnesses.
In both cases, when I hit plateaus in my progress, I learned from my PT to "change it up". That can be changing how you walk - maybe high intensity intervals one day, high elevation another day, longer and maybe a little slower sometimes (like a full 1 hour show.) And sometimes, vary the speed of the treadmill like interval training a short burst as hard as you can go, then twice as long at a basic aerobic (for you) pace, and gradually increase the length of the intense intervals. A trainer once taught me to use hand weights weights while walking about 2.5 mph on a slight incline - I bet there are YouTube videos. (I do each of these on my outdoor walks.) The added weight is also good for bone strength. And maybe once or twice a week, work out to an exercise video instead of walking?
Now I am off to do PT on my healing shoulder.
I tend to alternate walking with 30 minutes of yoga (I used to do circuits at a health club until Covid & age... If I was trying to lose weight, I would throw in a quick "coffee break walk" of 10 minutes or so too. Do you ever get bored with your routine? Maybe your metabolism is bored too?