Had apt. with cardiologist on Fri. Nov. 2. Told him I have not seen cardiologist since 2010 and wanted to get some idea where I might be today as far as coronary artery plaque might be. He did ekg asked a lot of questions listened to my heart carefully and ordered a nuclear stress test for this coming Thurs. to get updated benchmark. He said I was doing everything right as far as cardio and strength exercise 3 times per week. I have also lost between 25 and 30 lbs since January this year and my bmi is now overweight instead of obese. I actually did a lot of that weight loss because I had a total knee replacement surgery coming up which I had done on June 25th. I don't plan on giving back one lb. of that weight loss. 5ft. 6in. 173 lbs clothes and shoes on is fine with doc as far as weight goes. Fingers crossed. Doc. thought it was good that doing 40 mins cardio getting to 80-85% max. heart rate caused no warning signs.