Life Changes
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Southern IL
good to know your gonna get another round , great advise for a lot of folks . I've lived a hard life , loved hard , rode hard , and made some hard decisions ...but its been one helluva ride that I dont regret....run your race
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2009
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From: Eastern NE
I hear you man...had a heart scare back in Feb 2011. Thought it was heart attach, but after $25,000 of tests & 2-night stay in hosp Docs couldn't find anything conclusive. They believe it was a blood clot passing through my lung, but it's their best guess. All in all I'm better off b/c it was a eye-opener & glad your experience was recoverable. Ride on!
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: Beautiful SW Missouri Ozark Mountain Country
49!! That's too young. I'm 46 and up until 15 months ago I was 420 lbs. Now I'm down to 200 and feeling great. My heart is in great shape even after all those years of obesity.
My sister had a heart attack on her 40th birthday. She still with us, but still obese and smoking like a freight train.
Glad your alive to see another day.
My sister had a heart attack on her 40th birthday. She still with us, but still obese and smoking like a freight train.
Glad your alive to see another day.
Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 224
Likes: 4
From: Hamilton Ontario
Wow
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How did you lose that much weight so fast?
To OP:
I've recently rescued my health situation and I've learned that whole foods are the best. I've switched from egg and sausage for breakfast to plain oat cheerios cereal in almond milk with sliced bananas. Little things like instead of milk chocolate, dark chocolate, start to make a difference. Less processed food, and less meat and less dairy and more fruits and veggies - which is hard because I'm a steak and potato kind of person. Sugar and salt and carbs are a kind of low grade food addiction and I'm kicking it just like ciggybops and a few other nasty things I've kicked in the past.
There are numerous studies and data on this sort of thing based on geographical differences in population's diets. These studies show that countries with virtually no obesity, no diabetes, no cancer, no heart disease and greater general health and life longevity are the same countries that eat whole foods because they don't have much meat, carbs, processed foods and dairy.
I know everyone has heard this all before but this was a bunch of scientists,
not diet dicks selling snake oil on infomercials. It's helping me lose weight and feel better and it's been scientifically shown to prevent/arrest/reverse heart disease issues too.
Anyway,
Glad you're still with us and good on ya.
If you're motivated Google "whole food diet" to get information on this. I wouldn't go crazy on it but 'all things in moderation' is a good mantra and it's really helped me. Switch out to some healthier food choices and it could help. Good luck!
I'm 46 and up until 15 months ago I was 420 lbs. Now I'm down to 200 and feeling great.
To OP:
I've recently rescued my health situation and I've learned that whole foods are the best. I've switched from egg and sausage for breakfast to plain oat cheerios cereal in almond milk with sliced bananas. Little things like instead of milk chocolate, dark chocolate, start to make a difference. Less processed food, and less meat and less dairy and more fruits and veggies - which is hard because I'm a steak and potato kind of person. Sugar and salt and carbs are a kind of low grade food addiction and I'm kicking it just like ciggybops and a few other nasty things I've kicked in the past.
There are numerous studies and data on this sort of thing based on geographical differences in population's diets. These studies show that countries with virtually no obesity, no diabetes, no cancer, no heart disease and greater general health and life longevity are the same countries that eat whole foods because they don't have much meat, carbs, processed foods and dairy.
I know everyone has heard this all before but this was a bunch of scientists,
not diet dicks selling snake oil on infomercials. It's helping me lose weight and feel better and it's been scientifically shown to prevent/arrest/reverse heart disease issues too.Anyway,
Glad you're still with us and good on ya.
If you're motivated Google "whole food diet" to get information on this. I wouldn't go crazy on it but 'all things in moderation' is a good mantra and it's really helped me. Switch out to some healthier food choices and it could help. Good luck!
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: Billings,Mt.
Originally Posted by MB-WideGlide
Friday at work it happened .
The big one ,well not real big but it was a hart attack . I was lucky that there were people around me,and were able to get me to help.
The big one ,well not real big but it was a hart attack . I was lucky that there were people around me,and were able to get me to help.
My neighbor/freind was not so.He took his lunch break and did not return.
His coworkers found him dead in his car from a heart attack.
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2010
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I need to learn to let the little things go. I stress way to much.
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Florida
Yea; had a couple scares myself--No heart attack, but severe angina & stents at 49--then 3 years ago I got pissed off at the dog one night, went into A-Fib, then heart failure a couple weeks later, then interstitial pneumonia. Docs saved me; And although I'm still a grouchy ol' ****, I just don't get pissed off anymore, (hard when you live in Florida) It ain't worth it.