My wife and I are overweight.
Her friend from work was telling her about this new diet. And the HGC drug and limiting to 500 calories a day. My wife was just gobbling up this crap like it was candy. I hate things like this. My wife gets so excited and these fad things with absolutely no understanding what she is really doing to her body. She doesn't seem to understand that losing weight is work. I'm getting sick of trying to explain to her that these fad type things are not healthy. I come across as the big bad ####### shooting down her dreams of losing weight. I've already emailed her a link to this article, thankfully she'll listen to that and maybe wont think i am such a jerk.
As far as this whole topic goes. I moved within walking distance to my work back in May. I walk about 15mins to work each way, pretty much every day. I'll maybe miss 1 trip a week (1 way trip). About 3 times a week after dinner I go for a walk. I know its not Calgary cold, but its pretty cold in the morning and at night. This small amount of exercise has yielded no physical results whatsoever and I had no expectations of that. However, my blood pressure has droped. I was usually around 135ish- 149ish over 88ish - 92ish. Now im regularly in the low 120's and low 80's. I don't remember the last time I hit 130 or hit 90. I feel a lot better, and I don't beat myself up as much for being a bump on the log which makes me feel better emotionally. I'm hoping to eventually get to a gym on a regular basis and lose the extra 30 pounds that i'm carrying.
I walk maybe 30-45 minutes a day, and its made a difference in how I have felt these last 7 months, so its definitely worth it.
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