Lifestyle Changes
Considering that most of the posts on here have something to do with a computer, this is a pretty rare post for me.
A couple of weeks ago, I lost a first cousin (who was also a best friend) to a heart attack. He was 45. Back in 1992 I lost another first cousin to a heart attack - she was in her 30’s.
Heart disease runs in my Mom’s side of the family. Besides both of those first cousins (children of my Mom’s sisters), my Mom has had (and luckily survived) two heart attacks, one of her sisters has also suffered heart trouble as well and my Mom’s Mother passed away from a heart attack while in her early 50’s.
Besides the family history, I’m 28, I’ve been medicated for hypertension since I was 16 and I’ve been on a prescription for high cholesterol for the last 2 years.
If that isn’t a wake-up call, I don’t know what is. It’s time for some major lifestyle modifications for me for sure. I’m seriously overweight, I don’t eat right (not even close actually), I smoke and I definitely don’t get enough exercise.
Some things I can’t change right now, however there are
Written by jaysonrowe on December 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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