TexasFlyer
Living the Dream (well at least trying to)
Wow,
I just went to my 6 month dental exam. My blood pressure been a little high in the past, running anywhere from 128/85 to 140/90. After my cleaning the hygienist took my blood pressure and it was 150/98!!! And I was pretty relaxed just chatting with her after the exam. So here is the question.
Some basic lifestyle facts to help answer:
* I'm 6'2''.
* 200 pounds, plus or minus 5 throughout the year.
* Have a family history of high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes.
* I tend to eat decent, but not perfect (I eat grilled chicken half my meals usually, but the other half tend to vary from fast food to ribeye steaks).
* My eating schedule is sporadic since sometimes it's hard to break away from working, but I still get two meals in at some point through the day/night.
* Since I am so busy with work and flying and studying, I tend to eat out every meal. But I do order grilled chicken like I said half the time, with the other times being items ranging from pizza and pasta to steak and burgers.
* I hate to work out, so I have not in about 2 years.
At this point, I'd like to just get down to 140/85 or so naturally as a happy starting point (although my goal will be 130/80 if it's even possible to set a goal on something that may be so hard to change). I hate medication and want to avoid the hassles that come with being on meds and all the FAA stuff that comes with medical certification once you get on meds.
How can I get this back under control?
Thanks!
PS - I plan to force myself to:
* start working out (running at least 30 minutes 4 days a week)
* start ordering grilled salmon and tuna and sushi more often, cutting burgers, pizza, and steaks down to only a couple times a week (unless I need to eliminate completely as I will do what it takes)
* Biggest problem, I am not home often at all so eating out is my only option for the most part, but I assume ordering the right foods and decent places will help greatly.
* Is this a good enough start? What else can I possibly do? Now the stress of knowing how high my blood pressure was is probably making is worse :banghead:
I just went to my 6 month dental exam. My blood pressure been a little high in the past, running anywhere from 128/85 to 140/90. After my cleaning the hygienist took my blood pressure and it was 150/98!!! And I was pretty relaxed just chatting with her after the exam. So here is the question.
Some basic lifestyle facts to help answer:
* I'm 6'2''.
* 200 pounds, plus or minus 5 throughout the year.
* Have a family history of high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes.
* I tend to eat decent, but not perfect (I eat grilled chicken half my meals usually, but the other half tend to vary from fast food to ribeye steaks).
* My eating schedule is sporadic since sometimes it's hard to break away from working, but I still get two meals in at some point through the day/night.
* Since I am so busy with work and flying and studying, I tend to eat out every meal. But I do order grilled chicken like I said half the time, with the other times being items ranging from pizza and pasta to steak and burgers.
* I hate to work out, so I have not in about 2 years.
At this point, I'd like to just get down to 140/85 or so naturally as a happy starting point (although my goal will be 130/80 if it's even possible to set a goal on something that may be so hard to change). I hate medication and want to avoid the hassles that come with being on meds and all the FAA stuff that comes with medical certification once you get on meds.
How can I get this back under control?
Thanks!
PS - I plan to force myself to:
* start working out (running at least 30 minutes 4 days a week)
* start ordering grilled salmon and tuna and sushi more often, cutting burgers, pizza, and steaks down to only a couple times a week (unless I need to eliminate completely as I will do what it takes)
* Biggest problem, I am not home often at all so eating out is my only option for the most part, but I assume ordering the right foods and decent places will help greatly.
* Is this a good enough start? What else can I possibly do? Now the stress of knowing how high my blood pressure was is probably making is worse :banghead: