I would always tell people at the gym, the inside is more important than the outside. You can be overweight and have a healthy heart and be skinny and on the verge of a heart attack.
From age 16, until my mid-50's, I was a gym rat. I took care of my heart. This is key. At age 50 I benched 315 lbs. I was two hours a day on the treadmill. My diet has always been healthy. Nearly everything in my home is fresh. I make all my own sauces. People love my red pepper sauce which I use is many dishes. Garlic and olive oil are in every meal.
It remains a myth held by far too many doctors that with diet and exercise you can lose weight. When I defy doctors to produce any such study, they always go silent.
My ultrasound showed no meaningful blockage which can cause a heart attack. I am 100 lbs. overweight. My mega dosage of insulin has caused me to gain 20 pounds since the 1st of the year. In the last 13 days I have gain 10 lbs. The doctor knows at my dosage of insulin, I will gain weight. My blood sugar on 140 units of insulin every A.M. remains where it was 20 months ago. I do not believe doctors understand the meaning of sever insulin resistance. It means I am resistant to insulin, and no amount of insulin will lower my blood sugar.
The purpose of my heart ultrasound was to measure my pulmonary hypertension numbers. They remain fine so my medicine will not be adjusted. But I remain at only 76 % lung capacity, so my doctor will continue to purser COPD.
Even though my heart is fine, if my lungs strain the heart, I can still have a heart attack.
My new order of business is to try and find lung exercises which will allow me to safely expand lung capacity
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