Whats Your Health Journey?

[SSGT_B]

As many know, Jan 2nd of 2024 I had my second heart attack. On the 5th of Jan they were doing a tripple bypass. The meds I take daily assist in me gaining weight. On June of 2025 I had 3 stints put in valves to my heart. TIme to get serious. I have hit my higest weight of 247 and needed to buy bigger jeans. August I started GLP1 medication. With that comes the inability to eat very much. It takes away the food noise as well as slows digestion so you feel full longer. To date, I have lost 34 lbs as of this morning. Its hard to get enough calories during the day. Although paying attention to my calories is on my mind, Im trying to pay more attention to the important ones. Getting enough protien can be rough. I have to suppliment my food intake with 1-2 protien drinks a day because Im just not hungry. I have also started going to the gym 3-4 times a week with light weights, lots of reps, in a attempt to not loose muscle mass. I can ride my bicycle up to 6 miles so far, I have a busted tailbone which makes riding very painful, and my walking pace has decreased from a 22 min mile down to 17. Its a slow road but I just cant sit back anymore and stay fat, non energetic and unhealthy. Whats yalls journey look like?

BTW, I still love pie! I just dont eat it........lol

[Bumblebee]

As many know, Jan 2nd of 2024 I had my second heart attack. On the 5th of Jan they were doing a tripple bypass. The meds I take daily assist in me gaining weight. On June of 2025 I had 3 stints put in valves to my heart. TIme to get serious. I have hit my higest weight of 247 and needed to buy bigger jeans. August I started GLP1 medication. With that comes the inability to eat very much. It takes away the food noise as well as slows digestion so you feel full longer. To date, I have lost 34 lbs as of this morning. Its hard to get enough calories during the day. Although paying attention to my calories is on my mind, Im trying to pay more attention to the important ones. Getting enough protien can be rough. I have to suppliment my food intake with 1-2 protien drinks a day because Im just not hungry. I have also started going to the gym 3-4 times a week with light weights, lots of reps, in a attempt to not loose muscle mass. I can ride my bicycle up to 6 miles so far, I have a busted tailbone which makes riding very painful, and my walking pace has decreased from a 22 min mile down to 17. Its a slow road but I just cant sit back anymore and stay fat, non energetic and unhealthy. Whats yalls journey look like?

BTW, I still love pie! I just dont eat it........lol

Hell, I have all the ailments that a lifetime of stupidity gives a person but nothing even close to this.....

I'm not complaining about my sore feet, arthritis or tinnitus anymore......

You and I have talked about my wife in a PM so you know that story......after watching what she went through and is still going through, it certainly puts things into perspective.....

[HayaWakened]

No pie??? Unimaginable. For that alone, my heart goes out to you!
+1 @Bumblebee
Seeing 70 next year, great fortune that (almost) all body parts still work as expected.
But the longer I walk down Old Age Rd, the steeper it gets. Tempted to slide the rest of the way on my butt.
RE the Busa, beginning to worry about my reaction time here in SoCal

[Gen3lover]

You proven once again that a person has put in some work to remain healthy.
It doesn’t happen on its own.

[pcs]

[Kiwi Rider]

Well, talk about opening a can of worms re health journeys Gerry . . .
I'm 67 now and I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (insulin resistance) 7 years ago.
I immediately got serious about changing my habits and ditching the vices to attempt to extend my life and have a decade or more (hopefully) of quality time left with my kids and grand kids.
For 30 years I'd drunk as much beer as I'd liked and eaten whatever foods I enjoyed . . NO MORE!
I'm now running a continuous glucose monitor on my upper arm and watch it and the effects that certain foods have on raising my glucose levels in the blood.
It's extremely motivating to encourage healthy high protein low sugar/carb food intake, and I've found that eating meat and eggs in medium portions in the morning can suppress my hunger all day until 6pm-ish.
My blood glucose levels have reduced to within a healthy (almost) normal range and my blood pressure has dropped from (at one point) 210/120 down to 120/60 with meds incl for that. So I'm very happy about that too!
I have a good friend who is 70 and he's been on a carnivore diet the last 2 years.
His health has improved dramatically and he's lost weight also, down from 100kg to 80kgs.
Seven years ago I was 105 kgs, stopped drinking beer (i was drinking a 12 pack a day) and all alcohol in general, ate only chicken, beef and pork with veges, no other food at all and my weight went down to 83 kgs in 3 months!

So yeah, it can be done but it takes a lot of mental fortitude, a plan in place, and a vision of the future you if you eat healthy and also if you do not eat healthy also!
As they say... you are what you eat.

[LC4CARL]

I've been blessed in being more or less heathly over these 58 years. Friday I could feel a cold coming on. Saturday I was in bed. Today I slept a bit, but am on the mend. After reading some of these posts, I was thinking about how, in a very limited scope, perhaps periodic episodes like these are a good thing to remind me that health / fitness is not guaranteed. And that making it a priority can pay dividends in the long run.

[202mphbusa]

Remember consistency is the most important thing
20-30 minutes a dy is WAY better than a hour one day and nothing for 2-3
I have had a TON of injuries due to working out
3 collarbones
one Broken hip
One stress fractured tibia
and latest a compound fractured elbow

[SSGT_B]

Remember consistency is the most important thing
20-30 minutes a dy is WAY better than a hour one day and nothing for 2-3
I have had a TON of injuries due to working out
3 collarbones
one Broken hip
One stress fractured tibia
and latest a compound fractured elbow

Damn dude! You over there Hulking out or what?? lol Seriously though, Im trying for atleast 30 min of something a day, bike riding, walking, then throw in some light workouts during the week.

[Mythos]

You're doing a great job! If you ask me, focus on the weight loss. I'm hearing muscle mass puts as much of a strain on your heart as fat. I know, I know, if we're leaning down, we'd like to be muscular too. Who doesn't? I think of it as a trade for good quality of life v a few years more quantity. ....but already having a heart problem, consider being a svelte Brad Pitt over an Arnold a la Terminator. I believe your high reps routine is a good approach but if you look at the research, this will probably cause a certain amount of muscle growth too.

My health journey has led me toward owning up to my lifelong hypertension problem. I take my medication and it improves the high BP a lot. Still not normal but much better. I do the high reps routine like you but I'm naturally slighter of build no matter what. Sure I'll do some heavy lifting again someday because I know I'll never be a mass monster no matter what. Already gave it my all in my early thirties and I stayed the same weight, just lost all my fat over two years and gained muscle. As for diet, I've found it has almost no impact on my BP. I always had a very healthy diet and making it extreme low fat and low sodium doesn't do much except make food taste so bad I'm tempted to buy junk food. Same with water, I drink a gallon a day and urinate so much at work my supervisors are watching me. It made no real change in my blood pressure. It was a good workout for my bladder.

Do what makes you feel good and that will probably be best for your health too. I'm assuming you're fifty + like me and at our age, I think it's mostly avoiding doing what's bad for our health that counts most.

[Rojo]

Thread 'Cancer update - CT scan yesterday'

Mar 1, 2008

I just wanted to post up a little praise report to my Savior. We have been praying for a miracle and God has answered prayer for us.

Just a little update for those that may not know, I was DX with Stage IV colon cancer in August with 6 lesions in my liver and nodules in my lungs. Had 2 rounds of chemo then had to stop for a abdominal infection and was off chemo for 2 months.

I was able to start treatment back in January and completed 4 rounds for a total of 6. I had a CT scan yesterday to compare the size of the lesions from a scan in late December. Four have shrunk by over a third and...

• vman1300
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Chemotherapy & radiation treatments from cancer ️ destroyed both my teeth and my taste buds , blessed to be alive *

[Bumblebee]

Thread 'Cancer update - CT scan yesterday'

Mar 1, 2008

I just wanted to post up a little praise report to my Savior. We have been praying for a miracle and God has answered prayer for us.

Just a little update for those that may not know, I was DX with Stage IV colon cancer in August with 6 lesions in my liver and nodules in my lungs. Had 2 rounds of chemo then had to stop for a abdominal infection and was off chemo for 2 months.

I was able to start treatment back in January and completed 4 rounds for a total of 6. I had a CT scan yesterday to compare the size of the lesions from a scan in late December. Four have shrunk by over a third and...

• vman1300
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Chemotherapy & radiation treatments from cancer ️ destroyed both my teeth and my taste buds , blessed to be alive *

Damn cancer..............................................

[Rojo]

Thread 'Went on a big ride for cancer yesterday'

Jun 3, 2007

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• 300Busa
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Eating good nutritious food and avoiding sugar is the key to beating cancer ️ we need to realize #CancerCravesCandy *

[Bumblebee]

......damn cancer sucks.........

[CBXRider]

Sugar causes cancer?

[SSGT_B]

Down to 205 this morning from 247. 30 more to go

[Rojo]

Thread 'This is sad state of affairs of being 62 and living alone.'

Jul 20, 2025

No HOA
No mortgage
Wild flowers in the spring
Golden grass in summer
Lotsa butterflies
No gas for the mower
It suits
My lazy personality
My Field of (dreams) weeds
Grown tall
My lawn.

• kml
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You do realize that #CancerCravesCandy & smoking is the number one cause of lung cancer , this dude does not smoke *

[SSGT_B]

197. Still going to the gym although I personally don’t see any improvement but it’s good for me so I do it. Get at least a mile walk every other day, sometimes more except for today. My knee was not having it a 1/4 mile in so came back home. Progress is slow but I didn’t get fat over night so this might take a bit. Hopefully in the 180s by end of this year. Oh, the wife got me a small key lime pie bite from the store so yes, I got pie

[Dustin02]

It's all about your diet. Also, my Achilles heel. Lol. Continue in your efforts. If you ever want to get real serious, look upon 75 Hard | A Tactical Guide to Winning the War with Yourself

More than just a body transformation. Quite enlightening if you have the gumption.

[Rojo]

Thread 'So who is in to fitness?'

Dec 11, 2013

After spending the day with Jet-Li earlier this year and seeing those wonderful beach photos of myself I promised myself I would make a change. Semi and I have jokingly challenged each other to do better. Also, I have became friends with a couple of MC's friends that I met at his retirement. We are all working together in some form on FB. I feel I have made some great changes since the summer, especially with Juli being out of country for the last 7 weeks I have been able to focus.

So far, I have lost over 30 pounds since I started at 205 and currently at 172. Probably around 20 to 25...

• twotonevert
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