9th October 2003
[quote]Originally posted by Beth36:
To those of you who exercise and/or have lost weight, how effective is this in helping to lower your blood pressure readings? A lot of the info out there on HTN talks about exercise and weight loss as ways to help get bp readings lower. How successful has this been for those of you who have done it?
Beth
Beth:
In 1997 I was 31 years old, weighed 215 lbs and was diagnosed with hypertension (170/112).
I was put on HCTZ first, then I think Lexxel and Ziac. I kept up this and added other meds as my weight went up to 227 lbs. I was not doing exercise. Eventually I developed diabetes, had CHD, and suffered a MI at age 35 in March 2002.
Since then, I started off walking, eating a low fat diet, and dropping my weight. My lipid profile went from horrible to low risk category, the diabetes reversed and I came off all 7 medications for these kind of maladies, including three BP meds (ACE inhibitor,beta blocker and diuretic). Now, I am at 155 lbs, run 3 miles just about every day, and take no medications except zyrtec for allergies. My bp is consistently around 110/70.
I am not saying everyone can have this success, but if you are asking because you are thinking that it might help in your case, I wish you success also.
Ulrich
To those of you who exercise and/or have lost weight, how effective is this in helping to lower your blood pressure readings? A lot of the info out there on HTN talks about exercise and weight loss as ways to help get bp readings lower. How successful has this been for those of you who have done it?
Beth
Beth:
In 1997 I was 31 years old, weighed 215 lbs and was diagnosed with hypertension (170/112).
I was put on HCTZ first, then I think Lexxel and Ziac. I kept up this and added other meds as my weight went up to 227 lbs. I was not doing exercise. Eventually I developed diabetes, had CHD, and suffered a MI at age 35 in March 2002.
Since then, I started off walking, eating a low fat diet, and dropping my weight. My lipid profile went from horrible to low risk category, the diabetes reversed and I came off all 7 medications for these kind of maladies, including three BP meds (ACE inhibitor,beta blocker and diuretic). Now, I am at 155 lbs, run 3 miles just about every day, and take no medications except zyrtec for allergies. My bp is consistently around 110/70.
I am not saying everyone can have this success, but if you are asking because you are thinking that it might help in your case, I wish you success also.
Ulrich
