Progress with my recovery – Tuesday, 21 July 2009

Well it seems to be going well so far. I’ve been seen by lots of doctors and nurses who have all given me good advice. The advice centres around four main areas for me.
1. Lose weight
2. Keep my blood sugars under control (I am a diabetic)
3. Take plenty of exercise.
4. Keep my cholesterol below 4 (apparently mine is at 3.9)

My blood sugars have always been well controlled, but being a diabetic has meant that my arteries are clogged along their entire length with plaque. This makes a bypass or fitting stents out of the question for me, so any future events will be controlled by medication. At least that’s what the doctor tells me, I just hope he gets it right.

I am concentrating on keeping my cholesterol level down by following a healthy diet and getting plenty of exercise. The exercise regime I have started involves lots of walking. I aim to do at least three miles per day, which takes me an hour. This means that I am exercising within my “zone” according to the physiotherapist who runs the class I attend twice a week. The class is for those recovering from a heart attack and gives me some extra exercise above my daily walks and also provides me with a lot of motivation as well as good practical advice about maintaining a healthy life style.

Between my regular exercise and following a healthy diet, I intend to lose weight. My target is to lose weight at a steady rate as this is reckoned to be the way to lose it and to keep it off. Ideally two pounds per week is ideal so that’s my target. I’ll be posting my weekly weight loss figures here, so that makes sure that I stick to the diet.

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