High Blood Pressure -- Part II

Good going Jay,
I have stayed with my diet as I have mentioned about 2 months ago. I have
gone from 201 to 175, with my goal being 165..my marine weight. I did not do
it all by fruit, I used mostly a watch cholestoral and sat fat diet. With my
version of a normal meal 2 or 3 times a week. Instead of a sandwich for
lunch , yep with all the mayo ham and cheese, I ate a bowl of oatmeal w/
alittle honey on it. I watch the sat fats to about 8 grams a day, yep
sometimes you go over with the normal meal, just remember eat a normal meal
on those days...no second helpings! Cholestoral is
where my problem was, my intake per day on it is less than 40 mg. Heart docs
will kiss you if you stick to that!!!!! I really need to find a good looking
woman heart doc! Even though I have the DVT thing going on, and it really
had stopped my usual activities, my energy level has tripled, and it makes
me feel less and less like anything else is wrong with me!!
So keep hanging in there you can lose all you want , just remember a
treat now and then is ok. If you try to cold turkey off of everything that
you love or that's bad for you at once you have more of a chance to "stop"
the diet. I had to do something I love planes, but I really wanted to do
what I could to see my boy become Commandant of the Marine Corps (17), and
walk my girls down the aisle when they marry (8,1) .
And well I just know if I die first my wife is going to put my in a
plastic trash bag and chunk me in the creek to save money on the burial!!
HAHAHA She's a tightwad I tell you!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

("W P Dixon" wrote)
And well I just know if I die first my wife is going to put my in a
plastic trash bag and chunk me in the creek to save money on the burial!!
HAHAHA She's a tightwad I tell you!


Hey, she could freeze your head, then let the kids fight over it in court -
so that plastic trash bag isn't looking too bad right about now, is it?

What's DVT?


Montblack

Heck Mont,
I don't know if we could get her to go for the frozen head thing, that
takes electricity you know!!!! May be to cheap!!! And DVT is Deep Vein
Thrombosis.

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech


"Montblack" wrote in message
...
("W P Dixon" wrote)
And well I just know if I die first my wife is going to put my in
a plastic trash bag and chunk me in the creek to save money on the
burial!! HAHAHA She's a tightwad I tell you!


Hey, she could freeze your head, then let the kids fight over it in
court - so that plastic trash bag isn't looking too bad right about now,
is it?

What's DVT?


Montblack

So keep hanging in there you can lose all you want , just remember
a treat now and then is ok. If you try to cold turkey off of everything
that you love or that's bad for you at once you have more of a chance to
"stop" the diet.

That's the great part about my diet -- I don't feel deprived of anything.

Last night I had a normal dinner (Arby's turkey wrap, curly fries, diet
coke), and after my daughter's concert we had pie at her favorite
restaurant. However, the entire day up to that point all I had eaten was
bananas, apples, and a rice cake (those things come in multiple flavors that
taste great, and REALLY fill you up!)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

At this rate I should be 175 by OSH, and -- best of all -- I think this
is a diet I can stick with for the rest of my life. I highly recommend
it!

Well, I could stand to drop about 15 pounds, and it ain't gonna happen the way
my wife cooks dinner. :-) I think there're some apples left in the fridge.

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.

I'm fighting the same thing Jay... pushing over 49 this year and for first
time the BP was 135/85 and the doc gave me a warning... started the meals
from mom's diabetic cookbook, no I am not diabetic.. and started to shed the
extra 15# I put on after retirement. One month later for my Class II
medical, and the BP was 125/80... close to back to normal... lost about 5#
so far..

BT

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
As some of you know, six weeks ago I was diagnosed with high blood
pressure, and was prescribed medication. Although the medicine the doc
gave me WAS on the FAA's list of "approved" drugs, the mere act of
taking such a drug would set into motion all sorts of things regarding
obtaining future medicals that I simply didn't want to face.

Nevertheless, there I was, standing in my bathrobe, holding that stupid
pill in one hand, a glass of water in the other, feeling old and flabby
and powerless. Yet, just as I was about to swallow the damned thing, I
realized one simple fact with absolute clarity:

I liked flying more than I liked eating.

So, with that I put the pill back in the bottle, and resolved on the
spot to change my diet and (to some extent) my lifestyle. I was going
to lose 15 pounds, and see if the old BP would follow.

At 197 pounds, on a 6-foot frame, I was not obese. I have done weight
training with my 14-year-old son for almost two years now, every day --
so there's a fair amount of muscle on this 46-year-old frame. However,
in college I was in even better shape -- and weighed just 175 pounds.
So, I knew there was at least 15 pounds of "extra" Jay on board at all
times.

The first thing I needed to do was to make sure that -- whatever diet I
chose -- I was never hungry. This meant that I needed a high-bulk, low
calorie diet. Since I find the high-fat/high protein/all meat diets to
be counterintuitive, I opted to create a diet made primarily of fruit.

Why fruit? Well, it's no-salt, low calorie, full of vitamins, high in
bulk -- and tasty as hell! I decided I would eat two "fruit meals" per
day, and would allow myself one "normal" meal -- which I initially
designated as being lunch.

Unfortunately, I soon found that society plans too many events around
"dinners" -- and I simply couldn't whip out a banana at a restaurant --
so within a few days my "normal" meal had evolved into dinner.

Thus, for breakfast, lunch, and mid-afternoon snack, I created a diet
made entirely of Golden Delicious apples, Bartlet pears, and bananas.
For dinner, I could eat anything I wanted.

Within a few days, the pounds began to shed. Happily, I was never
hungry, since I was constantly stuffing my face with jumbo apples. And
I could always look forward to a good burger, washed down with a
microbrewed beer, at the end of the day. It was the perfect diet!

Better yet, by eliminating my normal breakfast and lunch, I also
eliminated the lion's share of my salt intake. I also started running
with my son, every other day, in addition to weight training. As much
as I hate running, I soon found that carrying less weight makes running
easier -- so I don't hate it as much anymore.

So how's all this working? I just got back from the doctor, and here
is the tale of the tape:

March 22 May 3
Weight 197 185
BP 155/85 135/82

The nurses were astounded that I could lose 12 pounds in just six
weeks, and (thanks to multivitamins, the fruit, and running) be
perfectly healthy. The good doctor was amazed at a 20 point drop in
blood pressure in such a short time -- especially since it had been
rising for at least the last four years.

So, I think I've discovered the perfect diet. I'm stuffed all the
time, I'm losing weight without being hungry, my nightly indigestion
(always followed by Tums or Rolaids) is completely GONE -- and, wow, am
I regular as hell!

:-)

At this rate I should be 175 by OSH, and -- best of all -- I think this
is a diet I can stick with for the rest of my life. I highly recommend
it!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Great job Jay!! Hell I'm 5'10 and 195 with no BP problems but I could
lose 15 lbs myself.... I think you may be on to something here... What
do you do with all the farting that is a byproduct of the fruit!!

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
'79 Mooney 201

Jay Honeck wrote:
As some of you know, six weeks ago I was diagnosed with high blood
pressure, and was prescribed medication. Although the medicine the doc
gave me WAS on the FAA's list of "approved" drugs, the mere act of
taking such a drug would set into motion all sorts of things regarding
obtaining future medicals that I simply didn't want to face.

Nevertheless, there I was, standing in my bathrobe, holding that stupid
pill in one hand, a glass of water in the other, feeling old and flabby
and powerless. Yet, just as I was about to swallow the damned thing, I
realized one simple fact with absolute clarity:

I liked flying more than I liked eating.

So, with that I put the pill back in the bottle, and resolved on the
spot to change my diet and (to some extent) my lifestyle. I was going
to lose 15 pounds, and see if the old BP would follow.

At 197 pounds, on a 6-foot frame, I was not obese. I have done weight
training with my 14-year-old son for almost two years now, every day --
so there's a fair amount of muscle on this 46-year-old frame. However,
in college I was in even better shape -- and weighed just 175 pounds.
So, I knew there was at least 15 pounds of "extra" Jay on board at all
times.

The first thing I needed to do was to make sure that -- whatever diet I
chose -- I was never hungry. This meant that I needed a high-bulk, low
calorie diet. Since I find the high-fat/high protein/all meat diets to
be counterintuitive, I opted to create a diet made primarily of fruit.

Why fruit? Well, it's no-salt, low calorie, full of vitamins, high in
bulk -- and tasty as hell! I decided I would eat two "fruit meals" per
day, and would allow myself one "normal" meal -- which I initially
designated as being lunch.

Unfortunately, I soon found that society plans too many events around
"dinners" -- and I simply couldn't whip out a banana at a restaurant --
so within a few days my "normal" meal had evolved into dinner.

Thus, for breakfast, lunch, and mid-afternoon snack, I created a diet
made entirely of Golden Delicious apples, Bartlet pears, and bananas.
For dinner, I could eat anything I wanted.

Within a few days, the pounds began to shed. Happily, I was never
hungry, since I was constantly stuffing my face with jumbo apples. And
I could always look forward to a good burger, washed down with a
microbrewed beer, at the end of the day. It was the perfect diet!

Better yet, by eliminating my normal breakfast and lunch, I also
eliminated the lion's share of my salt intake. I also started running
with my son, every other day, in addition to weight training. As much
as I hate running, I soon found that carrying less weight makes running
easier -- so I don't hate it as much anymore.

So how's all this working? I just got back from the doctor, and here
is the tale of the tape:

March 22 May 3
Weight 197 185
BP 155/85 135/82

The nurses were astounded that I could lose 12 pounds in just six
weeks, and (thanks to multivitamins, the fruit, and running) be
perfectly healthy. The good doctor was amazed at a 20 point drop in
blood pressure in such a short time -- especially since it had been
rising for at least the last four years.

So, I think I've discovered the perfect diet. I'm stuffed all the
time, I'm losing weight without being hungry, my nightly indigestion
(always followed by Tums or Rolaids) is completely GONE -- and, wow, am
I regular as hell!

:-)

At this rate I should be 175 by OSH, and -- best of all -- I think this
is a diet I can stick with for the rest of my life. I highly recommend
it!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
...
Great job Jay!! Hell I'm 5'10 and 195 with no BP problems but I could
lose 15 lbs myself.... I think you may be on to something here... What
do you do with all the farting that is a byproduct of the fruit!!

If it were me, I would always carry a Bic lighter, and laugh a lot! BFg
--
Jim in NC

Great job Jay!! Hell I'm 5'10 and 195 with no BP problems but I could
lose 15 lbs myself.... I think you may be on to something here... What
do you do with all the farting that is a byproduct of the fruit!!

If it were me, I would always carry a Bic lighter, and laugh a lot! BFg

Great idea!

Actually, the, uh, regularity that comes with eating a lot of fruit hasn't
been a big change for me -- I've ALWAYS been that way! ;-)

Besides, I think a beer once or twice a week provides the same results...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Actually, the, uh, regularity that comes with eating a lot of fruit hasn't
been a big change for me -- I've ALWAYS been that way! ;-)

Besides, I think a beer once or twice a week provides the same results...
--
Jay Honeck

Hmmm... I think we are learning a little more about you than we'd like
GRIN LOL!

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Student - CP-ASEL

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