26 W/ Consistently High Blood Pressure. ;/ Posted: 03-21-06 09:50am
Hey guys,
i'm 26 years old, 5'9" tall and 261 pounds
(i've lost 9 pounds in the last few
weeks). At the doctor's office my bp has
always been high, 150/70 most of the time.
I bought a home monitor to see if it was
really just at the office (i have severe
anxiety--- ocd, etc) and I see that it
wavers between 128/77 and 145/83.
My question is, can I expect my bp to come
down if I lose weight (i need to lose like
90 lbs more)? I'm trying to lose weight
now, and i've completely revamped my diet
(for the last few years i've eaten
horribly) and i'm working out 4-5 times a
week.
I really don't want to start on bp
medicine, and the doctor is rechecking me
in a month or so. Any comments?
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Lena121
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 24 Location: UK
Posted: 03-21-06 10:13am
Hi retrode.
If you do aerobic exercise for about 30
mins or longer 3-5 times a week while
changing your diet to fruit, vegg and
watch your satruated fats etc., you can
expect your blood pressure to go down in
the long run. There are studies regarding
exercise and blood pressure and both
exercise and a change in diet can lower
it. I am not sure within what time frame
though but participants in studies have
seen a change within 6 weeks or so, even
though it may not have been great, not
sure there.
Did you check with your doctor your
exercise regimen though? You should check
if it is ok and maybe get someone to
monitor you.
Also watch that you don't overdo it with
the exercise, start slow and do more as
you get fitter. Swimming is good to lose
weight and not too strenous on the rest of
your body. Walking is great for getting
fit and jogging can help with losing
weight when you are fitter already.
Sorry if I am giving you advice you have
covered already and if I am telling you
stuff you know yourself.
If you want to read studies type in
"exercise and blood pressure" or the like
in yahoo and it comes up with lots of
results that may be of interest to you and
give you more specific information.
Good luck with losing weight and lowering
your bp and don't get discouraged, it
takes time to lose that much weight so
don't get annoyed or discouraged when you
have a few setbacks, that is totally
normal.
I am sorry to hear about your anxiety, you
could try drinking st. John's wort tea or
maybe even taking valerian (not too much
of either as it can make you drowsy).
Also relaxation techniques can really
help. Yoga, pilates and thai chi are good
for body and mind as well.
I sound like a right health freak, sorry
about that, I am studying something health
related and am just in the middle of
devising an exercise plan/study thing as a
courswork so I have been doing a lot of
reading on this. :-) sorry if it is over
the top.
Take care of yourself and that is a big
step you are doing there, be proud of
yourself, changing diet and doing that
much exercise is a really huge, so well
done, good on you!!!
Lena
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jennys11
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 70 Location: miami
Posted: 03-24-06 20:14pm
I had problems with blood pressure and I
had a tia (minor stroke) and I am
32..Never thinking I would ever have
something like that in my life. I begun
walking/playing racket ball..My blood
pressure is now 101/60. I drink tons of
water and eat oranges (they say they are
great for prevention) I also cut out all
caffeine and limit my sugar in take.
Infact, my body is not use to sugar so
when someone bought in cookies at work
today I ate three..It left me with a huge
headache.
I also read eating celery (four of them)
lowers the blood pressure (chinese use
that) take one day at a time...That's what
I did
