Health motivators

[FW]

... I stopped because of physical limitations. Hopefully those limits will get pushed back a bit over time.

Leam

You have to start somewhere, and that is a good start. No need to try to do a "zero to hero" in anything. Small steps, and a change in attitude is all that is needed.

[speleocrone]

You have to start somewhere, and that is a good start. No need to try to do a "zero to hero" in anything. Small steps, and a change in attitude is all that is needed.

Ditto. It has to be changes for the long haul. It's worth the effort though.

[laphiloche]

After loosing the weight, with a proper diet and daily exercise well established I was diagnosed with Lymphoma. My treatments were completely successful, and every indication is that the cancer is gone, and that it will stay gone. My Oncologist was thrilled with my physical condition at the beginning of chemotherapy. He said that because I was in such good shape he was free to treat the cancer aggressively. He said that all too often he needs to moderate the treatment for patients that are in poor general health. This severely limits his ability to treat cancer. If the treatment kills the cancer, but also kills the patient he has not done his job properly.

Get healthy now, and stay healthy. When eventually you do start to have health problems it may be too late.

One thing I learned is that you don't go on a diet, you need to change your diet. Once you have lost the weight and gotten into shape you can modify the changes you have made to get you there, but you can never abandon them. It is your current diet and exercise that has gotten you into the physical condition that you are in now. If you go back to eating what you ate last year, you will go back to looking like you did last year.

Good luck,

Mark Vlahos

I'am in the same situation and yesterday my doctor said it's a good thing to be in good physical shape before to start the chimio.

More positive : after, you could do multiple sump diving with mud, climb, ect ....

[cavedivingwoman]

Your dad is fortunate. Mine developed similar problems and went to bed early one night, citing "indigestion." My mom found him dead an hour later.

To the OP, I say "good for you!" and wish you the best.

You already know of the heart benefits, but here is my most personal example. My dad had been overweight ever since I was young, and had minor hypertension since then. At around 45 y/o he had a period where nothing helped (even medication)to keep his hypertension in check and then diabetes came along. He cleaned up his diet and started for the first time exercising regularly, and became a vegetarian(vegan), and that helped him keep it in check, as well as the diabetes. Even then, years of abuse had wreaked havoc on his heart and at 55 y/o today, he just had a triple bypass and a pacemaker installed.

This reinforces my desire to keep a clean diet and exercise regularly. Not just because I want to look better, but because I want to live longer. We only get ONE crack at this, so I want to enjoy it as best I can and want it to last as long as possible.

[Leam]

While I still struggle with M&Ms and burgers, I've lost nearly 22 pounds since starting this thread. Mostly better eating and moderate exercise. Woo-hoo! Without diving I doubt I'd have the motivation.

[FW]

While I still struggle with M&Ms and burgers, I've lost nearly 22 pounds since starting this thread. Mostly better eating and moderate exercise. Woo-hoo! Without diving I doubt I'd have the motivation.

Great news!

[sskasser]

Congratulations!

[a64pilot]

Congratulations, a couple of years ago I weighed 230, lost 50 lbs down to 180. Sadly most all of it is back now. I've never had a weight problem until I got old, apparently it's not a battle, it's a war.

[kensuf]

While I still struggle with M&Ms and burgers, I've lost nearly 22 pounds since starting this thread. Mostly better eating and moderate exercise. Woo-hoo! Without diving I doubt I'd have the motivation.

Congrats!