JKulp42757
Thu, July 8th, 2004, 12:13 PM
Hi everyone!
I've been browsing this forum, and John's website for 6 months or so. . . but never got around to posting much.
I'm pretty sure my story is very different from most here.
When I was 18 I was in pretty good shape, played basketball, etc.. in high school. I'm 5 9, and weighed around 160 at this time.
All of the sudden in Feb of 99 I started to feel alot of palpatations each day. After some tests at the cardiologist he decided that an ICD implanted would be best. An ICD is a combination pacemaker/defibulator. The cardiologist was worried that continued palpatations might make my heart race, and go into vtach or vfib. So the ICD was implanted.
I don't know if it was the drugs they gave me during the hospital stay/surgery or what..but boy did I gain weight. When I left the hospital (just 48hrs after I entered), I couldn't even button the pants I wore in! And it wasn't bloating, water, etc...it was FAT! I had also been gaining weight slowly from the palpatations.
For the last few years my weight has been at a high of 202...low of 174 (which is where I need to be).
My goal is not to get in super tip top shape, but to just stay at a good weight, in decent, healthy shape. After getting back in shape last year, I stopped exercising due to a knee injury, and gained back the weight I had lost. The knee is better now, and I've been excercising for a litte over 1 month, lost approx 10 lbs so far...I'm at about 185...need to lost 10-15 more.
I take a medicine called Atenolol, which because of the way the drug works, greatly lowers my metabolism. So this adds to my struggle somewhat, as I need to excercise at least some daily, and eat healthy just to maintain my weight. Right now I eat about 1800 calories a day..no more than 25 grams from fat. I'm on the treadmill for 40-45mins 6 days a week.
A weight difference of 202 - 174 may not seem like much..but I have very skinny forearms & "chicken legs", so that amount of weight is a BIG difference for me, as most of it accumulates on my stomach...I've been in 36 jeans (high), as well as 33 (low).
Well, hopefully I can get down, and stay down at around the 174 area..that's my goal! Oh, also...I'm also looking for a good multivitamin..I can't take anything with any weird things in it (ginseng, all that other kind of stuff)..just the regular vitamins. Right now I take a "One a Day", but their only $4 for 100 tablets, so I'm sure there must be some better alternatives. Any suggestions, etc.. appreciated!
:D
I've been browsing this forum, and John's website for 6 months or so. . . but never got around to posting much.
I'm pretty sure my story is very different from most here.
When I was 18 I was in pretty good shape, played basketball, etc.. in high school. I'm 5 9, and weighed around 160 at this time.
All of the sudden in Feb of 99 I started to feel alot of palpatations each day. After some tests at the cardiologist he decided that an ICD implanted would be best. An ICD is a combination pacemaker/defibulator. The cardiologist was worried that continued palpatations might make my heart race, and go into vtach or vfib. So the ICD was implanted.
I don't know if it was the drugs they gave me during the hospital stay/surgery or what..but boy did I gain weight. When I left the hospital (just 48hrs after I entered), I couldn't even button the pants I wore in! And it wasn't bloating, water, etc...it was FAT! I had also been gaining weight slowly from the palpatations.
For the last few years my weight has been at a high of 202...low of 174 (which is where I need to be).
My goal is not to get in super tip top shape, but to just stay at a good weight, in decent, healthy shape. After getting back in shape last year, I stopped exercising due to a knee injury, and gained back the weight I had lost. The knee is better now, and I've been excercising for a litte over 1 month, lost approx 10 lbs so far...I'm at about 185...need to lost 10-15 more.
I take a medicine called Atenolol, which because of the way the drug works, greatly lowers my metabolism. So this adds to my struggle somewhat, as I need to excercise at least some daily, and eat healthy just to maintain my weight. Right now I eat about 1800 calories a day..no more than 25 grams from fat. I'm on the treadmill for 40-45mins 6 days a week.
A weight difference of 202 - 174 may not seem like much..but I have very skinny forearms & "chicken legs", so that amount of weight is a BIG difference for me, as most of it accumulates on my stomach...I've been in 36 jeans (high), as well as 33 (low).
Well, hopefully I can get down, and stay down at around the 174 area..that's my goal! Oh, also...I'm also looking for a good multivitamin..I can't take anything with any weird things in it (ginseng, all that other kind of stuff)..just the regular vitamins. Right now I take a "One a Day", but their only $4 for 100 tablets, so I'm sure there must be some better alternatives. Any suggestions, etc.. appreciated!
:D