Blood Pressure Update
“No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.” ― Maimonides
Five months ago and for the first time in years, I went to the doctor and got a check up. I knew I was unhealthy but unless you have numbers in front of you, it’s hard to quantify the feeling of being unhealthy.
“What gets measured gets improved” - James Smith
If you don’t follow Jordan Syatt, you should do that right now because he was the first trainer I saw on here that started promoting monitoring your blood pressure as another means of progress.
As a personal trainer who only cared about hitting macros for a long time, this was a foreign concept to me. When we look at fitness influencers, the focus is on how your body looks, not how your body feels or performs. When you have visible abs, your body fat percentage is low which has adverse effects on your hormones that most people don’t know or realize until they reach that point.
Back to the point, my doctor gave me three months to get my shit together or else I’d be put on blood pressure medication. Why? My BP was 150/90. INSANE!
Honestly, I didn’t start until March to lose weight because the fear of medication didn’t hit me until then. You can only delay the inevitable for so long. It’s not like I could go to my doctor in april and tell him, “could you give me another three months?” You know what could happen by then? I could drop dead at any moment.
In march I lost 19 lbs and I couldn’t believe it. It wasn’t through fat burners, a waist trainer, detox teas, or any other kind of “fat loss supplement”, here’s the list as simple as possible:
Calorie Deficit (tracked my calories every day making sure my deficit was between 500-1000 calories)
Protein (My range was 200-240g daily)
Strength Training (2-4x/week with a lower/upper/2 full body workout split)
WALKING (the cardio I did was walking on a treadmill for 20-60 mins low/moderate intensity for an average of 5 days/week) (sometimes i added in high intensity but this should be relatively less in your program)
Sleep (from below 6 hours/night, I was able to get in a range of 7-9 hours every night)
This photo was two days ago, 4 months of hard work and dedication.
If there’s anything I can do to help, send me an email and I’ll be happy to assist - Email