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HipChick

(25,485 posts) Wed Aug 17, 2016, 02:27 AM Aug 2016

SO...I started going back to the gym

My Blood Pressure is down..

I have lost quite a few pounds

Sitting on the couch in the new Smoking..

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SO...I started going back to the gym (Original Post) HipChick Aug 2016 OP

Good for you! pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #1

I think it's meant to be "sitting on the couch IS the new smoking" auntpurl Aug 2016 #2

Losing weight if needed and exercise are the very best things you can do to control blood pressure Major Nikon Aug 2016 #3

Agree...I also work from home.. HipChick Aug 2016 #4

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

1. Good for you!

Reply to HipChick (Original post)

Wed Aug 17, 2016, 02:42 AM

Aug 2016

You may yet inspire this couch potato!

Though your last sentence is a bit puzzling. That may benefit from an edit?

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)

2. I think it's meant to be "sitting on the couch IS the new smoking"

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 17, 2016, 06:56 AM

Aug 2016

as in, our sedentary lifestyle is probably as bad for us as smoking was back when everyone did that.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

3. Losing weight if needed and exercise are the very best things you can do to control blood pressure

Reply to HipChick (Original post)

Wed Aug 17, 2016, 10:02 AM

Aug 2016

Lots of other health metrics are also best controlled the same way, not to mention decreased stamina simply degrades your quality of life in just about every way.

I like to work out in the morning when I can, and the effects are noticeable throughout the day vs the days when I don't. It just makes me feel better all the way around.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

4. Agree...I also work from home..

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 17, 2016, 01:05 PM

Aug 2016

It keeps me sane....I may not come in contact with another human being in weeks..

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