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Julia said:
Peripheral Artery Disease can exist in the absence of heart disease.
Most common cause is smoking. Gangrene, especially in the presence of diabetes, can be a complication.
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Highly likely.

Nothing to do with BMI
Everything to do with
Years of smoking. But will
Know much more in a week.
 
tech/a said:
Nothing to do with BMI
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Of course not. BMI is just a statistical average. Your BMI is the same as an obese bloke weighing 105kg and 1.85m tall because, while he is carrying excess fat you are over muscled.
 
Eliminate sugar from your diet and you'll lose weight without doing anything else...........harder then it sounds though, sugar is in many, many things....the rule is if it's tastes sweet don't eat it.

Avoid weight loss foods they are loaded with sugar to keep some taste.
 
Calliope said:
Of course not. BMI is just a statistical average. Your BMI is the same as an obese bloke weighing 105kg and 1.85m tall because, while he is carrying excess fat you are over muscled.
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I do understand and appreciate your point

According to the doctor I have seen
When asked the specific question
Weight/Heart disease/Diabeties,his reply was
----due to my Bloods Low cholesterol,no
Sugar issues and Normal Blood Pressure.

The issue was likely to be capillary constriction in
the calf muscle and possibly artery damage
due to prolonged smoking.

Frankly Id love to lose 20kg and I'm sure the
legs would appreciate less load.
Training would certainly be easier. Ive just cut out Sugar
headaches to prove it!
and 90% of dairy---very little carbs.

Good to have a wake up call and a full service.
Ultrasound on Friday so the results will tell.
Can only get better----
 
Just walk. Not much required.

Don't eat too many "bad" foods and you should be right.

I look at my parents. they're both on the larger side (amazes me though as they are both still quite hard working) but they have good cholesterol etc.
 
Flew into the VETS.

After a week of tests.
All came back normal.
Ultrasound found nothing.
Stress test wasn't that stressful.
Jogged 12K on Sunday no pain then top dressed the lawn.

Next is a visit to the Podiatrist.
I wear the outside heel out of my trainers.

Dont want to be flying North with a dickey Foot.
 

Far out, i wish i could jog 12k!

Don't fly too far north, the flu here is a killer!

CanOz
 
CanOz said:
Far out, i wish i could jog 12k!

Don't fly too far north, the flu here is a killer!

CanOz
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Im starting a new fad.

First there is running
Then Jogging
and now
PLODDING!
 
tech/a said:
Jogged 12K on Sunday no pain then top dressed the lawn.
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Not sure about that jogging bizzo tech/a, I got warned off that by both the surgeon and the physio when I buggered up a knee a few years ago. As you get older the muscles can no longer absorb the impact and the joints take the load.

Fast walking with periods of power walking on the flat or constant pace hill walking was the advice I was given.

Cycling too but you already do that.
 

It depends.

The weight bearing is better for your cartilage. As long as you can control your technique.

I've had 3 arthroscopies and a knee recon, and after the last one, I asked the surgeon if I should stop running. He said definitely not. And to be honest, it feels much better when I'm running regularly. Can't run on hard surfaces though.
 
Yeah, i like the fast / power walking and cycling. Even on non-hard surfaces its painful to run...

I wish that i could run though as its an efficient way to to exercise.

CanOz
 
Im lucky that I live on the beach Boggo will know Moana.
I do a lot on the beach but quite a bit cross country/sandhills
and road.


Knees were also a problem.
Had CT scans and my problem was lack of stretching.
I was guilty there.
10 mins stretching before and when I can during as well as
in warm down and all is fine.
Down hills are the only real problem I now find.

Bike is excellent and do a lot around "The Vales".
I can ride 50K through and on bitumen roads and not see
a half dozen cars.

Can Oz can probably do the same thing but see 10000
bicycles!
 
And when I walk on the beach, I have a tendency to get stung.

Ha.
 
tech/a said:
Bike is excellent and do a lot around "The Vales".
I can ride 50K through and on bitumen roads and not see
a half dozen cars.

Can Oz can probably do the same thing but see 10000
bicycles!
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More like Scooters nowadays...the bike is fun, i like the type of exercise that you don't really know your doing because your too distracted...Also love the stationary cycles with the TVs on them, can easily lose 30-45 minutes watching the Bloomy on one. They're not cheap though, like 5000 USD for a good one. Maybe one day when i have real cable again.

CanOz
 

Can always just get a good trainer to put your pushsickle on.

It's great for watching the cycling season.
 

I hear its better to run toe to heel rather than heel to toe any idea if it's better on the knees?
 
moXJO said:
I hear its better to run toe to heel rather than heel to toe any idea if it's better on the knees?
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I think so. If you're landing on your heel, you're going to jar your legs.

I always just start out with the cliff young shuffle, keeping everything close and in line. And then start to expand it out once I've got a bit of strength back.
 
moXJO said:
I hear its better to run toe to heel rather than heel to toe any idea if it's better on the knees?
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Hmm, interesting....maybe that's been my problem. How the heck can you run toe to heal?
 
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