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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HDL_ME" data-source="post: 221340" data-attributes="member: 36959">An Update.....Following the loss of two stone, I borrowed a blood pressure meter from the doctor's surgery and tested several times a day for 10 days...with the result that I averaged an amazing 118/74...a reading that bore no relation whatsoever to the previous readings before the diet....& one I never imagined I could possibly ever attain this side of reincarnation! After consultation with my doctor, I've come off the 10mg Lisinopril & am now on just 5mg a day for the weeks ahead, with a possible view to coming off the medication completely if future readings suggest that it is feasible. It's well over 3 months since I started my version of a 600 a day diet & goodness me, what a great day it was when I decided to take the plunge? The outcome has been just wonderful....it's the only word for it, to my mind. It's been like getting out of jail. I enjoy what food I eat now, infinitely more...although there's less of it....than when I could stuff myself with cakes & calories when the urge took me. That's my third biggest plus. The second is my level of general fitness & good health....being able to comfortably fit into clothes size 16 or below...instead of 22 & above. And finally, the biggest plus point....the brighter mental state that I awake into most mornings....much less depressed, much more inclined to be active & to view being in the world a positive thing, something tinged with optimism rather than wishing that I just wasn't here anymore.The very greatest realisation is "just look what excess weight has been doing to your life for the last quarter century, Julie"..... It's just a pity that I didn't fully realise this key fact a long while ago.</blockquote>

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