I just about have to do this if I want to lower my blood pressure, improve my attention span, cure my depression, raise my energy levels, ease my anxiety, and relieve my pain in one solid swoop without spending a fortune. I'm also trying to get myself started on a low-sodium, low-carb, low sugar diet. Not much luck with keeping myself to it, but I'm about to get really strict since I find myself unable to cheat responsibly.
Right now, my resting heart rate is 120 BPM, and my BPH is 103/152. Blood sugar came up 207mg/dl. Not bad, but not great, either. I'm not sure if that's relevant to setting a goal or not...
your diet is more important than your exercise out-right...if your diet isn't relatively clean then your exercise will work against you and just stress you out.
Instead of worrying about sugar and fat worry about quality of food. A food has quality if it is unprocessed, natural, high in nutrients, and easy to digest.
To know if it's processed just read the label...most foods with labels are processed. Eat vegetables, fruits, and lean white meats, or fish...stay away from red meats and stay away from things that are processed. Eating processed food will wreck you. Fast food is processed food. If you must have fast food go for a chicken sandwhich that isn't fried....no fried foods btw.
Natural foods - some have sugar, like fruits, but you should still eat them....some have fat like peanut butter, but you should still eat them....nuff said...
If you have a sweet tooth try to supplement your normal sweet eating with a piece of high percentage dark chocolate (low sugar chocolate) with fruit and yogurt.
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I just about have to do this if I want to lower my blood pressure, improve my attention span, cure my depression, raise my energy levels, ease my anxiety, and relieve my pain in one solid swoop without spending a fortune. I'm also trying to get myself started on a low-sodium, low-carb, low sugar diet. Not much luck with keeping myself to it, but I'm about to get really strict since I find myself unable to cheat responsibly.
Right now, my resting heart rate is 120 BPM, and my BPH is 103/152. Blood sugar came up 207mg/dl. Not bad, but not great, either. I'm not sure if that's relevant to setting a goal or not...
your diet is more important than your exercise out-right...if your diet isn't relatively clean then your exercise will work against you and just stress you out.
Instead of worrying about sugar and fat worry about quality of food. A food has quality if it is unprocessed, natural, high in nutrients, and easy to digest.
To know if it's processed just read the label...most foods with labels are processed. Eat vegetables, fruits, and lean white meats, or fish...stay away from red meats and stay away from things that are processed. Eating processed food will wreck you. Fast food is processed food. If you must have fast food go for a chicken sandwhich that isn't fried....no fried foods btw.
Natural foods - some have sugar, like fruits, but you should still eat them....some have fat like peanut butter, but you should still eat them....nuff said...
If you have a sweet tooth try to supplement your normal sweet eating with a piece of high percentage dark chocolate (low sugar chocolate) with fruit and yogurt.