I had my last personal fitness trial session last week and guess what? Fabulous results! David measured my blood pressure and checked my resting pulse rate (i.e. the rate at which your heart beats while not exercising) before the workout and both had come down, after only 5 training sessions!
While my resting pulse rate wasn't very high to begin with (generally, the lower it is, the fitter you are), it has come down to being within the 'fitness' range (bordering athletic, says David) as opposed to average. My blood pressure was also lower - even with the white coat effect! (Not that David had a white coat on).
I hadn't really lost any weight - a couple of pounds - but that wasn't my goal and seeing the other results is far more important to me. With my dad having high blood pressure and my mum having low, you would hope I'd come out in the middle, but the reality is that I could be genetically engineered towards either of those conditions, so I'd rather make changes to my health now.
I'm Andrea, and am obsessed with creating fabulous food. After I managed to ditch dieting, the reason Chocolate and Beyond was born, it seemed natural to evolve my site into a foodie blog. More so since I also ditched animal produce to be vegan. Now, I love showing how inventive cruelty-free cooking can be. And sometimes I like to rant, too. I wouldn't be myself otherwise :) x 
Andrea,
I told you that you would feel better
Rob
Posted by: Rob Artisan | July 04, 2007 at 10:23 AM
Isn't is amazing how quickly the body adjusts to new lifestyle changes - the consistency soon pays off!
My father died young with heart disease and you are right, even if one side of your family is the total opposite, it's best not to take the chance and do what we can to live a healthier life.
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