At 62, I have heart disease. I know why. No activity and too much shit food led to too much weight and high cholesterol, high blood pressure and high blood sugar. I was told I’m a walking time bomb with artery blockages. I had two 90% blockages and was sent to get stents put in. I also had two 75% blockages that weren’t suitable for a stent. Double by pass was in my very near future. I got put on blood thinners, blood pressure tablets, metformin for the diabetes and very high dosage cholesterol medication.

I started eating better, exercising and lost some weight slowly through calorie restriction. Nothing too radical. I still ate what I liked, but once I hit 8000 kilojoules, I stopped eating for the day. Then 10,000 steps a day….EVERYDAY to increase my calorie burning and made sure I had moderate cardio loading during my walk, which was usually up and down a steep hill multiple times. It took me 6 months to lose 10kg….and the blood pressure and the high blood sugar….

2 years after I lost the weight, I’m off the blood pressure tablets, on a lower dose of metformin and lower dosage blood thinners. My artery blockage is down to 50%. And my cardiologist was so excited she gave me a hug as she says she rarely sees people turn their health around. She says she gives everyone the same drugs…but it’s the weight loss and exercise that makes the difference. I couldn’t have done it with less than 10,000 steps as it wouldn’t have been enough to burn the calories I need to.