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In reply to the discussion: "Pregnant, obese...and in danger" [View all]CTyankee
(64,001 posts)47. Because I got "scared straight" due to eating high sodium prepared foods last
year which sent my blood pressure skyrocketing (and landing me in the hospital overnight for testing), I am now on a very low sodium diet. I know the sodium milligrams of everything I put in my mouth and do a rough estimate on how many milligrams I am eating each day. As a result, I tend to eat fresher foods and prepare them with as little sodium as possible. It's a way of life now. I try to keep to about 950 mg of sodium a day. And it's easier to eat low sodium in the summer when I can get fresh grown food than in the winter. I must say we are eating better in our household as a result and my last bp reading was normal.
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Major problem... as is the incredible increase in risk for major surgery of all types in the obese.
hlthe2b
Mar 2015
#1
Although the first novel diet drug in over a decade has been FDA approved and has been having good
Snotcicles
Mar 2015
#3
I think it is a result of our "blame" society... Some refuse to look at it as a medical issue,
hlthe2b
Mar 2015
#4
the last one i remember well was fen-phen/redux; that had good results too -- until it didn't.
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#35
I'm not even sure what my kid weighed at birth- the hospital falsified the record.
LeftyMom
Mar 2015
#33
the great thing about this article is that it talks about the medical issues involved.
CTyankee
Mar 2015
#12
I had my babies when I was 5'6" and weighed 130 lbs. and I was in my early 20s.
CTyankee
Mar 2015
#20
I agree with you. The article started right off with a personal anecdote for one thing.
kcr
Mar 2015
#41
Wow, that is interesting! I had no idea. I thought our cave people were rather
CTyankee
Mar 2015
#21
Yeah, but a 240 pound, 5'4" woman was not likely to move very fast, either
TexasMommaWithAHat
Mar 2015
#52
Is talking about the dangers involved in smoking cigarettes "Tobacco Shaming"?
KittyWampus
Mar 2015
#53
going to tuck this in right here- look into Leslie Sansone's walking exercise dvd's. Many on Youtube
KittyWampus
Mar 2015
#48
There is still so much we don't know scientifically about why simply dieting and exercising doesn't
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2015
#28
liberalatheart- post here if you'd like some good recipes for sweet stuff that are not high glycemic
KittyWampus
Mar 2015
#50