Sat, Jun-18-16, 11:22
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Posts: 918
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Plan: Keto (LCHFMP) + IF
Stats: 265/188/150
BF:Highest weight 290
Progress: 67%
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico
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Lower blood pressure?
I know that not everyone has lower blood pressure when they lose weight -- there are other factors apparently. I read somewhere that it's about 50%.
I have been on 50mg of losartan for many years due to my high blood pressure. Today I took my BP and the systolic number (upper #) was 90 in one arm and 86 in the other -- that's very low for me -- I used to be near 140 pretty regularly.
Is this due to weight loss? I've lost nearly 40 pounds, but I could still use another 60-80 lost, so it's not like I'm anywhere near normal weight.
I'll keep monitoring as it would be awesome if I could get off the BP meds -- I've already dumped the statins.
I have another thread where I couldn't get the nurses to read my BP -- I wonder if this is related to that problem? But then they decided it was 140 over 90 -- but that was an iffy reading.
Just curious what's happening with everybody else and their blood pressure.
PS: I should add that this could just be a "phase," as my body has a bad habit of adapting to whatever I do.
Last edited by katmeyster : Sat, Jun-18-16 at 12:11.
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