The weekend is nearly 30% of the week, and that's not counting if you drink and eat whatever you want on Friday nights. If you are gorging yourself with fried foods and 1,000 calories worth of beer 2 days a week you aren't going to make progress. Period. Point blank.

Having whatever you want is fine, I do it, but maybe only once a month, sometimes less. I'm more in the 2% error range which can me overcome.

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My father and younger brother have high BP

Do they eat healthy diets and exercise? Some people are going to have high blood pressure no matter what, but AT LEAST 90% of people on statins are on them because of their lifestyle choices.

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Posted by Odysseus32

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Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:37 am to Mingo Was His NameO

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Do they eat healthy diets and exercise? Some people are going to have high blood pressure no matter what, but AT LEAST 90% of people on statins are on them because of their lifestyle choices.

I think this is critical.

My dad has cancer, high BP, and has had a stroke. My mom had a stroke and has high BP. They have also smoked/drank for 70% of their lives. It's silly to succumb to a life of unhealthy behaviors because I think I'm predisposed for those things when I have a completely opposite lifestyle.

I know it is normalized, and it's still a vice of mine, but alcohol is a poison and the extremely small benefit you get from drinking CERTAIN alcohols once a week can easily be obtained by eating a serving of blueberries. If you want to drink that poison (lord knows I do more than I should), that is your decision. But chalking up health issues as genetic before trying to get them really under control is a personal thing and something on which none of us can give you advice.

This post was edited on 2/18/21 at 9:39 am

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