Back after a long time away... gonna type my issues out.
Hey there guys. I used to post here a lot. I will not be 40 for 4 months, but based on what I am posting about, Over 40 seemed like the best place. And although my chronological age is 39, the health meter thingy in the wellness program at work says I might as well be over 50 with my health stats.
Used to work out a lot, did a couple cycles.
A couple years before I stopped posting here, I started a new career. I have done well in that, and I have spent a lot of time developing my sons, but everything else in my life has been somewhat neglected and I am now...unhealthy.
I have high blood pressure, I am over weight, I drink a bit, and I have Low T.
I want to get back to feeling the way I did years back, and I want to be more healthy.
I am 5’9”, 215lbs. Was 230, should be about 185.
BP is 156/101. Been fighting being put on meds for years, have probably done a lot of damage as a result. Lot of heart disease and diabetes in my family. Always procrastinating, saying I am gonna get in shape and lower my BP naturally and it just hasn’t happened.
My T was 220 when I had blood work done a year and a half ago.
It is easy for me to put my head down, go to work, make money, take my boys to wrestling practice, come home drink a few cold ones, rinse repeat.
And time just passes by.
So....
For some reason, lately I have really been thinking about resolving all of this. Maybe because I am approaching 40 and really want to be the best version of my self again before it’s too damn late.
Want to go to a Men’s clinic and get a prescription, but am hesitant because I know test will probably raise my BP and I bet if I went to a clinic now, they wouldn’t give me a prescription because of my BP. Would probably say I have to resolve that first.
So there is the situation.
What should I do?
Just go get BP meds and then go get a prescription for T?
Or should I start working out and try to resolve my weight and BP naturally before getting any meds?
Full disclosure, I am basically sedentary at this point, and I drink 3 beers a night during the week, and more at least one day per weekend. This will not stop.
My schedule makes it difficult to work out, but I know I need to buck up and start. This is the right way to approach my issues, I know. But I know myself and I am not convinced I will work out enough to give the impact required to get down to 185lbs, get my BP in the normal range, and getting my T where it needs to be, natrurally, is the least likely of the 3.
Any comments, insults, or slaps to the face are welcomed. But really I just needed to type all this stuff out. Because I think I know what I need to do. Leaning towards giving in to BP meds and heading to the Mens’s Clinic once BP is in a healthy range.