I was taken off my bp meds within six months, as my weight dropped my gp who was monitoring me started reducing the dosage, monthly basically, I was on max dose of two. My sleep apnea has also gone and I’ve no stiffness in my ankles any more.
im a size 18 down to an 8. The change in my appearance is startling. Even to me. And I’ve been maintaining for about 11 months on a low dose.
as I onky drink now when socialising, and knocked the weekend or mid week bottle of wine on the head, used to drink about 2 bottles a week, and now drink 3 litres of water a day, workout five to six days a week, and eat a clean and healthy diet, with lots of protein, fruit and veg, I look much younger, and I’m in my fifties. The fat face, double chins, big belly and matronly bust was very ageing.
my skin and eyes are clear and bright, and you can see I work out from my body shape and muscle definition.
my style has changed, I have some gorgeous clothes, mainly bought new from vinted, high end high st, like me and em or Reiss, Massimo Dutti, max mara etc, and I never wear black any more, I wear a lot of paler colours, tan, cream, pale greens and blues. I used to live in black stretchy clothing. Now I don’t feel the need to hide.
and the biggest surprise is I got shocking hangovers before. Even a single glass of wine would disrupt my sleep, now I can drink as much as a bottle (likely more but not tried it) when out with friends over a long evening and I have no hangover at all. It’s like when I was in my 20s,
they are doing further trials but they think the meds are anti ageing. Basically everything we do as we age leaves a marker on our internal organs, be it drinking or catching a virus, and as much as we have recovered, the marker never goes, the cells are permanently damaged. That marker takes the form of inflammation.
so by reducing inflammation our cells can regenerate, and initial trials have shown it either slows or stops ageing, and in some reverse it. Not our skin, that’s collagen, but our internal organs. But of course when you fix those, it’s visible on the outside,
i would urge anyone on them to do this in a healthy manner, it’s not just about the number on the scales, it’s about having a healthy diet, consuming enough protein to protect muscle at all costs, doing strength training and being fully hydrated. Then when you hit goal go immediately into body recomp, up the protein as you up the calls, keep getting the body fat down whilst you build muscle and maintain your weight. Then go into maintaining that.