When your BMI (body mass index) increases, the risk of dying from any cause increases. If you're a boomer or older, you've probably packed on a few resistant pounds in the past few years. I added 20 lbs when we got broadband for the computer! At 150 I was "borderline overweight" and now at 139 I'm back in the upper range of "normal." And I'm back in my favorite slacks. I'm working on a modest weight loss now because we're having a great retirement and I want it to stay that way. With even a modest weight loss, you can experience the following:
Decreased risk of heart disease
Decreased risk of diabetes
Decreased risk of some cancers
Decreased levels of blood glucose (blood sugar) and insulin
Decreased blood pressure
Decreased levels of LDL (bad cholesterol) and triglycerides
Increased HDL (good cholesterol)
Decrease in severity of sleep apnea
Reduced symptoms of degenerative joint disease
Improvement in gynecologic conditions
Decrease in problems with pregnancy and labor
Reduced incidence and symptoms of depression
Decrease in discrimination
Easier to exercise and be physically fit
Many of these points come from The Step Diet Book, Workman Publishing, 2004, which might work, but my pedometer doesn’t. Any article you read on health will probably include some or all of these.
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