I have a lot of reasons for wanting to lose weight.  Right up at the top of the list is be with my family.  To be there to watch my children grow up. To spend quality time with my wife.  To enjoy all of the great things that come with this wonderful life. 

I was reading about heart attacks online and found a great resource.  St Jude Medical, Inside Cardiac Arrest.  They provide information about the risk factors, warning signs, and treatment of Sudden Cardiac Arrest.  It also had a couple of videos explaining cardiac arrest and the anatomy of the heart (http://www.insidecardiacarrest.com/video_suddencardiacarrest.aspx and http://www.insidecardiacarrest.com/video_humanheart.aspx.

Given both my current weight (360 at last Friday's weight in) and my body shape (I carry a lot of my fat in the mid section aka belly fat), I am at risk of sudden cardiac arrest aka a heart attack. 

Did you know that sudden cardiac arrest kills 325,000 people a year - or nearly 900 per day? Usually without warning and if you don't get help in the 1st 4 to 6 minutes it can be fatal.

So, enough of the morbid talk...  My apologizes for those with a weak disposition.  Having learned more about heart attacks and sudden cardiac arrest I am convinced more now that ever that it is time for me to lose the weight and get into shape for the rest of my life.

Hoping you are have a great day...  I plan on swimming and maybe playing some volleyball (although it is supposed to be 100 degrees today so maybe I will just swim.)

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Originally posted 2008-12-01 00:28:18. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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