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To answer a few questions, he's about 5'10" and I think he's around 200 lbs, not sure exactly. His doctor says he's overweight but he doesn't really look fat, if you know what I mean.  He does have a bit of a belly.

His blood pressure is on the high side but not terrible, yet. It's been steadily increasing for about 6 or 7 years. At his last appointment his doctor said they would discuss medication next time if he couldn't get it stabilized by his next appointment.

He sees a primary care doc about once every couple of years. He gets the usual speeches that he should cut out the cookies and exercise more, but nothing really alarming.

I guess what bugs me is watching the changes over the last ten years. We're all aging, I get that, but I see these slow, steady increases in weight, blood pressure, decrease in stamina ... And it worries me that he's just going along for the ride and not even trying to stop it. I fear it'll get a lot worse, and it would be easier to stop it here than to wait another ten years and then try to reverse the damage. Prevention is the best form of cure....

We started exercising together a couple of months ago. It was actually going pretty well, and he even has been saying how much better he feels. Then he pulled this muscle and says he's done. So I think I'm just particularly frustrated right now.  Thanks for the reality check from everyone who thinks I'm overreacting, and the advice / commiseration from those who don't.[/quote]

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