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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just go on the meds. Can reevaluate if lose 20 pounds. But docs loooove to blame everything on weight. 6[/quote]

It’s really true. You can be a pound overweight and every problem you have is because of that. lts so frustrating. Its the easy way out so they don’t have to figure out what is really causing the problems.[/quote]

99% of the time when doctors comment on weight it’s because people are obese. That absolutely is the first place to start. And the obesity is 99% of the time not coming from some elaborate imagined health problem but instead from crap lifestyle habits.

What is 100% true is people get butthurt when they are told the truth. And they come up with ridiculous things like not wanting to be weighed because it’s triggering. [/quote]

Someone who is 5’6 and 152 pounds does not have health problems due to their WEIGHT. Could be lifestyle yes, could be what they are choosing to eat, yes but i’m sorry to look at those stats and believe the doctor was right in saying to lose 10 pounds to not have to go on BP meds is absolutely ridiculous.

And yes, obese people avoid the doctor and don’t like getting weighed but that’s not what this thread is about. [/quote]

First, I was responding to a post suggesting the medical community was wrong to focus on weight.

Second, OP is over fat by her own admission. Nobody has a noticeable belly who isn’t carrying excessive body fat - usually the visceral variety. BMI gets shit on as a bad tool - in this case it is a bad tool in a direction that makes people uncomfortable.

OP should do both - get blood pressure medication to help them control their hypertension. And also drop the weight and focus on body composition. 
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People who are underweight think they are fat too. Should they also lose 10 pounds just to be safe? And the belly thing is simply not true. Having babies changes your body composition. But whatever, you think you are the only
one who knows anything and won’t listen to reason.

The medical community is not wrong to focus on weight when it makes sense for the situation. Which clearly it doesn’t in this case, so maybe learn to read?[/quote]

Of course it makes sense in this case.  Her doctor is correct in suggesting she lose 5-10 lbs, due to her BP being borderline high.  Losing 5-10 lbs can often result in lower blood pressure and better blood sugar control, even in someone that isn’t obese.  She isn’t close to being underweight and losing 5-10 lbs keeps her squarely within a heathy weight range.  This is the better option than meds- plus OP wants to lose the weight too.  It may not work- but it worth a try [/quote]

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