So you have finally retired and are looking forward to the years ahead enjoying the fruits of your labour. Well now is a good opportunity to think about yourself, your health in particular and a time to review your habits. Your lifestyle will probably now change dramatically and you may need to make a few adjustments in order to maintain good health and enjoy the increase in life expectancy.
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Post Pregnancy
Baby is 2 months old but your flabby tummy persists. “I still look pregnant” is a common cry! There is unfair pressure on you to instantly regain your figure but it will come back gradually, although it may not return exactly as before. So watch what you eat and keep active. How long until you get your figure back? There is no “quick fix” – it depends on individual metabolism. So concentrate on your wellbeing, enjoy baby and be patient.
Heart Disease
Almost twice as many women in the UK die from a heart attack or circulatory disease as they do from cancer. 5 times as many die from Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) as they do from breast cancer. CHD kills 1 in 5 women (approx. 70,000 in 1995). Women tend to assume that CHD is a man’s disease and men are victims of the disease, but that’s not the case. Older women as opposed to young women are most at risk of a heart attack and sudden death. Sadly fewer women than men survive a heart attack but if they do the attack may well result in years of disability and the quality of their lives will be seriously affected.
Stubborn Weightloss
Sometimes when you try to lose weight and exercise hard it can be frustrating if you don’t lose anything significant. One reason could be that regular exercise builds strong muscles, and muscle weighs more heavily than the flab it replaces. It takes time and effort to rebuild strong muscle and to stretch out and tone your entire body. Perhaps you could jog twice a week? If that is too strenuous I recommend you walk for half an hour every day instead. But it must be a brisk walk to keep your metabolic rate up.
Hangovers
I for one love a drink (or two) of white wine given a social occasion with friends. But hangovers I don’t enjoy and too much of a good thing ceases to be fun. Hangovers are caused by drinking too much alcohol; the amount to cause them varies according to an individual’s height, weight, metabolism and frequency of drinking. Symptoms include a thick head, dry mouth, nausea, trembling and a blinding headache behind the eyes.