Are you one of the 3%..?

No I am not...one of the reasons I'm here...I hope to be one of the 3% someday, though my doc is fairly convinced the my hypertension has more to do with heredity than anything. I would be pretty happy though to be 8/9

7/9

ETA - British not American though.

Wow better then I thought 8 out of 9!!!

Dang. Only 7/9 currently. I had been good about eating tons of veggies, but I fell off that wagon. Currently trying to climb onto the regular exercise wagon. I'm good on everything else though, and most likely always will be. My doctors always tell me how healthy I am.

Well crap. I'm just a freakin' mess.

I would be in the 3% if that is 5 servings combined between fruits and vegetables. I don't think I get 5 of each.

The general recommendations are 2 servings of fruit (at the most bc of the sugar) and the rest in vegetables (so 3 of those minimum). One cup is a serving.

I only meet one of the criteria. But when I was in the hospital and diagnosed with T2, the hospital did all kinds of tests (including a sonogram of my heart) for another ailment, which they never DID identify. The day I was discharged, the doctor told me she had good news....except for the diabetes, I was one of the healthiest people she ever met. I had a healthy heart, lungs and liver. She said my cholesterol was slightly elevated but nothing to worry about. And that was a year before I started losing weight. I figure I am probably in better shape than I was then. I think I got my mom's genes...she lived to be 90 and would probably have lived longer if she hadn't developed Alzheimers....she had no other health problems.

^^^THIS! My mom smokes 2 packs a day, eats like crap, is on cholesterol meds, but has great BP and besides a herniated disc in her lower back and hypothyroidism, is as healthy as a horse. Dad quit drinking 14 years ago, quit smoking in 2005, had a triple bypass, an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and hernia repair, has a new hernia and skin cancer and coronary artery disease (he quit smoking too late), but still walks 4 days per week X 2 miles and eats somewhat healthy, and he's falling apart. I know people who only drink socially, never smoked, do all the right things, and still have health problems.

I know the evidence is all there, but I've had young deaths in my family and longevity in my family. Those who passed young woulda done better on this test than the family members who have gone into their 80s with little illness, yet smoked like chimneys. So it really is a crapshoot lol

Congrats on your weight loss by the way!

I am now 9 out of 9.

8/9 Pretty good, just gotta get my exercise in

7/9 i dont do the last 2