I am a 63 year old male, obese (5'9, 245 pounds), out of shape, with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and I had a mild stroke 3 years ago. I am belatedly trying to improve my health through diet and exercise, instead of the dang medicines that cause a lot of side-effects. I recently purchased a lot of home exercise equipment, and I am starting to exercise for hours at a time, but at a very low level. At this point, I want to just burn off calories, and I don't want to overdo it and have a heart attack. So ... if I do very light exercises for several hours per day, will that be helpful? It seems like a good comparison is walking: some experts say that walking a mile is just as good as running a mile, and it seems like the same principle would apply to other exercises.
2006-08-19
15:21:34
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Jim
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Diet & Fitness