Thanks so much everyone for the help. We have both been trying to figure out
what and how we can make some changes. He needs to take off 20# and started walking in the morning. Like I said before, the stress is critical and that is not as easy to control. Sometime circumstances control it and this is a very calm, collected guy. The only can things I use are tomato products so I'll start buying no salt cans. We can cut down on the salt but we don't use that much really. I only salt when cooking but I can reduce that. I make my own stock and don't salt it at all. We don't eat processed meat at all. Certainly can't afford a nutritionist at the moment so we'll have to figure out what to do on our own. He is a perfect patient however, all I have to do is include him in the cooking process. He loves to be my sous chef. He loves beer and is probably where the weight gain is but has really limited that in the last few months to just 1 a day. And has 2 glasses of red wine in the evening. I'm not sure cutting those out are that crucial when you add in the start of exercise and again...that stress thing. A beer isn't all that bad. Oh well, thanks for the ears! LOL
Editing to add one thing we know can change...cheese!!! We both love cheese and I will have to rethink everything around that. I'll probable use it sparingly but won't use that low-fat stuff they call cheese. I'll use the best and very little. And he goes back to the Dr. Wed. for the rest of all the test results. Hopefully there won't be anything else.
