If my unconscious mind asks the question why not stop taking my meds, would that action leave me no worse off health wise? Is this a message or just my own resistance to medication? When I do have an atrial fibrillation episode I reach for my beta-blockers and they do the trick. So what is the upside assuming that not taking them has no deleterious effects on my heart functionality? My metabolism will shoot higher, I will burn more calories and I will not be out of breath as quickly in the anaerobic zone.
Is that reason enough to stop taking them? Maybe my cardiologist might weigh in to say that meds are better than no meds. I am just not so sure and the only way I can evaluate my non-PhD. theory is to test it on myself and that’s what I am going to do. I am just off them 3 days now and I witnessed my HR rise during the peak of exercise from 140 to 163 and although I don’t trust those heart rate monitors for true accuracy my caloric burn went from 366 to 662 today in Kristen’s Spin Class. I will keep a log and see where it brings me. I secretly am hoping for yet another round of lost pounds to a level I have not seen since I was 45.
