Saw another article about atrial fibrillation just now, saying men who were tall (not necessarily overweight!) in their 20’s are at a higher risk of atrial fibrillation in their 40’s.
I’ve been 6’4″ since I was twelve years old. I weighed 180 pounds when I was 20, and was skinny as a rail. I gained 50 pounds of solid muscle in the next five years by working out, doing martial arts, and not having much of a social life, and then I started having atrial fibrillation at 25. I was in the best shape of my life.
Not tolerating exercise very well in the 9 years after that, I’ve put on 50 more pounds of not so much muscle, but I haven’t had any atrial fib since I started using a CPAP. Go figure…
But I’m not in my 40’s yet, so I guess there’s still time.
Still time for what? You’ve already had afib. And I don’t think you’re going to retroactively shrink any.
Martial Arts, of course, there is always time to get back to :). Or will you leave the inspiring of your daughter in that regard to her auntie, which she will be more than happy to do?