Quote Originally Posted by soprano View Post
I find that rather than saying that I'm active or that I get plenty of exercise, it helps to tell the doctor something solid like "I'm currently riding 80 miles a week." After that, they take my concerns about maintaining my lifestyle more seriously.
Yes. #s put things into perspective. My doc knew I was a serious runner and not just a fitness "jogger" when I was training for marathons and putting in 45-55 miles/week on a regular basis and he approaches my care with this knowledge. How to treat someone doing relatively intense workouts 5-7 days/week is very different than it should be for someone doing the minimum 30 minutes 3x/week. A good physician should get this...if they don't I'd be taking my business elsewhere. But I think we have a responsibility to make them aware of the #s, too. Heck, we should be PROUD to present them with this info.