Good Morning 136.0. Getting ready to head out for ... drum roll...dog training. BP up again 125 / 85. Not high enough to take medicine but i have not been pushing myself as hard walking and not been drinking enough water so going to work on all that. It had been below 120 /80 for a good while. The medicine I do have can be taken (per the doctor) as needed but her target is to take BP every morning and only take if over 135/85 which has not happened. Well, I am "back in the weight zone"
Today is planned and is at 1314 calories. Breakfast is protein bars and apple , lunch is Greek yogurt and blueberries, Dinner is home made hot and sour soup. If the weather is kind to us we will get out early and hit the lake with the kayaks Sunday morning. That is a big if. It is not looking too good forecast wise.
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Nancy - No real pointers other than my next approach will be to allow me to eat regional specialities but there is no room for snacking and eating things like cheez its and other food that truly is just shoving food in my mouth and not actually enjoyable. I don't travel a lot so think that some weight gain during a trip is not the end of the world as long as it does not set forth a cascade.
Momwannabe - Yay for the scale moving! It sounds like you have a healthy attitude.
Diana - Bummer on the car -and then the internet Hope it was something minor and it sounds like you took good advantage of the downtime.
Bzblonde - Interesting on the diet; I know it has been around for awhile.
Teri - Will think of you. Need to get out in the garden this weekend and start rehabbing it. The mint has taken over. They are not kidding about that stuff!
Lamegotham - Wow - parkour. I have seen videos of people doing that stuff. I gather you must be quite fit as that is some extreme stuff. Then you mention Benny Hill and I am so old all I think about is comedy sketches from decades ago. And now "yakety sax" as an earworm. Boo.
Boopchick - How did it go without the cream. I always drink coffee black and drink a dark roast. The dark roasts are actually easier on the stomach and smoother to me.
Zallie - I hope you get to feeling better.
Capri - the walking really has helped me. It is a good habit and I need to get my butt out the door ASAP to get it in before training. And finding time. Yesterday the car was at the shop for maintenance so I walked for the 2 hours it was in there.
Rachel - Hope the doctor visit went well.
Jendiet - You amaze me with both your work AND your kids. Caretaking is such hard work and it is often unappreciated. People helped us in our home with my mother after her stroke because I still had to work full time and with her being aphasic, a nursing home was sheer terror for her. But I know caring for someone (and she was just paralyzed on one side and could bear her weight) was very hard. Once she was near the end and could not transfer it got much much harder. We had a sit to stand life (no thanks to Medicare/Insurance who would only pay for a hoyer...and the hoyer was not very convenient for someone with incontenence and scary for her so we never used it)..........sigh...........this could all be made easier on caregivers. Vitamin K2. We started making out Kefir out of WHOLE MILK apparenty the K is in the fat and whole milk kefir is loaded with K2 though I also take the MK7 form in my vitamins. Will pray for your toe.
Well got to go need to peel off some walking and get ready for training.
EDIT well after my 3 mile brisk walk and a few hours away from coffee it is down to 115/76 without medications. My VO2 max has, according to Garmin, dropped significantly from 37 to 34 so I need to really focus on speed again in the morning - my 3 miles this morning was a respectable 3.7mph though which is a good restart.