Blood Pressure and Weight Down
July 25th, 2007So, after three weeks on the program I have some great news. I’m pleased to report that my blood pressure is down to 148/50 from the previous reading of 180/60 just 3 weeks ago. Additionally I’ve dropped 6 pounds. I was hoping to get blood drawn yesterday so they could run a lab on it to see where Cholesterol is sitting, but my hunch is it’s down too. Also, I was hoping for more weight loss by now, but I also know that I wasn’t 100% faithful on the program. As I was entertaining out-of-town guests for a week total spread out over the three weeks I opted to eat normal meals during that time. I’ve also taken up mild exercise include weight training and some treadmill and elliptical.
All in all, things are going great and I feel good. The last week I’ve had another gout flare up in my left foot and this time it was really bad for a few days but it’s feeling pretty great today.
My next checkup is in a month and I’ll get blood drawn then so we can see a 7-week span from the baseline and see how cholesterol is doing along with the other readings. I’ll have a home blood pressure monitor soon so I can update more often with those values. In the meantime, it’s every 3-4 weeks.
Hey, that’s sounding great!! I was wondering how things have been going. Haven’t chatted in awhile. I’m proud of ya!
I’m glad to hear you’re continuing to go strong. Keep up the great work!
Hey, also wanted to let you know about a windows mobile blood pressure tracker
http://www.soundtells.com/BloodPressure/
It should work on your Treo. Let me know if you’ve found something better.
-Nate