I know I’ve been posting pictures of everything I eat, but please do not infer, from the inclusion of the picture below, that my breakfast this morning was a blood pressure monitor. I was clearing some drawers out and found the monitor, then it occurred to me… I’ve been eating more healthily for a few weeks so let’s see if my BP has changed any, right? I have a definite memory of my readings being around 130 over something in the past – or in that region. Not any more, though.
Pulse: 79
I think seeing this alone would be enough to keep me motivated. Salty and processed foods raise blood pressure, there hasn’t been as much of those in the past 3 weeks. I might have a moment of wistfulness as I walk past the favourite crisps in the shop, but this is worth it. Now I’m almost looking forward to the blood test for cholesterol that the GP wants me to take in a few months.
Been a busy day moving around doing stuff indoors, then I went for a long walk – leg still painful but gradually improving.
(On the bag of lentil chips, it says they’re 40% less fat. 40% less fat than what though?)
I’ve got a bit more housework stuff to do this evening. Short story – one of our chests of drawers broke some time ago (it was ancient, and the drawers gave up on life and went flump! flump! bang! on top of each other, pinging screws all over the carpet); we took a while to get a new one, which is now in place, and I now have to move things that are not in drawers but which should be in drawers into some drawers. Then I have to call the council at some point very soon so they can remove the old chest of drawers, which is sat, sulking with its back to us, near the back door.
My life is constant glamour, I know, but I do have normal blood pressure.😇