13 April 2010

I went to the doctor today to after starting my lifestyle change. My pressure was 132/100. This is still high. The question is how long should we give lifestyle changes before we notice changes; one day, one week, one month, three month? I would guess about a month to start seeing changes such as weight loss, health issues disappearing and physical changes.

Also I was made to wait two and a half hours for my blood pressure check because of a mistake on my appointment. Though it gave me time to calm my heart rate down, the anxiety of waiting may have caused my blood pressure to go up.

I have taken up changing my diet, started to exercise, re-entering vitamins in my regimen and have started to study stress management techniques, etc.. Since I did not give it time to work it's way out of my system. I read a report where entering fiber in your diet will help to lower cholesterol and blood pressure, but it may take about three months show any real results.

I just gained a pound which is now 227.

I have been eating carrots and celery as a snack. I also started to use my old Weight Watchers techniques by following portion sizes and going back to my lifestyle of last year of eating mostly vegetarian foods.

Because I could not get out to exercise yesterday, I went to the gym and spent time on the treadmill. I think tonight I will be in the gym again as it is raining in the mountains today. No excuses.

JMJ