082808

10:22 am: 128/74 - 65

082708

127/74 - 55 - 10:35 am

better this morning

082608

149/87 - 56

i'm angry and hurt over a personal matter and i guess my blood pressure knows it

had a nice run at lunch time - a little over two miles, less than 30 minutes

typical breakfast and leftover chicken fajita filling for lunch

082508

138/78 - 70 12:09 PM after moving around for a bit

my back is very sore today due to too much lawn work and cleaning the basement yesterday...no running for a few days

typical breakfast...a slice of pizza for lunch

082208

125/73 - 75 4:11 PM

224 pounds

ran a couple miles at lunch time

feels good

pulse is still up a bit, but i can live with that

pizza tonight

082008

133/75 - 58 this morning

i like those numbers

typical breakfast

i've been working long hours this week ('til after 11 both evenings) and i'm happy that i've found time to exercise despite that

081908

usual breakfast this morning

and had a nice little training run of over two miles...i won't set any records, but it felt good

for lunch: a couple slices of home grown tomato, some cucumber/onion salad, half a bun with peanut butter, a couple slices of canadian bacon...some kind of high fat stuff, but i didn't overeat

salads for supper tonight, i suppose

118/73 - 85 just now...pulse is up a bit

081808

several months hiatus...trying to be faithful with the record again

i'm at 227 pounds, not far from where i was back in may...

vitals have been really good lately, averaging 134/76, pulse 63 - they were 132/77 - 55 this morning

i haven't taken any prescription medicine since july 2nd...i'd been experiencing drops in blood pressure accompanied by palpatations...hard to say whether the little bit of weight i've lost has made a difference or whether i'm simply handling stress better or what

i decided to quit taking the meds and monitor vital signs every day...so here we are

also, i went running yesterday morning for the first time in a long time - i'd tried once last year and had severe back problems afterward so i was hesitant to start again...i am a bit sore this morning (shins and quads especially) but doing well otherwise...i hope to be able to run a couple miles two or three times a week to start and then increase from there

iced my back some and soaked my feet in ice water last evening as a preventative measure...also, i'm taking glucosamine and a baby aspirin each morning - took an extra dose of the glucosamine and a 325 aspirin in addition last night

this morning i had my typical breakfast of all bran (with blueberries this time) and a banana...plus a cup of coffee with splenda - i'm going to do my best to record what i eat from here on since that's a big predictor of weight loss

perhaps i'll do a podcast again before long here...i'm very hopeful that i'll be able to continue running, stick to a sensible diet and get healthy again

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small leftover bowl of chinese chicken and broccoli with rice for lunch

lots of water today

feeling very well, except for slight soreness in shins and quads

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blt on dark german wheat, cucumber/onion salad and cottage cheese for supper

manhattan with that...scotch and water nightcap