lower my blood pressure

Am I the only one who thinks that having a teenage daughter is worse than Hell?!?

I don’t know how accurate my home testing machine is, but from past tests, I gather its pretty accurate :( I just joined this site tonight. It’s 12:15 am On sept 24th. It’s also the first day of the rest of my life. I’ve had a pounding migraine for the 3rd day in a row now, and I just can’t continue living this way. The reality of what I’m doing to my self is finally setting in because I cry as i’m writing this. It hurts to think I let it get this far. I have always been tiny (and skinny). I don’t recall exactly when I started slacking on my health, but over the last couple yrs I must have gained about 30 lbs (at least). I made some small changes over the last couple months, but its not enough. I did finally quit smoking after 15 yrs (pack a day). I thought that quitting would be enough,but it wasn’t. I began eating alot more. Mostly out of bordom I gather. As my belly grew,and cellulite formed on my thighs, I would find myself making excuses. “I’d rather be fat then have cancer”. But I didn’t mean it, and it hurt inside everytime I said it. Of course I don’t want to have Cancer (no one does) But I don’t want to be overweight either. I don’t want to be on meds. I want one more chance to lower my BP on my own. I promise that this time I will try. I will stop making excuses and I will do what I need to do. I understand now that I have no choice, Its a matter of life and death..Literally.

First day back at work from vacation; my train was delayed because of a “mechanical problem”, my stomach is urpy from a too-late-night dinner, and CNN is nattering in the background about something or another. Time to put on the soundtrack to Cosmos and drown out the world for a bit.

When I was at the doctor yesterday for a physical he told me that my blood pressure was borderline and that if I were to drop around 10 to 15 pounds it should go down so it is more fully in the normal range instead of the upper end pushing high. So it looks like I have another good reason to work on losing weight.

No that I have lowered my daytime pulse to 60, I need to lower my BP down to 120/80. 140/90 is too high. I will up the exercise, lower salt, increase raw food, take B5 and hawthorne berries – and get right back to you.

http://resources.alibaba.com/topic/39249/Human_Blood_Pressure_Range_Diagram.htm

No that I have lowered my daytime pulse to 60, I need to lower my BP down to 120/80. 140/90 is too high. I will up the exercise, lower salt, increase raw food, take B5 and hawthorne berries – and get right back to you. Here’s a helpful chart I found: http://resources.alibaba.com/topic/39249/Human_Blood_Pressure_Range_Diagram.htm

- what I mean is that it was a false alarm. It really cost me in terms of wasted worry. But, it did get me motivated to exercise more, so I guess it was good.

This is an ongoing effort that needs better results.

So far the trend is in the right range…

I have managed to see 138 over 92 last week…

A High Normal for my Systolic and a Mild Stage 1 for my Diastolic.

One day at a time…

1. less SALT
2. less SODIUM
3. less FAT
4. less SATURATED FAT
5. less ALCOHOL
6. less CAFFEINE
7. more EXERCISE

...enough to at least lower the dosage of medication, if not get off of it entirely.