This morning I woke up at the usual time, checked my #s and then fixed breakfast, after breakfast I did all the dishes, then a very short exercise session, followed by a shower. This morning I plan to work in the garden, then around 9 go for a walk in the woods scouting. Son is coming in sometime today to celebrate my birthday (it's later in the month but this is his only weekend off).
On my medical front things are improving a lot.
Since 7/26/2023
My sugar numbers went from 300s to an average of 140
Blood pressure went from 170/85 to 118/68
Lost 10 pounds, still above 210....
What am I doing?
Medicines: I stopped all my OTC meds including allergy and heartburn meds. (I thought the allergy meds were driving up my blood pressure)
Exercise:
3 times a day: I am riding an exercise bike for 5 minutes, doing 30 seconds of planks, 30 seconds of pelvic thrusts (20 minutes after each meal)
My reasoning on timing is that after I eat my sugar spikes up and if I exercise just a little it will pull it down, lowering my highs....
Diet:
Breakfast: 1 egg, 1 thin slice of low sodium ham (lunch meat), 2 table spoons of Mexican cheese, 1 piece of toast with butter and jelly, 2 8oz glaces of diet cranberry/X juice
Lunch: a bread-less ham, turkey, cheese, lettuce, and spinach sandwich, with juice and water
Dinner: small portion of what ever ~2.5"X2.5", salad (lettuce, spinach, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, sliced beets) no dressing, 2 glasses of juice.
Snacks: Popcorn made in one of those Presto Powerpop popcorn makers (no salt or butter), cheese sticks, pealed cucumber chunks, and an occasional red-vine (single whip)
Fluids: I am still drinking about 140 ozs per day, 40 ozs of diet cranberry juice (I read that it is good for kidneys), up to 1 20 oz DC (down from 4), and ~80 ozs of water. I try not to drink anything after 7PM. (Remember all this started from a UTI/Kidney infection, so I am trying to keep them flushed out)
Sleep: I still go to bed between 9 and 10PM, usually wake up at 01:00 and then again at 3:30, then I'm up for the day. I sometimes take a half hour nap in the late afternoon.
This may be TMI but I think of everyone here as family and you guys may see something that I am missing.
Have a great weekend,
Urban
we couldn’t see through the jungle. Will be making sauce tomorrow and salsa Sunday.
), work on my to do list. Going to spend extra time grooming Buddy this morning. Last couple of mornings I didn't have a lot of time to do much more than a quick brushing and fly spray. So the poor neglected donkey will have some mommy time shortly. Hot day on tap! Will find some nap time!!
