I guess I'll start with my doctor's appointment. I feel like it went fairly well. My weight was at 195.6, which would probably put me about where I thought I was because Wednesday when I weighed in I hadn't eaten anything and I weighed myself just after using the bathroom and without the weight of clothes. At my doctor's appointment I'd eaten a small breakfast/lunch and was fully clothed. So that probably puts me about right.
When they checked my blood pressure at the beginning of the appointment I was disheartened to hear that it was 122/100. Lately when I've been checking it at kiosks at like, Walmart and Kroger, the bottom number had been ranging around 81-92. The doctor later asked me if I was just nervous because I was in a new place and everything. I told her that, yes, I sometimes tend to get really anxious in doctor's offices because I have a giant phobia of needles. She assured me that I wouldn't be getting stuck with a needle that day, though she does want me to do some fasting bloodwork within the week so she can check a few other things. But she said that day I wouldn't be doing anything like that so she wanted me to relax and she'd check it again at the end. We went through the rest of my exam, everything seemed to go great then she checked it again in both arms. She didn't tell me what the top number was but she did say in both arms she was getting a bottom number of about 88. She wanted me to get my own blood pressure cuff to have at home and wants me to check it twice a day, once in the morning and once a night, and report it all to her at the end of every week for about a month. I told her that I've been trying to make better choices and have began to work out more doing the Couch to 5K program and that I've already lost about 5-7 pounds in the first month. She was happy to hear that and said that I will most likely be able to get my blood pressure back under control with the diet and exercise I've been working on so I hopefully won't have to be put on blood pressure meds. So yay on that front!
That being said, I checked my blood pressure this morning and it came in at 120/76. I also just realized that I'm not sure what is considered healthy blood pressure for someone my age. Guess that was a question I forgot to ask the Doctor. Whoops! I'll email her and find out what my goal should be. But for now I feel like that's still pretty good progress.
Ok so now on to today's workout! To everyone's shock and awe, I did not do a C25K today. Honestly, my knee really super hurts and I didn't want to aggravate it further, so I opted to do something different. I put in one of my old Zumba dvds and did the 20 minute express. It was a great workout. I forgot how much it really works and focuses on your core. I am definitely aware of what little bit of abs I have right now. So it was a little less impact on my knees but still got me up and active for a bit. It's something, right?
Anyway. I hope everyone has a great weekend and continue to have something to inspire them to do great things!
Blessings and Later Days!
--CarryV
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