Regular readers will know that I suffer acutely from "White Coat Syndrome" which sticks my blood pressure up a lot. Today felt no different and I could feel my pulse racing but today I did a few things differently. I had no coffee at all even when my business partner arrived unexpectedly and we went to Costa for a drink I had water. The first blood pressure test was high but not overly so around 140 over 95 but the next two at 125 over 90 and 124 over 90 were by my standards remarkable. I'm normally good for a lot higher than that.
We did chat a fair bit before doing the readings and I did my deep breathing exercise which also worked quite well as I could feel my pulse coming back into range. Earlier in the day I checked my readings and got some as low as 107 over 80 which is excellent.
The diet and losing 2 stone must have helped and the benefits are clear to see. I didn't remember to have my Flax Seed and Flax Oil and Cottage Cheese earlier which annoyed me as that also helps I find. Anyway, the good news is that I feel very well on this diet and whilst I occasionally get pangs of hunger I know that it is because I'm not eating quite enough at meal times. I still only have three meals a day and the recommendation is four. I shall try and work out how I can possibly do that.
Apparently my blood tests aren't due until June so a bit of a reprieve there then. Whether or not I'll be able to string them out back to December will have to wait and see.
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