Numbers plus time for daily accountability

I took my numbers saturday again.

Bodyfat/BMI – 35.3/39.1
Blood Pressure – 140/94
Pulse – 77
weight – 281

Lost a few pounds which brought the bmi down but the rest of the numbers were unchanged. BUT, I didn’t exercise at all last week so there you go. I’ve decided to post my daily eating plan and exercise…time to kick this thing up a bit and get some better results. I did get out yesterday morning and walked 4.2 miles…long walks like that always make me feel great.

Food (will update this through the end of each day):

1 cup of coffee with a sweetener and powdered creme

1 bowl (1.5 cups) of steel cut oats with half a box of raisins, two packets of sweetener, and a teaspoon of fibresure.

I have a chuck roast with vegetables going in the slow cooker for dinner so that meal is planned…just need to figure out lunch today.

Exercise: Went to the gym at 5:30 this morning and played basketball for 30 minutes with my son. Horse of course. We have a rule where the loser of each game has to do a small set of exercises like 10 pushups, 20 leg lifts, or 2 laps around the gym. I think I’m going to have to throw a couple games..beat him 4 times this morning so he got a better work out then I did.

Diet for High Blood Pressure and my numbers

I posted some of the health numbers I received from tests in my last post. Those tests were done about 2 months ago and I’ve taken some small steps towards getting things under control but now I want to kick things up for the new year.

Last week I purchased two pieces of home equipment to measure my blood pressure and body fat. As an information junky, I do a huge amount of research into most purchases and these two items were no exception. I’ll cover these items in detail in another post but for now here are the items and links to where I purchased them (both at amazon.com – my favorite online store.)

This blood pressure monitor:

Omron HEM-712C Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor with IntelliSense

And this body fat/bmi analyzer:

Omron HBF-306C Fat Loss Monitor

I’m going to check and post my numbers from these two devices once each week on Saturday. Here are my numbers from Saturday December 30th:

Blood Pressure: 141/94 – well, a little improvement in that first number but that second number went up a bit from my original tests…not what I’m looking for but I’m working on it. I take my blood pressure 3 times and average them to arrive at that number.

Pulse rate – 77 – resting pulse rate is just that..your pulse rate when you are sitting still at rest. You want this number as low as possible since it is a general measure of conditioning. My original number was 97 which is not good. 77 is better but I’d like to get this number down. This is also an average of taking this measurement 3 times.

Bodyfat – 35.1% – geez. not good. – I take this measurement 2 times and average the numbers.

Weight – 283 – this number is higher than the original I received at the checkup but this difference is in the scales. I weighed in before I went to the test place on my home scale and it was the same as above so for my numbers I’m going to use my home scale number.

Anyway, that’s the good, bad, and the ugly of me on December 30th. Here are my January goals. At the end of the month, here is where I would like to be:

Weight – 260

Blood Pressure – 130/85

Bodyfat – 28%

Pulse rate – 72

Quite frankly, I don’t know if those numbers can be reached but I’m going to give them my best shot.

Tomorrow I’m going to talk about my eating program including my new favorite food.