Plan D Day 46

I had a moment of calm last night in a storm of issues both personal and professional and decided to take my blood pressure. It was high so I did a 3-minute yoga breathing exercise, which is breath in for a count of four, hold for one, release slowly for four. The trick is to be uninterrupted and I use a not-scientifically-proven-to-do-F-all technique called tapping to help me focus on the breathing.

I took at 157/90 BP and 61 pulse to 139/86 and 60 pulse in three minutes.

Had I spent another 6 minutes doing this, I’d likely have got myself close to normal. (However the late news was coming on and you know what that does to your blood pressure!)

I conclude my blood pressure is situational as opposed to chronic. However, it tells me that during the day I need to focus on breathing.

The 60 pulse is pretty amazing to me. I have had lower during the past many months, but given situational stress, I’m glad to see such a low resting number.

What does this matter? Well, I have a freaking weigh-in on Tuesday. I don’t feel much lighter although the pants are a bit looser. I think though, regardless, it’s time to face the music. I have all weekend to psyche myself up.

In other good news, although I was unable to go to the gym, I feel today that my legs are finally not on fire from previous workouts. At lunch I’ll go see what they can do.