Morning weigh-in: 340.00 pounds
Morning blood pressure: 136 / 86
Since the beginning of the year, I've lost 60 pounds. I feel pretty good about that.
I apparently lost five and a half pounds this week. I think what that really means is that last week's high weight was due to a transient condition. Maybe I was retaining water for some reason, such as too much dietary salt. Hmm. One of my blood pressure pills is a diuretic. Maybe I missed one and took on some water.
Actually, there's another explanation for how I could lose so much weight in a week: I've been sick with a cold and haven't been very hungry. You know, if scientists could figure out why that happens and put it in a bottle, it would make one heck of a diet pill.
My blood pressure is quite a bit higher than last week and I'm not sure why. I did have more trouble than usual getting a good reading on the blood pressure monitor. It quit several times with an error that usually means the cuff is not positioned correctly. Also, one time the reading was 137/62 which I didn't trust because the diastolic pressure looked way too low. I've always recorded every reading I take, but I decided to throw that one out and run it again. I got a more normal reading. Maybe there's something wrong with the monitor.
Another possibility is that I took the test under different conditions. I usually take my pressure shortly after getting up and before I eat or drink anything much. This morning I forgot I had to take my pressure and I ate breakfast first. Maybe the food in my stomach or the caffeine in my blood caused my pressure to rise.
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I think sometimes the body catches up with itself.
As I watched Celebrity Weight Challenge of and on, it seemed like there were weeks where they did really good and lost nothing, and others where they did not do well and still lost a significant amount.
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