20 January 2014 - 243.1 lbs.
Spent fifteen minutes on the elliptical keeping my heart rate at about 120. Met with my cardiologist. He indicated my heart and lungs sounded perfect. Blood pressure was 95/70. He cut my blood pressure lowering meds in half. Had lots of vegetables for lunch and watermelon shortly after.
Getting Started
Yup, I've finally come to the conclusion I need to make some changes. This is how I looked at the end of our mission in Africa. Not sure how much I weighed then. I came home at 260 lbs. Yesterday I weighed in at 252. I am taking Lisinipril for high blood pressure 140/90 and Simvastatin for high cholesterol. I have been experiencing severe heart pain and took a stress test two weeks ago. It came out normal and am scheduled for a more intensive one tomorrow. However, the worst is a significant lack of energy. So, as I have learned as a bishop, people make changes better when they hold themselves accountable and that is what I am doing here. I am committed to losing at least 30 pounds and improve my health with better eating. Attached below is a list of good and bad foods I have researched. Hope they might do others some good. I am also going to keep a daily progress record.
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