jmb3450's Journal, 14 April 2016

I had my yearly visit to my cardiologist yesterday. Blood pressure was 116/67 and I've been off BP meds for a couple months now. 18 lbs lighter than last year's visit which is an agonizingly slow loss from my perspective. But in his view I'm doing all the right things and continuing to work on being healthier and improving my condition. EKG was perfect. 3 years ago in his view I was destined for bypass surgery at some point in the future and I felt like a ticking time bomb. Now I have full blood flow in all my coronary arteries and can do strenuous exercise with no discomfort or problems and run 5K's. Proof that with changes in diet and exercise it's possible to reverse heart disease.

Looks to be a beautiful Spring day here and will get to the low 60's. I just got my new micro-light fishing rod/reel yesterday, it collapses down to the size of a pen, actually looks like a pen with the cap on it. So I'll be running (literally) over to a lake at lunch to see if there are any trout biting. Here's a pic of it:



Here's where I'm going, a lake in the middle of a conservation park next to where I work, about a half-mile hike through the woods:

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1010 kcal

Fat: 50.64g | Prot: 87.58g | Carb: 55.81g.   Breakfast: Cream (Half & Half), Coffee, Nature's Promise Organic Coconut Oil. Lunch: Lucerne No Salt Added Cottage Cheese 1% Milkfat. Dinner: Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Honey Ham, Mission Carb Balance Burrito, Hershey's Natural Unsweetened Cocoa, Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla Milk, Dannon Light & Fit Greek Yogurt - Vanilla, Safeway Frozen Blueberries, Spinach (Chopped or Leaf, Frozen), Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey - Double Rich Chocolate. Snacks/Other: David Seeds Roasted and Salted Sunflower Seeds, Great Value Sharp Cheddar Cheese. more...

2998 kcal

Activities & Exercise: FitBit Tracker - 24 hours. more...