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Hi Micheal! Yeah still at my 1 small cup per day. Seems to be doing the trick!

B- oats & blueberries, banana, small cup of coffee
L- large salad w/romaine, cuc, carrots and 1/2 avo w/ of sesame Thai dressing, 1 piece of sprouted grain bread with honey
D- yves ground round w/chili powder, lettuce and salsa on a whole wheat wrap, small glass of red wine

E- * edit 1 hour and 15 mins of walking

Will take BP tonight and record here later. Have to take it a.m. and p.m. now for 5 weeks. Dr suggested I eat a more protein and have 1 small glass of red wine per night. She asked if i had read for forks over knives, and said she is a vegetarian. She said don't fill up on the white carbs. As per Dr, I don't mind adding a little protein and see what happens. (More beans and a little tofu)

Wow, great day, and well done on the 50 minutes of walking!

Thank you kitty!!
Ongoing post for BP measurements, average out of 3 bp's taken over 10 mins:

Jan 10 (pm) 118/79
Jan 11 (pm) 119/81
Jan 12 (am) 117/82 / (pm) 124/79
Jan 13 (pm) 116/79 - looking good!!
Jan 14 (12:45pm) 111/74 (!!!) / (10:45pm) 127/82
Jan 15 (1:00pm) 115/77
Jan 16 (am) only had time for 2 readings; averaged 126/78 / (pm) 116/80
Jan 17 (am) 116/78 / (pm) 117/76 .. good day
Jan 18 (am) 112/78 / (pm)

Sore throat just started a few hours ago, may have caught hubby's cold Feeling tired and awful.

B- 2 ww lf wraps with leftover veg ground round with salsa & lettuce, small coffee
L- beans in tomato sauce with 1 piece sprouted grain toast (dry)
D- homeade veggie stew with whole grain baguette
S- banana, green tea

Little too much bread but I don't feel well and it makes me happy....soooo .... it's OK for today!

E: 55 mins walking

Hi BeansNRice-- I Love that your doctor is a vegetarian... and has asked you about Forks over Knives too. You are doing so good. Bp is my hurdle for me. Yours sound great to me. I am wondering why you are taking it, it is so nice and low sounding to me anyway.
Good luck!!

Thank you carollynne! Yes I didnt even know she was veggie until the other day! I wore a 24 hour BP monitor and it showed my daily BP as averaging 145/95 approx and my nightly one 133/78, she says the night one worries her as bp should drop while we sleep. It will be tough to prove my daytime BP has dropped as I dont take it while working... maybe I should.... the only thing I dont like is her suggestions about more protein, and red wine every night. Don't get me wrong, I do like a glass of red wine, but I am not sure its of real benefit.

Ate too much at lunch today... small dinner tonight!

B- oats and blueberries, small cup coffee
L- footlong subway veggie sub on ww, no cheese, no mayo or dressing other than honey mustard (way too full from this - shouldve stopped at 6"!)
D - *edit, leftover veg stew, piece of foccacia bread, no wine
S- 100 Cal Choc bar I don't know what came over me...I was standing in line at the grocery store and had to have it...

Yesterday I had wayyy too much sodium and am bloated today to show for it...!
E: 45 mins so far

WI: 162.4

Snow/rainfall mix here today, winter has finally arrived!

Feeling good about the WI, considering fell off wagon last weekend and all the bread I have been eating! 4.5 pounds in 2 weeks!

B- whole grain sprouted toast w/homeade ff chickpea spread, small coffee w/coconut creamer
L- yam "fries", sol brown rice & mushroom burger on 1 pc sprouted grain toast w/mustard
D- 1/4 cup organic tofu, steamed broccoli & kale on brown rice w/ff teriyaki ginger sauce
S- ff no oil added pretzel crisps & glass of red wine

*edited to update menu

Taking down Xmas decorations finally today... better late then never...also taking out our weight machine out of storage & my old manual elliptical. Putting them right in our living room!

Lazy Sunday.....

B- 2 pieces sprouted grain toast w/ff hummus, coffee
S- banana, pretzel crisps
L- leftover brocc/kale/tofu over brown rice
D- Sol mushroom/rice burger on ww bun w/mustard & ketchup

No exercise so far, may take dog out later. Bad heart palpitations today

B- 1 packet + 1/3 cup extra oats & blueberries
L- Sol burger on ww
D- red beans and potatoes w/thyme, red wine

E: * edit approx 50 mins walking

Heart palps have gotten worse for the past 2 mornings, maybe too much sodium?? Get the holter monitor Wed morning for 24 hours. Hopefully that will give some answers...

WI: 160.8!!

Stuffed up with a bad cold snowed here quite a bit overnight, school busses aren't running so I am not driving in yet

B- 2 PC sprouted grain toast w/ff hummus, coffee
L- left over beans/potato mixture
S- baked sweet potato wedges w/soy sauce, brown sugar, mirin, garlic and a touch of sesame oil... YUM
D- more baked sweet potato (I could eat this all day, everyday) and then later, leftover bean/potato dish, glass of red wine

I need to get more greens in!! And other veggies. I will make a point to work on that. Back later.



*edited food and to add - snow just keeps falling here, guess I am staying home for the day....

I ate so much sweet potato yesterday, my goodness (1 large and 2 mediums!).
Feeling good despite a cold that hides and comes back hopefully it will go away soon!

B- 2 sprouted grain toast w/ff hummus
L- Amy's no chicken noodle soup, 1 piece toast (plain)
D- pretzels & foccacia bread, wine
S- 6 triscuits

I want to make those sweet potatoes I made yesterday again, sooooo good /drool....

Not sure about exercise, snowing a lot here again, home from work. Will go outside with child later to play .... have to be careful with reynauds though !

Beans and rice.....I would make sure the green tea is not caffeinated....as for your anxiety...I hope you can learn to just listen to the triggers and not get all caught up in the response you are feeling..learn to "watch" them...the power of now was a great tool for me.....

Hi Giddyupgin, thank you for your comment. I do know my triggers but sometimes they are unavoidable i.e. a meeting at work..I have to stop believing everything that I think! Usually about 30 mins before the meeting I work myself up into a panic... not fun...

I cut out caffeine once for a whole year, nothing changed. I added it back in, it didnt get worse. It only seems to get better on meds (which I have been off of for 2 years now) or if I exercise a lot. If hub and I are going out to meet friends, I usually have a glass of wine first before we go, to ease my nerves. I have always been super shy and a nervous person, but since about 22ish I have had bad anxiety off and on, and panic attacks.

I am down to 1 cup of coffee/day and it seems to be OK if I stick to that amount. The odd day I will also have green tea, but that doesn't seem to affect me.

Well today will show what happens when your unprepared food wise for 10 hours....

B- banana, 1/2 veggie sandwich a coworker gave me (had a thin slice of cheese and some mayo in it), small coffee
L- spinach feta egg white wrap & soy decaf mocha
S- 1/2 of a small/medium sized choc chip cookie, 1 bite of a shortbread cookie
D- veggie ground "chicken" small burritos on ww wraps w/lettuce

UGH. hungry. stressed. tired. unprepared.

Will do better tomorrow!!

B- leftover ground "chicken" on ww wrap, coffee
L- yam sushi, steamed cabbage on rice, a few small pieces of veggie tempura
D- still full from lunch, just had foccacia bread & wine

I know I need to plan better. I am going grocery shopping again tonight

Plan for 45 mins walking today.