I am going to prove wrong the old adage that old dogs cannot learn new tricks. Woof. This old dog is learning. The first lesson is to stop trying to be perfect in everything. Pick your battles, your passions, your goals. This blog has become my way of keeping track of my efforts to improve my life. The first step is health. When you get to your sixties you realize you are lucky to still be alive.
Being alive is one thing. Staying alive is another. In my case, staying alive means getting my blood pressure down. The best way to lower blood pressure is exercise and eating properly. Being 100 pounds overweight is not a good thing if the old blood pressure is through the roof.
I just took a break to take my BP — oops. 179/114. Heart rate 70. The BP numbers are terrible. I was going to get on the scales too but — surprise surprise — the battery is dead in the Tanita body fat scales. Guess I have been avoiding them for a while.
Okay so if my first goal is to stay alive, some changes are going to be made.
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