Afternoon all, it is a high OC and 15c on the West Coast.
Went to the auction house and they have a ton of refrigerators there so the wife may throw in a bid or two on Saturday, she can do it online. There was also a box full of dog brushes that sell for $30.00 apiece in the store so she has an eye on that. She will give them to new puppy owners if she wins the lot.
My blood pressure gets taken by me four times a week before I do my hard cardio. It is usually 110/70 HR55 range give or take 10 pts. Being old I make sure things are workin right before putting the pedal to the medal.
1300 people a day die from smoking in the U.S. and a 1000people a day die from obesity. My view is if you want to do something about it you will, just look at Cuda Ken and quitting smoking. I always roll my eyes heavenward when I hear someone had to get a part-time job to pay for their BP meds. They could just exercise 30 minutes 4x a week, eat properly instead and not need them.
TF, if those all-beef weiners are really just beef there should be nothing else on the ingredients list but beef. Go to a butcher and get real beef weiners made on the premises with no preservatives. You can freeze them to store them longer.
Preservatives/phosphates found in process meat and a host of other things will add 10 pts to your BP as does coffee. Anti-inflammatories will add a lot to your BP (ibuprofen) find out what foods and/or meds increase your BP and don't use them.
We eat bacon, beef, beef weiners and a whole host of other things. The difference is we buy it all fresh, no processed food. Our spaghetti sauce is fresh tomatoes, garlic, onions and so on thrown in the blender and then a pot. Canned foods are really bad for you. Check the ingredient list, on anything you buy. If there is more than the one ingredient on it go by it fresh.
To properly take your blood pressure, sit still in a chair for 5 minutes and then take it with feet on the floor. Store BP machines are not a good place to do BP because generally, people go from running around to hoping in the chair and hitting the button. The best time to take your BP is get up in the morning, pee and go sit in the chair for 5 minutes then take it. Peoples BP can be all over the map throughout the day. My BP can be up in the 130s/70 if I am working hard the difference is it goes right back down to 110/70 within a couple of minutes of me sitting down. If it doesn't go back to a healthy level then you have a problem. Henry is the Doctor in the house maybe he can explain BP issues better than I can.
Kevin, I agree with what you said about buffets on cruise ships, I hate buffets anywhere, I like to be waited on while sitting and enjoying a fine glass of wine or a good cup of coffee. I see people stampeding to the buffet like cattle. The gluttony is just gross, some people eat more at every meal than I do in two or three days on these ships.
I wish Rapido would get my Hudson back to me, it has been over a month now, I have trains built that need a Hudson on point.
I think we will go on our three-mile circuit with the dogs through the hundred-acre wood, there is just enough time before dark.
All the best to all.