Health Update

Well, a day late is better then not, Could not get the net to work well yesterday, so finally just gave up, we must have had lightening or something hit to close, the phone line is all cracking and whining again, it will clear but it take a bit.

So lets see this week has been a off and on one..

Off in the sense of

  • Low Blood Pressure on the weekend lead to dizzy and lightheadedness which lead to swaying and a harmless stumble or two, which meant that I had to take it easy, and do a few things different then planned. Thankfully by tuesday it was up alot, still not quite at my normal range but much! better
  • Didn’t get my butchering done (see above) which meant no fresh meat in the house this week, so I hit the freezers and still came up with a nice varity of things for the menu but I was really looking forward to some fresh.

Now onward to the On’s

  • First was that I stayed on my choosen meal paths, and I am figuring out things to make that I really like at the moment, turns out that sweet potato 50% with carrot 25% and fresh garden baby potato 25% with a touch of butter is heaven on a spoon, add in a sprinkle of salt and lick the bowl yummy at the moment.
  • The garden is producing and with this week of almost rain every single day, everything is growing, flowering and or growing fruits, beans etc as fast and hard as they can, we had hard but brief rains a couple days but yesterday, we had slow steady farmers rain for around six hours plus and last night we had good steady rain for hours, for the first time this season, we had a full mist morning, it was a delight to the senses in so many ways.  This also means that things are coming in from the garden daily.
  • My weight has done a nice slow decline this week at the three pd mark and I am happy with that, I figured that the very rapid would need to slow down at the first little while, Dh is down another pound or so as well.
  • This week was a struggle with in regards to hormone/fertility, not going into more detail on that one on the net but safe to say that this has been having an effect on me this month, the reason that I am sharing this is because it means that the diet is! having an effect on the different levels in my body and that means that it can use the progestorone being produced more effectively, and ideally not be trapping it in my fat cells as quickly as it has been, all truly wonderful news!
  • I have not done nearly as much excerise as I should be, I have been talking walks to the end of the lane and back, and I have been swimming with a watchful eye on me, but mainly I have been just working in the house and farm, and keeping my pink health watch on me so that I can keep track of BP and Heart Rate, so I know that I have been getting it up there a bit but not for as long or as hard as I should be.

So that has been my weeks, and a little up and down but much Much more ups! how was everyone else’s week?

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3 Responses to Health Update

  1. grammomsblog's avatar grammomsblog says:

    Hi Farmgal. It concerns me that your blood pressure is fluctuating so low that you were dizzy and stumbling (that is NOT normal)……. and remaining below your ‘average range’. We have to look at the entire picture of ALL things in our life, especially ANY changes in the past little while. Our bodies are fine tuned and ‘react’ to sudden changes in diet, stress, or life. Maybe a ‘complete physical’ is in order, if you haven’t done that for awhile……
    Just saying, because I care about you……..

    • Full physical has been recently done, honestly its been checked an rechecked, the low blood pressure is directly related to the hormone changes doing on.. I am grateful for the concern.. I will update more when I think its safe to do so.. As it turns out, its not uncoomon for someone my age to be reacting the way I am, or so the doc swears.. still no its not good, yes it has to be watched and yes I need to be careful! 🙂

  2. Deb Weyrich-Cody's avatar Deb Weyrich-Cody says:

    Just remember to breathe – ’cause oxygen is GOOD – but don’t forget the exhale… ’cause getting rid of toxins is equally important!

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