30 Days of C.H.I.P.

I finished the 30 day Coronary Health Improvement Project and, coincidentally, physical therapy this week. I kept pretty strongly to the CHIP dietary guidelines although I succumbed to sugar in the last week. I didn't lose any weight. My blood pressure was lower but I don't trust the measurement since the cuff was the wrong size. I hope that my doctor's office will call Monday afternoon with the blood test results. If there is no difference, not only will I be discouraged but also I will probably decide not to go the "graduation" on Thursday evening.

I have been feeling better physically. I am able to go up weird stairs (St. Louis front step--irregular high risers) like a normal human instead of step by step with a great deal of effort. I am not content to just sit in my recliner all day. The dark side of that is that I tend to do more than I should. Like today, for instance. I changed the sheets on my bed, did two load of wash (3 trips up and down stairs), de-cluttered the living room and vacuumed and made stir-fry for lunch. All that activity, of course, gave me a back ache so I am relegated to lying on a heating pad or kicking back in the recliner. Some day. . .