Thursday July 28, 2005
To celebrate my first full day of medication-free life since freeing myself from the burden of diabetes and hypertension I went on a great 8-mile run this morning. If you haven't already, check out the delightful dozen picture slide show above.
My favorite part was meeting up with the horses on Eldorado St.. One even came up close to me at the fence to give me a sniff and a lick.
My blood sugar was 105 this morning so what's the point in taking medicine? I haven't had a high reading for nine days. Before this last incredible week I never went a day and a half without going over the "normal" range either before breakfast or bedtime. I'm checking it three times a day with no signs of trouble.
I'm not sure what exactly did it but it was a combination of running, yoga, a vegetarian diet with no dairy products, no alcohol and spiritual meditation. It's not for everyone but it worked for me.
Today's numbers: Weight 152 after run. Allow 5 pounds for water loss. Blood pressure 121/75 at Smith's Drug store and 110/79 at home. Not bad after going without pills all week and with two large cups of coffee and a big run today. If blood pressure would have stayed high I would have given up caffeine too. But what would that leave? Air & water?
Signed of for 5k (3.1-mile) cross-country run at Sunset Park to be held Aug. 6. Baby steps to the LV Marathon.
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