A busy weekend, a busy past few days really. I chose to leave my posts Saturday & Sunday focused on the award Lanie honored me with and then my weekly weigh on those days respectively. The weekend now over, the body relaxed & the mind less stressed and I am ready for the new week.
So lets look at some NSV's of the past few days...
Last Thursday I went to lunch with some work mates. We went to a favorite place of mine which I have mentioned before; Franks for the Memories. I went in hungry and left with an NSV. This place is small & what seating they do have is all booths. Ugh, booths, the bane of all obese people. Booths have ruined many a meal for me,how about you? This day however I was able to slide on in and felt rather comfortable. My gut wasn't resting up against the table edge or oozing out onto the table itself. SPACE, there was space between me & the table top... Oh Yeah!
Last Friday I went to the doctor for a couple of reasons, one of them was to see if I had lost enough weight, upped my circulatory health enough to get off of the blood pressure pills once & hopefully for all. I hadn't been taking them regular since my annual physical in July. At that time I brought it up to my doc and he wanted to exercise some caution. But he did say that if when I exercise I found myself getting light-headed that would be a signal that my BP was being lowered by the medicine lower than necessary, thus, also signalling that I was likely ready to get off of them. He asked that I keep up the pills unless the light-headedness was more than slight, and that we can check it again in two months. Well two months have passed and I have passed his cautious care and he gave me the thumbs up to kick them to the curb. That is not just an NSV it is a bucket list entry I get to cross off... Oh Yeah!
Ok, we end this post with a picture riddle; these are fun and seem to be popular. Up there is a picture of what? This one should be a harder than the last one (fire hydrant). But don't let difficulty keep you from playing, step up and take a guess. I'll reveal the answer tomorrow, or perhaps earlier if someone guesses correctly.
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Congratulations on your progress! Goodbye BP pills! Sounds like reason for a party!
ReplyDeleteThe photo looks like some kind of lid, possibly child proof, the arrow possibly showing which way to turn it while pressing down. I'd guess it's the lid to your BP meds but medicine caps are normally white where I live.
ReplyDeleteNo idea what the pic is of?!
ReplyDeleteWell done and hearty congrats on dumping the pills patrick - that must be a real milestone to pass.
Too easy. It's a bp cuff. :). Soooo happy for you. Losing your bp pills is much more than a nsv, it's meeting a HUGE goal!!
ReplyDeleteThe picture is a skull cap. Great news with the doc's appointment and kickin the pills to the curb! At my last doctors appointment my doctor said WOW... stupid question here "did you lose weight?" when he looked at the file and saw a 55 pound difference he smiled and said now comes the hard part. How right he was but I did not appreciate the comment at the time. NSVs I like this acronym!
ReplyDeletePatrick, those NSV's are absolutely fabulous!!!!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is a huge NSV!! I thought i could do that too but the Dr. said it's in my family and if i go off it will skyrocket :(
ReplyDeleteOh Yeah! Oh Yeah! Getting off the BP meds is the most fantastic NSV I think I've ever heard! And sitting comfortably in a booth....Awesome! This getting healthy thing gets better and better every day! Congrats, Patrick! On the picture riddle....I think the Doc has it right on target...a BP cuff!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on BP med free!! I read in your numbers that one goal is to pass the USMC PFT....well, Semper Fi, devil dog! You'll get there!
ReplyDeleteI have absolutely no idea what that is a picture of!!!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATS on getting off the BP meds! That is a HUGE victory!!!! You are awesome!!!!
No more Bp pills. Thats awesome.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is some sort of upholstery.
Some type of fabric? Almost looks like the unfinished waistband on a pair of pants.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on getting off the BP pills! That is HUGE!
Great NSV! Sometimes they are the best indicators of all the hard work you have been doing. Congrats Patrick!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the NSV. I can't tell what the photo ois.
ReplyDeletecongrats on the NSV!
ReplyDeleteI think that the pic is of an "enter" button or a "play" button.
WOOT no more pills!
ReplyDeleteI think the pic is one of those pop up canopies you see at sports games or fairs.
I can NOT wait for the day when I do not have to worry about booths!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on being able to get rid of the meds! Great Job.
Congratulations on both NSV's. I didn't think any one ever got off of BP meds!! Good for you.
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you're doing it! congratulations. and, as always, thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThe picture has to be the extra velcro fabric that you took out of your waistline so that your wind pants could fit.
ReplyDeleteI know!
ReplyDeleteI know!
I know!
It's an arrow!
Right?
:D
LOL at Anne H! Patrick, Dr FtF is right, kicking the BP meds isn't just any old NSV, it is huge, ya hear me, HUGE! I wish I could kick BP meds completely too, but at least I have been able to reduce them and I'm taking about one quarter the dose I was a year ago. Onward!
ReplyDeleteThat is the best news ever, Patrick. That's one thing I want to keep too. Yahooooooo for you.
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