That damn BP!

Just when I saw 128/82 on the blood pressure monitor this morning--the lowest reading in years--and thought I was doing quite well, a story appeared in today's paper:

High blood pressure and chronic disease go hand in hand

Here's the part that really got me:

Healthy adults should have a blood pressure of 120/80 millimetres of mercury (mmHg) or better. A person is considered hypertensive with a blood pressure reading of 140/90 or higher.

In other words, I've been hypertensive or on the verge for years, probably close to a decade and half.

When I look at sites of American Heart Association and Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, I realize that my 128/82 this morning was welcome and close to normal, but I'm still afflicted with prehypertension, even at that reading.

So . . . I push on, ever onward, to get the weight down.

Ride 30 mins on stationary bike, 10 mins with weights