I had to go to the doctor today, my foot pain did not give up. And indeed, I have a calcification in the planar tendon. Planar fascitis, in othet words. Just take it slow until it gets better.
​Todays weather and temperature: Rainy all day, close to a rainstorm in the evening.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 4
Breakfast: Sandwiches and salad
Lunch: Vegetable curry
Snack: Japanese crackers and nuts
Dinner: Soup (miso soup and potato potage)
Todays supplements and dosage: 6 fish oil capsules, 4 garlic capsules, 10 cc of ACV beet root pickle juice
Todays UA reading (before breakfast): 7.8 mg/dL
Todays step count (total at bedtime): 6846 steps, no walk today.
How much did I drink today?: Water 1.5 liter, tea 2 liter
This weeks weight: 115.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 114 cm
Heart rate before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 78
Blood pressure before bedtime: 143/101 mmHg
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 6 times, #2 2 times.
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? None, foot to painful.
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I developed planar fascitis from my morning walks. It is not gout because when I put on slippers I feel nothing. But with ordinary shoes ut feels like my heel us pushing on burning coals (and just in case you wonder, yes I actually do know what that feels like). I ordered orthopedic insoles from Amazon but there seems to be some delay.
​Todays weather and temperature: Very warm and rain showers.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 4
Breakfast: Melon, plums, and minestrone soup.
Lunch: Noodles with egg and vegetable rempura, tofu with tragitional complements usually eaten with mochi for dessert.
Snack: Popcorn
Dinner: Egg end rice, french fries, and mango tofu dessert.
Todays supplements and dosage: 6 fish oil capsules, 4 garlic capsules, 100 cc of beet pickle ACV juice in water.
Todays UA reading (before breakfast): 8.1 mg/dL
Todays step count (total at bedtime): 11576 steps
How much did I drink today?: Water 1.5 liter, tea 1 liter,
This weeks weight: 115.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 114 cm
Heart rate before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 73 bpm
Blood pressure before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 152/95 mmHg, not very low sodium yesterday.
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 6 times, #2 2 times.
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? None, Sunday is break day.
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I am losing weight! Quite fast too. Extending my walk and decreasing starch and grains work. But there are still a lot of kilos to get rid of. I only lost 20% of my arbitrary goal so far.
​Todays weather and temperature: Rain in the morning, sunny after lunch, warm breeze - between 27 and 30 degrees centigrade.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 2
Breakfast: Salad, leftovers from yesterday.
Lunch: Favorite Chinese
Snack: Japanese rice crackers with cheese and "nori", the green wrapper used on sushi, often mislabelled as seaweed but really a kind of microscopic animal.
Dinner: Kimchi stir-fry and salad.
Todays supplements and dosage: 6 fish oil capsules, 4 garlic capsules, beet root pickle ACV juice.
Todays UA reading (before breakfast): 8.2 mg/dL
Todays step count (total at bedtime): 7981 steps
How much did I drink today?: Water 1.5 litet, coffee 0.5 liter, tea 0.5 liter.
This weeks weight: 115.8 kg!!!!
​Waist circumference: 114 cm
Heart rate before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 80 bpm
Blood pressure before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 126/87 mmHg
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 6 times, #2 2 time
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? None, break today.
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I got immunized today, with the Pfizer vaccine. It was OK at first but then I felt really bad and had to go to bed around 6. Next day I was fine, except for a little sore around the injection site. It had no measurable effect on my uric acid level, but my blood pressure went up slightly.
​Todays weather and temperature: Cloudy and rain in the air, some showers.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 3
Breakfast: Salad and sandwich
Lunch: Leek curry with cheese
Snack: Nothing
Dinner: No
Todays supplements and dosage: 6 fish oil capsules, 4 garlic capsules, 100 cc apple cider vinegar beet pickle juice.
Todays UA reading (before breakfast): 8.3 mg/dL
Todays step count (total at bedtime): 14483 steps
How much did I drink today?: Water 1.5 liter, tea 1 liter
This weeks weight: 117.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 117 cm
Heart rate before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 94 bpm
Blood pressure before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 127/93 mmHg
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 6 times, #2 3 times
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? 10
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Finished watching Ghost in the shell - the version with Scarlett Johanssen in it. O.M.G! The story was a bit thin but the acting was quite good, and the CG incredibly well done.
​Todays weather and temperature: Rainy and a little colder - 22 degrees centigrade.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 2
Breakfast: Bread at the nearby bakery cafe, and the local flavored frappuchino (with "zunda" sweet edamame paste).
Lunch: Rice and chilli paste flavored with sea squirt (hoya). And pickled vegetables (not ACV pickles).
Snack: Cheese sticks
Dinner: Italian buffet - great vegetables, but horrendously dangerous cake buffet. You know, one of those where you want to taste everything. Twice.
Todays supplements and dosage: 10 cc ACV beetroot pickle juice in water.
Todays UA reading (before breakfast): For various reasons, I was not able to take a measurememt today.
Todays step count (total at bedtime): 10251 steps
How much did I drink today?: Water 2 liter, fruit juice 0.3 liter, tea 0.5 liter
This weeks weight: 115.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 114 kg
Heart rate before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 85 bpm
Blood pressure before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 137/94 mmHg
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 6 times, #2 3 times
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? None, break day today.
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I got a hard cast from the doctor that takes the load off my planar sinew. It does not hurt to walk. But it does not fit in any shoes I have, so I am staying in the house. I ordered support soles from Amazon but they have not arrived yet, so I have to stay indoors until they do.
​Todays weather and temperature: Cloudy in the morning, then sunny. fairly cloudy.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 3
Breakfast: Granola with yoghurt, miso soup.
Lunch: Vegetable curry with ACV pickles
Snack: Croutons with cheese
Dinner: Pizza and apple pie. Not what I am supposed to eat, but gout-friendly.
Todays supplements and dosage: 6 fish oil capsules, 4 garlic capsules, 10 cc of ACV beetroot pickle juice in water
Todays UA reading (before breakfast): 6.8 mg/dL. Well, that went in the right direction anyway.
Todays step count (total at bedtime): 6619 steps, hobbling around the house.
How much did I drink today?: Tea 2 liter, water 1.5 liter.
This weeks weight: 115.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 114 cm
Heart rate before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 85 bpm
Blood pressure before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 117/87 mmHg
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 7 times, #2 2 times
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 7
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? None, my foot in in an orthopedic cast.
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My foot is hurting more and more, if it does not get better I have to go to the doctor. But it is not gout, if it was it would not get better when I put on my thick-soled slippers.
​Todays weather and temperature: Nice and sunny, but hot - near 30 degrees centigrade.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 4
Breakfast: Minestrone soup and sandwich
Lunch: Okonomiyaki with fried tofu and cheese
Snack: Japanese crakers with cheese
Dinner: Minestrone soup
Todays supplements and dosage: 6 fish oil capsules, 4 garlic capsules, 10 cc of beetroot pickle apple cider vinegar juice.
Todays UA reading (before breakfast): 7.5 mg/dL
Todays step count (total at bedtime): 12916 steps
How much did I drink today?: Tea 2 liter, water 1 liter, coffee 0.3 liter
This weeks weight: 115.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 114 cm
Heart rate before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 80 bpm
Blood pressure before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 147/101 mmHg, coffee was probably a bad idea. Will try to make it go down tomorrow.
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 7 times, #2 2 times
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? None, my foot was very painful (not gout
but planar fascitis).
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Apple cider vinegar (ACV) is touted as something which will cure almost every ill. Except cancer, the people who promoted it as a cure for cancer were halted by the FDA. When I tried it last time, it might have had a slight effect on my uric acid level, but not enough to matter.
So why am I trying it now? Actually, I am trying beetroots. Beetroots supposedly help lower your blood pressure (apart from tasting great), I often use them in my curries, as you may have noticed. And in Sweden, pickled beetroots is a common condiment (you can find them at IKEA). So why not combine two health benefits, and pickle beetroots in apple cider vinegar?
I did, and to add to the health benefit, I also added onion and ginger (in separate batches). They make an excellent complement to curry, maybe a liitle pungent but it works.
And now I am drinking the pickle juice. It does no harm and is rather refreshing. And it tastes much better than raw ACV. Let us see what effect it may have, if any.
​Todays weather and temperature: Cloudy all day, looked like rain but it did not quite happen. Around 25 deg C.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 5
Breakfast: Salad sandwiches
Lunch: Salad and sandwich, a few of the kids leftover mini corn dogs
Snack: Tomato & cheese sandwich
Dinner: Tomato soup with rice
Todays supplements and dosage: 6 fish oil capsules, 4 garlic capsules, 100 cc of beet ACV pickling juice in water.
Todays UA reading (before breakfast): 8.1 mg/dL
Todays step count (total at bedtime): 15292 steps
How much did I drink today?: Water 1.5 liter, tea 2 liter
This weeks weight: 117.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 117 cm
Heart rate before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 94 bpm
Blood pressure before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 127/91 mmHg
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 7 times, #2 2 times
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? 20, lots of desk time.
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Yesterdays post was number 300 on this blog. I thought that was worth a notice.
​Todays weather and temperature: Very nice and summery, high clouds.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 2
Breakfast: Pizza (left over from yesterday).
Lunch: Vegetarian sushi
Snack: No
Dinner: Yamagata-style soba noodles
Todays supplements and dosage: 6 fish oil capsules, 4 garlic capsules.
Todays UA reading (before breakfast): 9.5 mg/dL
Todays step count (total at bedtime): 10466 steps
How much did I drink today?: Water 1.5 liter, tea 1.5 liter
This weeks weight: 117.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 117 cm
Heart rate before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 74 bpm
Blood pressure before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 152/97 mmHg
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 6 times, #2 2 times
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? None, break on Sundays.
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I have started meditating while I walk my morning walk. You can do that, you do not have to sit in a dark room. It takes a bit of practice to navigate the environment with essentially your conscious mind shut off. Just to empty my mind so I can focus better aftetwards. It does not affect my uric acid level (you could probably control your liver but it would take enormous practice), but it might affect my blood pressure. And anyway, it helps me be mentally prepared for my working day.
​Todays weather and temperature: Rain in the early morning, but before then cloudy.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 4
Breakfast: Pancake with cheese
Lunch: Vegetable curry fry-up
Snack: Birthday cake
Dinner: Soup and salad
Todays supplements and dosage: 6 fish oil capsules, 4 garlic capsules
Todays UA reading (before breakfast): 7.6 mg/dL
Todays step count (total at bedtime): 13789 steps
How much did I drink today?: Tea 1.5 liter, water 1.5 liter
This weeks weight: 117.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 117 cm
Heart rate before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 86 bpm
Blood pressure before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 142/91
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 6 times, #2 2 times
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 7
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? 10
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