What Gives?

Over the past 2-3 months I have been trying to get my BMI (body Mass Index) back in check. My blood pressure was high and was monitoring it at work. Then I bought my own blood pressure monitor and checked it twice per day for several weeks. It was still high. So I decided that I would lose some weight to get back to where I should be. As the weight came off the blood pressure came down. I was not on a rigorous exercise program. I just controlled the portion size at meal time and changed my big meal to noon and a light meal in the evening.

I had a checkup earlier in the week and I was within a half pound of my goal weight before going in. So the nurse always gets your weight, height and BP before seeing the doctor and I was surprised that I was now one half inch taller than I was last May when I saw the doctor last. It' a miracle. I guess you must get taller when you shed pounds (you stop growing out and start growing up). If I keep this up, I could be six feet tall by Christmas.