Tinted windows and Clarity

Wow... what a difference a day makes. My BP continues to run low which is probably why I don't recognize the sense of calm I have. It isn't a lethargic calm, or the kind of calm you get after a glass of wine or the like. It's just a steady kind of calm. Along with that calm, strangely enough, my energy level is back up. Not in a manic way or a heart racing way either.

My trainer at Curves is very interested in my progress in this experiment. She said she sees a difference in me and is asking all kinds of questions. She asked why I think my energy level is higher now, and I told her I think it's probably everything in general, but definitely the baby coconut I have been drinking before hand makes a difference. On that note, my taste buds are changing. The first time I tried the coconut juice it was so sweet I literally gagged it down. Since then I have mixed it with something but today time was short and I just drank the coconut. It was sweet and smooth and I had no problem with it. I was able to get my heart rate back up to the optimum level today. Even typing 'back up to the optimum level' seems amusing to me... so many days I have STARTED my workouts with such a high heart rate I had to really watch it and tone it down to keep it from going too high...

I was talking to Andy this afternoon when he checked in from work. A fellow officer of his also has high blood pressure (in fact she's the one who calmed him down when he got the call at work that I had to call 911 on myself...maybe I will post that story here sometime). She recognized my symptoms as she had been through it herself. He has been telling her about my progress in this way of eating. I told him I felt different today in a way that was hard to describe. The best way I could put it was that I had clarity. Kind of like if you don't know you had been looking through tinted windows until the tint is removed, and then everything is so much more clear, focused, and vibrant. That's how I feel today. I like it.