{"id":94643,"date":"2026-06-17T09:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=94643"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:44:24","slug":"health-hacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2026\/06\/17\/health-hacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Hacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HealthUpdate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HealthUpdate-473x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HealthUpdate-473x1024.jpg 473w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HealthUpdate-139x300.jpg 139w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HealthUpdate-768x1662.jpg 768w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HealthUpdate-710x1536.jpg 710w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HealthUpdate.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soon I should be able to say &#8220;I&#8217;m in better shape in my forties than at any other time!&#8221; This past year I lost 25.5 lbs and finally have my blood pressure consistently in the &#8220;Normal&#8221; range. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In case you&#8217;re interested, here are the things I&#8217;ve been doing&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>45 minute workout with my brother-in-law twice a week:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2-3 mile run, core, and weights<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swim 600 meters, interval running, core, and weights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No eating after dinner until breakfast &#8211; no pre-bed snack or midnight eating.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Healthy snacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Waiting until really hungry to eat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protein for breakfast before having any caffeine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ground flax seeds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>30 push-ups each day <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cold shower<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blood Pressure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>7 minutes of exercise after breakfast: wall sits, planks, calf raises, squats, jacks, arm swings, and slow breathing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20 minute morning walk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Less caffeine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drink hibiscus tea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DrAlexWibberley\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DrAlexWibberley<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soon I should be able to say &#8220;I&#8217;m in better shape in my forties than at any other time!&#8221; This past year I lost 25.5 lbs and finally have my blood pressure consistently in the &#8220;Normal&#8221; range. In case you&#8217;re interested, here are the things I&#8217;ve been doing&#8230; Weight Blood Pressure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94643"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94658,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94643\/revisions\/94658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}