Keep the everyday details that numbers alone leave out.
A reading after a walk and a planned resting reading describe different circumstances. They should not be treated as interchangeable evidence that exercise has changed your usual blood pressure.
Read the guideRecording weight and blood pressure over time can support a useful conversation, but parallel changes do not prove that one caused the other. Keep the original observations and their conditions.
Read the guideA note about poor sleep, stress or illness can help explain the circumstances of a measurement. It cannot establish the cause of a changed blood pressure reading on its own.
Read the guideIf you want to discuss a reading taken after eating, record the meal timing and symptoms rather than labeling the result “caused by salt.” One entry cannot separate the many circumstances that can influence a measurement.
Read the guideRecord caffeine and alcohol as separate circumstances, including timing and approximate amount when known. They should not be treated as the same exposure or as a complete explanation for a reading.
Read the guideWeather may be relevant context, but your diary cannot tell you how much of a blood pressure change was caused by heat, humidity or atmospheric pressure. Those are different factors, not interchangeable explanations.
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