Blood work results

4-11-2011
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 196

Item	Value	Target
Total Chelesterol	224	<200
HDL	29	>=50
LDL	164	<100
TC/HDL Ratio	7.6	<4.0
Tryglycerides	155	<150
Glucose	87	70-99
Blood Pressure	116/82	<120/<80
BMI	30.7	<25 and >=18.4

3-20-2008

198 this morning down 1 lb from yesterday. I've been on a see-saw with my weight these last few months. Largely jumping from 196-204. For instance yesterday I was 199 and the day before 197... Add to that the fact that I think our scale at home is a bit on the not so reliable side and I take it with a grain of salt. Fact is I think I stay more focused on how many holes I get to pass over on my belt. 1 is a fat day and 2 is pretty good. When I see 3 I'll know I've made some significant progress.

I've started drinking coffee in the morning. Mostly cold, with probably way too much sugar. The upside is that I get to work ready to roll instead of coming in and sluggishly start working. It pushes my need to eat food back a bit which makes my food last more of the day and keeps me from being ravenous when I get home. Then adding a cup after dinner seems to keep me from crashing at 7 pm in a chair. I think I've accomplished more this week than I have in a good long time. The down side is that I don't really feel tired enough to go to bed till well after midnight, though when I do go to bed I seem to go to sleep a lot faster.

I haven't fasted in almost a month. I'm going to have to do that Monday. The real good health news I received of late was:


My Cholesterol is down! I think it's due to two things. Fasting and the fact that I discovered that canned soup veggies largely don't taste like veggies. I'm not a veggie fan, but I'm trying to make the best choices and changes I can in my life. If not for myself then to provide a better example for my son.

1-15-2008

212 last night, 207 this morning...

Fasted yesterday for about 20 hours then ate about half my calories for the day...

Aside from that I managed to stay mostly near my goals w/ the exception of my brother's birthday, where his wife decided that homemade cake was likely to be cheaper, of course it wasn't nor was it cheaper from a caloric perspective. It was about two or three times the calories and that saturated fat was mostly off the charts.

1-10-2008

210 finally the right direction.

I dredged up the goals the cardiologist gave me a few years ago when I went in weighing 204, I figured 6 lbs were not likely to have changed the recommendations much, and jumped back on the counting wagon.

So the goals are:
Calories <= 1650
Saturated Fat <= 12 grams
Cholesterol <= 300 milligrams

In addition I tacked on a no trans fat goal for myself.

I dumped all of this into a Google doc that I'm using to track the numbers. Here's how I faired yesterday:

1-9-2008

Woke up to 212 woo....
Breakfast:
Had the Hy-Vee knock off cereal for 170 calories
Lunch:
A PBJ for about 410 calories
Snacks:
peanuts and raisins
Dinner:
ramen w/ garlic and hot sauce and an apple

Just overall feeling like I need to do something about my weight and overall health just can't seem to get enough sleep to get up to exercise and I don't want to do it late at night because the energy rush of exercise is enough to keep me up for a couple hours.

12-17-2007

Fasting again. It's 9:46 and I haven't had an urge to eat. Probably helps that I manged to add 2 lbs to my weight between Sat and this morning. Plus my last food last night was high protein.

12-12-2007

206 this morning!

Fasting really does seem to have a lasting negative impact. So far nothing negative noticed. Watching like a hawk for some sign of a negative impact.

12-10-2007

208 this morning in spite of a delicious 3 layer zucchini cake w/ cream cheese frosting my wife made on Friday. Fast #2, we'll see how this goes. Might have to mimic last week on the time frame because like last week it was kind of late when I last ate anything. Though not as late as last week. I think it was around 8 or 8:30 when I ate that last Clementine. Should be able to make it to 22 or 23 hours on this fast w/out any real problems.

12-5-2007

208 today and yesterday.

The fast seems to have had some impact. Though minor, I am not so voraciously hungry. I'm sitting in front of my morning cereal that is about 1/3 gone and haven't had a desire to touch it.

Fasting

Updates on my progress. Goal is a 24 hours fast. Likely to get cut short to avoid eating and going to bed.
-First hunger pains at 12 hours and 15 mins
-16 hours and 30 mins slight headache and additional hunger pains
-17 hours headache seems more severe... might be related to a lack of caffeine. Hunger pains have subsided.

12-3-07

207 yesterday! 210 today....

I have decided, largely this morning in shower after seeing the 210, that I am going to try a retune of my body. I read an article on NPR about retuning the body w/ regular fasting. The basics of it are fasting no more often than once a week for 12-24 hours. It's supposed to help regulate your insulin levels (thus decreasing the sweet tooth), adjust your metabolism so you burn more calories, and program your body to expect time w/out food. From what I can gather, the basic theory is that the human body is supposed to have periods of hunger and w/out them it thinks that we are in a state of feast and stores everything it can. It jacks up your insulin levels trying to accomplish this and then your metabolism. Then the famine never happens and then we all know what that leads to. This is supposed to put us in control of our own mini famines so that the body is forced back to it's natural state. I'm just past 12 hours as of now. Let's see if I can make it another 12!

11-29-2007

210 yesterday 208 today! Just didn't eat nearly the same level of crap yesterday as I have been of late.

Having troubles getting my eyes to focus today. Not sure why. Seems to be more my right eye.

11-27-2007

Gross personal dissatisfaction with my current station in life is feeling a bit overwhelming today. I seem to have mastered our financial situation to the point that we can live. Now I'm not happy with my career. Holds true to my theory that we can't be happy w/out having something to complain about....

210 two days in a row... guess that's my weight post thanksgiving in duplicate plus left overs... that are still in too large of a number. Something has to change... that is WAY the wrong direction for my weight. I can't afford new clothes... perhaps I need to shave the food budget into a clothing budget? Ironically solving the need for a clothing budget.... Hooray for the cyclical

206 today, and that was after a couple serious taco heavy days.

206 again... thankfully back down... was 210 the other day