It's All in the Bloods

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Well, the best thing about being healthy, is the way you feel about yourself. But occasionally, its so good to good external support for the new healthy you. I got results from a blood test today that really highlights the transformation that I have embarked on.

The new blood tests compared against three other tests conducted over the last seven years. I am proud to post the following results and improvements on my bloods since getting real and healthy.

The worst Cholesterol result over the last results was a high of 5.9. My current result is 4.8. 5.9 is scary, 4.8 is cool.  The good cholesterol at its worst was 0.8, now its sits at 1.9 (which I am told is a little high). My triglycerides, which is the fatty crap in your blood, at its worst sat at 3.5, which is high. Now its sits at 0.5. I am told that, that is a little low. My Chol/HDL Ratio now sits at 2.5, but it was as high as 6.6. They tell me that this is the Cardiac Arrest ratio. My doctor says, Whatever you are doing, keep doing it.....I Plan to. According to the Cardiovascular Risk, I sit at 2% of having a stroke/heart attack in the next five years. I like those odds.

To ascertain your own risk......http://www.cvdcheck.org.au

Guys, if there is any other information you need, to change your life....the chance to live longer is it! A heart attack at 50, or living life like a young fella like I think I am. I am so glad I made the choice just a couple of years back and my life is so much better than it has been. I thank Bodytrim, but I also thank me, for doing the hard stuff.  Guys its worth it.

Life Changing

Over the last couple of years, I have met some amazing people through my support of the Bodytrim program. I keep in contact with these via popular social networking programs, and get amazed at how their lives are lived nowadays and the changes that has happened. I feel a real sense of pride in knowing these amazing people, and cannot help but think about how their lives have changed. The latest is a young lady who has ultimately lost 60 kilos, and her latest adventure and project was completing an 11 kilometre Fun Run. Going through her head as she completed this latest objective, surely was the incredible and inspirational journey she has embarked on. And one of the greatest senses of satisfaction is that they are undertaking these journeys for themselves. No television cameras monitor their every move, no personal trainers at their beck and call. Just a desire to lose some weight, and then in the process start to enjoy life again and then the stretch begins on what they really want out of life. Exercise and health becomes the focus, after the education on how to lose their weight. They enjoy life in s many ways, and continue with some of their vices, but understand what is needed for them to ensure that vices do not take control.

In all cases, these journeys started with one step....and that one step was achieved only after a real desire for change. Are you prepared to take that step??

Back In......

I am really happy with my progress this week. Nutritionally I have been good, with a minor hiccup at a Business Planning day, but from an exercise front I have been outstanding. I have had all my allocated resistance exercises sessions, ran 5km most days and ensured I got my early morning walk in every day.

I am feeling very good, but the test comes this weekend with a plethora of footy options challenging my desire to be alcohol free for the next four weeks at least. This will definitely be a test for my discipline, but I know that my support network will be good for me..... I will post weigh-in results over the next couple of days.

Sweet Poison

I am reading David Gillespie's book, Sweet Poison at the moment, and it is a real eyeopener. His research is told in laymens terms, as he sought to find out how the body actually works in digesting food. The research began when he hit 120kgs on the scales....he now weighs 80kg and sits in the Normal range of the BMI for his height.

He details how sugar became popular and the dangers associated with our increasing consumption. The finger is pointed squarely at sugar as the major culprit behind the obesity epidemic.

Two interesting sidelights. Legend has it, that if sugar was to be invented NOW, it would not pass any of the food safety standards around. Secondly, when Coke decided to make a DIET product, what did they do? They removed the SUGAR....and that was twenty years ago. Read the book, people.