Today I had a wellness screening at work, and it was horrendous. I knew based on some things that have been happening with my body that my glucose was going to be high, but I had no idea just how high. After fasting for 12 hours, I had my various wellness tests, and when it was my time to talk to the person about my results, I had to go into the "your shit is so bad we have to take you into a separate room" room. They made me sign a form acknowledging that they had told me my body was severely messed up. Then they told me that my glucose level was 317. I was shocked. 6 months ago in a similar screening it was 104.
Not only is my glucose level dangerously high, my triglycerides are as well. And although I have good genetics and my overall cholesterol is low, my TC/HDL ratio is more than twice the recommended value, and my HDL is half the recommended value.
I am 6'0 tall and 210 pounds. I don't feel "fat", but as of today, I have a Body Fat percentage of 31.9% and a BMI of 29.8. And my blood has more sugar in it than a gallon of my granny's Mississippi sweet tea. I need to make a change to my diet, and I need to do it now.
So as I start this blog to chart my progress, I am going to attempt to give up processed foods, dairy, and grain cold turkey. I am going to start with tonight's dinner, and eat only meat, vegetables and fruit. I am giving up my sweet tea and coke, and drinking water. It all starts tonight, 12/7/2011.
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