Good Morning 134.0 and juggling numbers here. Doing a weekly post about me and thinking maybe during the week I can simply keep up with personals and be more engaged - Ok went to the doctor and got some numbers. The old (my degree is too old to be useful) biochemist in me raises questions. Overall I am not flipping out just evaluating and probable too OCD. My husband would be like "ok - doctor was happy all is good"
Blood chemistry from the doctor - total cholesterol 220, HDL=92, LDL=119, VLDL=9, TG=44 LDL:HDL= 1.3. Doctor was very happy even with the high total cholesterol due to ratios but who knows. Some things say HDL *can* be too high. I would like to look at balancing out these values but who *really* knows?
ALT=31, AST=27. Honesty that ALT is on the high side of normal and normally it is around 20. Hmm? I did take daily tylenol for headache and muscle pain for 3-4 days before the test so that could have elevated it....
A1C=4.9, Glucose=89. No concerns here.
Everything else good midrange. Urine pH at 7.5 but I eat a very alkaline diet. I may consume more vitamin C though - urinalysis on fasting morning sample so pH should have been low. Once again normal ranges so no concern with doctor but then I am probably more interested in health than her, eh.
Garmin Values - over past month or so
VO2 max = 36, fitness age = 36 as well. If there is any accuracy to this 36 is actually a very good value for a 63 year old
RHR=52
Other- Off BP meds entirely per this visit and data leading up to it. Now my only prescribed medicines are Gabapentin 200mg for nerve pain in a damaged foot (injury) and restless legs and vagifem for old lady's inner workings. So just tracking on a daily basis.
Numbers from body fat scale (who knows how accurate these are?)
weight=134, BMI=21.8, Body fat=26.2, SubQ fat=24.5, Visceral fat=4, water=50.6%, muscle mass=93lbs, bone mass=6.0lbs, protein=17.4%, metabolic age =61
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Dogs - LOL still have not uploaded pictures and I need a new picture WITH my dogs as the one on the team web page is 30lbs ago! At least there is this one
SC Search & Rescue Dog Association SCSARDA. Been busy with training, walking (each dog gets 2 miles brisk every morning on top of training and walking THEM keeps me at a brisk walking speed because I have to hit 3.6-4.0 mph to keep them at a good trot), work, and things around the house. One search call last week. Researching my next dog for when I retire. The date is in sight at Sept 2020. Before that I would like to consider skin removal surgery. The pannus (apron of fat and loose skin) is ridiculous and won't go away - well making an appointment to see options. At the very least I want an evaluation as I think I have no more weight to lose and thing that the subq fat is an overall contributor to body fat total and is not visceral fat.
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Ange - your job sounds absolutely fascinating. I am tired just reading about it all! Wow how do you do it? It all seems so whirlwind.
Shannon - Hope the meal with DSS went well. About your mom - it seems medical people are the worst. Why on earth would they make someone sick come to work with patients? I love the avatar (I am watching old star trek episodes)
Michele- I hope you are feeling better and your DD recovers quickly. Ungh being sick is no fun.
Mudpie - Why 6 is not old! I assume this is a cat. Lord cats are very insistent - we have Jangles and when she wants something the world must come to an end. The dogs are so much more patient about things.
All- yoga, you know we are doning some yoga and some tai chi with instruction - right now just doing the tai chi warmup and some yoga (DH pays someone to come to our house and work one on one with us). I am also working with a personal trainer on body weight fitness and balance, core, strength but one fly in the ointment is have both a cystocele and a rectocele. Years of being overweight, having had two kids and a hysterectomy led to this and it is very frustrating because a lot of fitness exercises (especially core) and yoga put excess stress on the pelvic floor. Getting old is not for the weak hearted I will say that. No issues with incontinence and I am striving to prevent the need for surgery but it is hard to live with .......
Walking sticks - Love the discussion - doing search and rescue most of my gear just comes from wally world and the like
. I have good pack from true north, but I use the cheap walking sticks. Have a good GPS handheld, fitness watch, and compass and know how to use them. Most of our gear is lightweight and aimed at just enough to keep warm and dry if stuck in the woods overnight which in almost 20 years of doing this has never happened (though I have slept in my vehicle at the command center)
Reading a new book (just arrived) called atomic habits and also tweaking my diet a little. Looking at macro ratios etc. I guess the strive for self improvement never ends. Doing things now I wish I had done in my 20s and 30s.
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