Hi All,
Few things I would like to touch on in this post, the first one being some blood work I had done by my GP, the last time I had any blood taken was before my operation so the numbers had already been punched in and the bench mark set.
As far as anything being bad back in 2010, my vitamin D was low, my bad cholesterol was slightly elevated and my insulin levels were very high, finally my BMI was at a whopping 66%.
Jumping straight in turns out all my vitamin and minerals levels are perfect, this included D (sunshine) those elevit seem to be working for me so I'll keep taking them.
My bad cholesterol has gone down by 30%, good cholesterol has gone up by 20% which both are fantastic, my BMI is now at 35% so I've lost 30% body fat from 95kgs of weight. (This is where I started jumping up and down like a little boy)
The biggest change was my insulin levels, firstly what is insulin and how does it work?
Ok the body needs to keep a good balance with sugar levels, we can't have too much and we can't have too little, so when we eat sugar in foods our pancreas secrets insulin to balance those levels back out.
Cool? OK the insulin levels that are recommended are below 10, before my operation mine was at 42, thus it was working 4 times more than it should have been, thus it was on the verge of failing.
Taking you back a few blogs "Hey remember when I said you were going to die at 30?", "Yeah", "Well by the looks of it, it was going to be because your pancreas was going to fail and you would end up a type 1 diabetic which would then be the cause of your death", "Well that's cool and all but what do my results say now?"... ahem, my insulin level is now 6, abso-freakin-lutly perfect! (I love tmesis).
My GP was trying to hold it in so much but burst out in excitement, so now it turns out I'm healthier than the average folk, in fact in most cases even more.
Yay!
Recently (in case you've been living under a rock) you might have heard about Tough Mudda, well my long time brother from another mother Scott did this monster of a challenge with a triathlete and a football player the three of them smashed it, I was asked to join them last year, train with them since I had lost so much weight but I refused, usual story "Oh I'm not fit enough", well this is actually true, yes I've lost lot's of weight but I still have lots of skin which makes running impossible and well also my cardio is up the wazoo so no go there.
Talking to Scott about this recently he mentioned next year was my year to do it with him, the pride he resonates from achieving this challenge makes me crave it, I want to smash this course and throw down on life, winning and accomplishments matter now, now that I can do it I should be and I will be!
Once again my only restriction is my stomach skin, girdles don't work, tape and most belts don't keep it secure while running, the sound of skin flapping isn't cool when you run, the weight of the skin being tossed around is actually quite painful and I must get it cut off before the end of the year.
My challenge which I've chosen to accept!
I see my surgeon again in July 15 weeks away, I have written up a monster of a workout plan at the gym, 6 days 3 muscle building and toning and 3 days high intensity cardio. I have 15 kilos to lose then it's just skin, my plan, to walk into his surgery at 109 kilos (239.8lbs) (or less) and say, "When do we cut the skin off?"
I will post my diet and workout plan on here in the next blog in the next few days, start crossing them off and keep a journal of what I do to confirm I am increasing my intensity and not just floating through.
Oh and finally I'm seeing a psychologist this week to begin work on mental healing, excited to see how this will work out, wish me luck! :)
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Thank you for reading.
Big Age.
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