Every year my company puts on a health fair. They do blood work, weigh you, and talk to you about checking for cancer. Last year my numbers were okay but this year the nurse doing my blood work was very excited to see numbers like mine. It made me feel good to hear that! Also, pretty much everything that was supposed to be lower is and everything that could have been higher is. Here is where I am at:
Blood Pressure preferred: <120/<80 mmHG
2008 – 126/80
2009 – 110/72
Total Cholesterol preferred: Less than 200 mg/dl
2008 – 147
2009 – 149
HDL preferred: Greater than 40 mg/dl
2008 – 52
2009 – 67
Glucose preferred: <100 (Fasting)
2008 – 81
2009 – 97
The glucose concerns me a bit just because it went up so much and is close to being above the recommended number. I will have to research that a bit. I did have HDL envy though because one of the girls in my office had a level of 99. Boo. I want that.
Genetics may be against you. Sorry. :(
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