Cholesterol is a bit of a 4 letter word in my family. Just about every male on both sides of my family have had heart problems (at least to my knowledge). My grandfather had a heart attack in his late 40’s I believe! (I should note here that every male but one hevily smoked/s) A few years ago I got a blood test and the doctor recommended that I start taking fish oil to try and control it (if I remember correctly it was in the 190’s). Of course I bought fish oil..but never took it. Even though I did not take the fish oil, the thought of me having a bad heart at a young age terrified me. Am I going to live to see 70? 60? 50? AHHH!
Fast forward to present day. I got a blood test yesterday and to my surprise and delight, I am now in the 130’s! I will get all the numbers in the mail shortly but to hear that made me very excited. It was surprising because I have been eating eggs like it’s my job in the past few months as well as some other potential higher cholesterol foods such as meats. Although they are fairly high, I have also been eating a lot of cholesterol reducing foods such as nuts and fish.
I should also note here that my blood pressure is 120 over 80.
As a scientist I LOVE seeing objective numbers and this one just really excited me and enforced the idea of a healthy lifestyle.
Obviously life is about more than having good stats, there is a lot of luck involved, so lets keep my fingers crossed that I don’t just drop dead tomorrow.
WOD
I missed the WOD this morning so I will do it at home tonight.
1600 meter run
25 Hand release push ups
1200 meter run
50 hand release push ups
800 meter run
75 hand release push ups
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