ME! It may sound funny, but today I had a metabolic workup and body composition workup and it turns out my metabolic age is 90....no wonder I feel like shit most of the time. 90 is old....my grandpa was 90 when he died, my grandma was 92. And the last time I checked 90 is not the new 37! What is metabolic age? Well according to www.wiseGEEK.com "Metabolic age is a reflection of physical health in the form of a calculation based on the base metabolic rate (BMR). If someone's metabolic age is lower than his or her actual age, it suggests that the body is in good health, while a metabolicage higher than the actual age indicates that someone may be experiencing health problems." In a nutshell I'm totally unhealthy. But it scared me. Does this mean I could die soon? Seeing that number definitely had an impact on me. Here are a couple of other numbers that freaked me out... My weight today was 270.8 lbs (Gulp, my average weight should be somewhere around 140 at the high end) my BMI is 45 (double Gulp, my BMI should be 25). And apparently I'm really dehydrated, they body should be 70% water while mine is only 33%.... I've got a lot of drinking to do. There were a lot of other scary numbers but these were by far the ones that had the biggest impact on me.
My next step is to sit down with doc and set some real goals. Set my sights on something that I am working to achieve...not just trying to lose 130 lbs. When i look at it that way it seems so unattainable and would make anyone want to quit. Setting smaller realistic goals for me is the way I work best. Any little milestone is a huge shot in the arm, ill be thrilled to make it 1 week without soda, ill be thrilled to lose the first 10 lbs, ill be thrilled to drop one size in my clothes. Day by day I'm doing this, and each day in itself is a struggle. Each day new challenges come up that I need to conquer and I am proud of myself at the end of each day, I can sit back and say I did my best today.
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