"Bring Your Flab to Work" Day

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Today was our company's annual physical day. In the past few years they've been promoting health programs and whatnot, in order to lower their heath insurance costs. That's cool; everybody wins when we're healthier. Oddly though, they asked us to fast for 12 hours in advance of our screening, but then say: "We'll have free donuts and breakfast tacos after your screening!" Mixed message much?
I was a couple pounds heavier than I expected. My BMI was 26; 25 is the top value for 'normal' weight. If I drop 8 lbs I'll be in that normal category. I'm not to sure if that'll happen, though. I'd rather bulk up than slim down. I guess I need to pay even more attention to what I'm eating. Eating well isn't easy when I'm always on the road, but I use that excuse too often.
Other than that, my other scores/values were pretty good. Blood pressure, cholesterol, sex appeal, blood sugar (try again next year, Diabetes!), etc.
I'm gonna put this report up on the wall to help me keep this kind of stuff in mind. C'mon body, let's look good!

Comments

[catspaws.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm like 3 pounds over my recommended weight. Forcing yourself to go to the gym is hard D:

[voicesofheather.livejournal.com]

I'm like 5-10 lbs over my ideal weight all the time. I'm having such a battle right now with it too. I've been eating around 1,400 calories or fewer for nearly a month, but to lose serious weight I need to be eating more like 1,200 >_< It's surprising how little that is.

Subway is pretty good as long as you stick to the healthy stuff. If you don't have time to exercise, you should try and keep track of calorie intake. There's calculators online that tell you how many you need to maintain your current weight and how much to lose 1lb/week or so.

[alle-goriest.livejournal.com]

Wait, they test your sex appeal?

Don't be too discouraged! If you can start eating better and force yourself to work out daily, it gets really easy, really fast. :Db