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Fasting wellness checkup next week. Big AM swim before it :)

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fishgutzy
fishgutzy Posts: 2,807 Member
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Next week is my annual 'wellness' checkup. (whatever happened to just calling it a physical?)
Can't eat or drink anything but water for 8 hours before. Appointment is at 11:00.
I figure by blood sugar should be pretty low by that time if I do a nice 5 mile or 10KM swim that morning :)
I'll keep some MIO Fit handy so I can get some electrolyte replacement going right after the appointment.
But jut water during the swim. I typically lose 3 to 4 pounds of water weight in a 3+ miles swim. And that is consuming a quart of water during the swim.
Just hoping to not cramp up during the 5 mile that day :)

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  • Robertus
    Robertus Posts: 558 Member
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    That should also make your blood pressure low as well. I used to lose 3 or 4 lbs swimming long distances, but I do not drink water while I swim. Most I've ever lost in a work-out, when I was keeping track, was 6 lbs. Can't remember if that was biking or swimming.
  • fishgutzy
    fishgutzy Posts: 2,807 Member
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    Life interfered with my plans to swim before the appointment. Oh well.
    Swimming after work instead. I suppose it was okay. I would have been a lot hungrier by 11:00, lower blood sugar too. And probably crankier :)
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
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    Hope it went well!
  • fishgutzy
    fishgutzy Posts: 2,807 Member
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    rosebarnalice wrote: »
    Hope it went well!
    Blood test results not posted yet. :)
    But last year my trig was 51 compared to 311 back in 2009. :)
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
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    fishgutzy wrote: »
    rosebarnalice wrote: »
    Hope it went well!
    Blood test results not posted yet. :)
    But last year my trig was 51 compared to 311 back in 2009. :)

    Let us know when the results are in!!
  • fishgutzy
    fishgutzy Posts: 2,807 Member
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    Lovely cholesterol numbers again. Triglycerides keep falling :)
    CHOL 192
    CHOL/HDL 2.1
    HDLD 90
    TRIG 40
    LDLc 94
    NHDL 102

    Fasting Blood GLucose 83. Would have been a little lower if I did my swim that morning :)
  • girlwithcurls2
    girlwithcurls2 Posts: 2,264 Member
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    I don't know how to interpret any of that, but it looks good from your happy faces!
  • fishgutzy
    fishgutzy Posts: 2,807 Member
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    Triglycerides were 311 in 2009.
    This week? 40. About an 87% drop. Lower Trig is good.
    The rest are the breakdown of Cholesterol. HDL (good) LDL (bad)

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