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Health Assessment= Bleh! by r-a-blackpaws
So, I took an online health assessment today, in preparation for my physical later today.
Found out that there are three major focus areas:
-weight loss. Their recommendation is for me to get down to around 158 pounds. I'm currently at 265. Got a ways to go on this.
-nutrition. I don't eat a lot of fruits, grains or oils. They want me to eat more.
-depression. Yup. According to their assessment, I am depressed. This one gets brought up to my counselor on Thursday.
So yeah. Those were the major issues, aka the "OMGYOUMUSTFIXTHISNAOOOOOO!" ones.
Now, here is where I comment on each of their things.
-weight loss. They're right. I do need to lose weight. The lowest I have been in ten years was 160...and I got there by walking every day, walking to and from work, and cutting out soda. Then, I got hit with a very bad boss. Stress went up...and never really stopped. Cutting out high-fructose corn syrup was a BIG step forward (resulting in a near-permanent 20 pound loss)...but more can be done.
-nutrition. It's odd that I need to get more oils/fats in my diet. That just doesn't seem like a good thing. And yes, I do need to eat more fruits...but grains? I eat cereal on lunch! I eat half a freaking BOX on lunch at work! Seriously?
-depression. This one is likely accurate. I have had a lot of bleh days lately, where it takes everything I have just to START to get through the day. And there are days when I just shut it all down. So yes, I admit that, while I do often have an optimistic outloook, I feel and get bleh. It happens. I just need to deal with it better.
That's about all. I have other q's that I will put to my doc, but those were the biggies from the online health assessment.
Health Assessment= Bleh!
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I don't put a whole lot of stock in BMI either. I view it like this: I have a cake top that shrinks to a muffin top. I want it gone.
Last time I had a physical my cholesterol numbers were good or low. Better than my doc's. My big issue has been my weight...and that's been an issue for YEARS.
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I put on 50 pounds since starting my HRT meds :/
That is, in part, due to an improvement in income leading to "eating well" as opposed to "eating healthy"...
Getting better at portion control, but I still need to work on it.-
That is another issue I have as well: portions. What I eat for a meal tends to be several portions' worth of food. But oddly, it's not overeating; I stop when I feel full.
And yes, HRT will cause some weight gain, as I've read on several trans-health sites.
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I think you need more happy things in your life :3 nodnodnod
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I agree. Just have to figure out what those thingies are. grabs and snugs the tail That helps ^.^
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You need the right kind of fats. There is such a thing as good cholesterol. Best source for it is avocado and/or fish.
As for weight asessment, while it's important to stay in shape, and being overweight isnt' fun, also remember, that the BMI docs find to be some holy document, keep in mind, it doesn't take into accound things like bone density, frame width (shoulder span for example) or the weight of breasts. It's just "Height = weight" and that is SERIOUSLY flawed.