{"id":5294,"date":"2015-12-21T16:37:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T16:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5294"},"modified":"2015-12-21T16:37:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T16:37:44","slug":"health-improvements-last-12-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/12\/21\/health-improvements-last-12-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Improvements, Last 12 months"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5518,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23807983361&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5519,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23594747090&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5520,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23890410565&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5521,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23782070222&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190115055956\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23782070222\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 14:28:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-06 08:57:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-06 08:57:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Once a year, we have a free screening @ work. The benefits to my employer is possibly savings on the health insurance policy but on an individual basis, I find this data interesting. I don\u2019t have a doctor that I visit and haven\u2019t had a physical in a few years so I rely on this and once a week weigh-in to see how I\u2019m doing on a health scale.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in May, I started trying to lose weight. No beer during the week and lower caloric intake along with less meat and no dairy except cheese. Can\u2019t give up the cheese :)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is my 2014 Data:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Biometrics Data&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23807983361\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Biometrics Data\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"596\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5783\/23807983361_8448dd40a3_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is my 2015 Data:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Biometrics Data&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23594747090\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Biometrics Data\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"563\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5820\/23594747090_ca223ccfb9_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A solid improvement in weight, BMI and Cholesterol. My HDL remains low but has improved and this is likely because I\u2019m not eating a lot of substantial foods. I\u2019m only 29 so my Blood pressure still seems to be on the edge of caution but at least it\u2019s still in the green.<\/p>\n<p>While we\u2019re at it, here\u2019s my Apple Health Weight \/ BMI from 2015. I use a Fitbit scale that syncs to Apple Health<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Apple Health (2015 Data)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23890410565\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Apple Health (2015 Data)\"  width=\"360\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5622\/23890410565_af1fd7695b_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Apple Health (2015 Data)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23782070222\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Apple Health (2015 Data)\"  width=\"360\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5726\/23782070222_1d7f9707e5_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I still have a lot of work to do toward being healthy as I enter my 30th year on Earth. I\u2019d like to be down to 210 and a BMI of 20 but I\u2019m not aggressively losing weight. I\u2019m trying to do this in a safe and slow way. It took 9 years to get to 300 pounds from 220 so lowering in 2-3 years to a healthy weight again so I can maintain is the goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to continuing this in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once a year, we have a free screening @ work. The benefits to my employer is possibly savings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:05:01Z","apple_news_api_id":"c301d697-a37c-44b9-a347-6c43e2a1610b","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:05:01Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AwwHWl6N8RLmjR2xD4qFhCw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-life","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1no","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1371,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/02\/28\/travel-perhaps-the-greatest-cheese-ive-ever-had\/","url_meta":{"origin":5294,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Travel: Perhaps the greatest cheese I&#8217;ve ever had","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Edam Jackson, living that cheesy lifestyle but it's so gouda! 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