Determination Day 15 - The Physical

I had my yearly physical with my Doctor today.  Some of you might know that before Christmas, my DR thought I might have a Prostate infection.  Today I had blood work, EKG, and the dreaded finger (turn your head and cough).  The bad news, until I get my blood work back, is that my Prostate was slightly swollen.  The good news is that he thinks it is due to the infection which I'm on a 14 day antibiotic for.  Heart, Lungs, and everything else so far looks good.  Even better news is that I'm 282 lbs. according to the scales at the office there.  So that means that my BMI is actually 37.2.  Given that (and based on the equation I posted earlier on), my Body Fat Percentage is 37.1% ((1.2*37.2)+(0.23*39)-(10.8*1)-5.4) which is much better than 40.29% I had originally calculated.

It still means that I have a lot of work ahead of me, but I feel better about it.

I talked with my Doctor about my approach and he agrees completely.  I don't need to worry about how much I weight since as I add lean muscle and reduce body fat, I'll be swapping bad lbs for good.  He wants me to target a BMI of 24.4 which means a Body Fat Percentage of 22.05%.  Even though we agreed that I shouldn't worry about weight, that should put me at around 185 lbs of which roughly 41 lbs is fat as apposed to my current fat weight of 104 lbs.  So I gotta drop or swap over about 63 lbs of fat.

He also said that I should be able to do about 2 lbs a week.  So that will put me at about 30 weeks to get to where I want to be.  So that should put me look Damn SEXY by the first week of June.  "HEY HONEY, WE'RE GOING TO THE NUDE BEACH TO SHOW OFF!!!!!!"  And you think I'm kidding!?

All right boys and girls, I have my official targets and Dr. approval.  So Here We Go!!!!

Determination Day 13

I'll get back to the supplement breakdown soon.  The girls headed back north today and we spent the afternoon just chilling out.  I made a stir fry chicken dish that was fantastic, even if I do say so myself.  I fixed roasted vegetables with it.

I just got through watching Gran Torino and was moved by the story.  I'll be thinking about it for a while.  Clint Eastwood stared, directed, and produced it.  He even wrote and performed some of the music in it.  There are a lot of messages in the film, most of which are so subtle, you don't even realize it until after it is over.  It is a story about life, change, compassion, love, and learning.  I know this is a blog about some fat guy determined to get fit, but I think that the movie fits here.  It is a story about determination as well.  Determination to do the right thing for the right reasons.

Well, it's time for bed, going to get the grandbaby tomorrow.  I'll try to get back on track with my research as soon as I can.  I have to take some pictures for a friend of mine who is growing his catering business and get some stuff done at work.  I'm going to try and make it to the gym as well, so much on my plate :)

Determination Day 12 - Supplements part 1 of who knows

Okay gang, we’re back to the determination and focusing on Supplements, you know Vitamins and Minerals…..so what the hell are they?  I guess we should figure out what they are before we start taking a bunch of pills and drinking awful tasting liquids.

Supplements are nutrients that are not readily available in what we eat on any given day that we take in a controlled format, usually a pill or liquid.  Supplements are not just limited to Vitamins and Minerals, they also include: herbs and botanicals, amino acid, and enzymes.

All of these things can be broken down into Essential and Non-Essential (please note that Non-Essential does not mean that you can do without them).  Essential means that the human body cannot not create it or synthesize it and must come from an external source.  Non-Essential means that the body can create it but may not be produced at healthy levels.  For this post, I’ll be focusing on Essential nutrients.  Non-Essential nutrients and the amounts you should be taking should be recommended by your physician and usually done so after clinical testing (blood, urine, bowel, and other test).

Due to the formatting of this blog page, I've created another page for all the of this information around supplements. Click here to see it all Supplements and More  I took most of the information from Wikipedia and put into a single table that might be more readable.