The Catalyst

Back in July 2011, my company, as part of a health initiative, offered employees $100 to have a bio-metric screening done.  I was on the verge of completing my graduate degree and knew my health and eating habits had declined over the last couple of years, but figured besides some extra weight I was relatively healthy.  Much to my surprise, the results showed high blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol, and high triglycerides.  For the first time in my life, I was scared about my (not so good) health.  Yikes!  I wanted to be an active and healthy dad to my two young daughters, not a lazy, fat, unhealthy slug, which is why the results told me I was.  It took me until October of that year to start doing something about it.  I started on a journey of low carb eating and regular morning workouts.

I've been proud of my progress.  My latest bio-metric screening a month or so ago showed great results.  The one focus area highlighted for me is LDL cholesterol.