The big numbers: Long term blood sugars measured by HbA1c, was 7.6, this time, 6.3 ... Normal is < 6.5
Blood pressure, 123/75, normal.
Wow.
Alas, per my testing scale, my bodyfat% is disgustingly high, and I DID have it trending down before I went on the program to change all this around.
So. Healthier but fatter. And all I need to do is some exercise to help deal with that, right?
My doctor had a new diet plan based on logging everything you eat and tracking the nutrients, which seems to me to be a great idea ... so great that I've done it several times before, and ... it works, but I have to remind myself to keep with it. Every time it failed in the past was because for some reason I stopped logging, and stopped PLANNING.
I also got a referral to a new endocrinologist. The old one I was going to was useless, refused to address anything at all until the diabetes was fixed, and I didn't need to spend $50 per visit to have him tell me the same thing my regular doctor could.
Blood pressure, 123/75, normal.
Wow.
Alas, per my testing scale, my bodyfat% is disgustingly high, and I DID have it trending down before I went on the program to change all this around.
So. Healthier but fatter. And all I need to do is some exercise to help deal with that, right?
My doctor had a new diet plan based on logging everything you eat and tracking the nutrients, which seems to me to be a great idea ... so great that I've done it several times before, and ... it works, but I have to remind myself to keep with it. Every time it failed in the past was because for some reason I stopped logging, and stopped PLANNING.
I also got a referral to a new endocrinologist. The old one I was going to was useless, refused to address anything at all until the diabetes was fixed, and I didn't need to spend $50 per visit to have him tell me the same thing my regular doctor could.
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Now to stop being so sedentary.
Anyway, that's why I stick with the one at the diabetes center. It may not be telling the absolute truth, but I can believe it when it says I've gained or lost fat percentage.
Anyway, I can tell whether or not my hydration levels have changed based on the post-decimal numbers, but the large number is (I fear) pretty accurate.
The most common test method is to use a caliper and "pinch" skin thickness at various standard sites on the body, then use a complex formula to get the result.
This requires the test to be given by the same tester multiple times, and that they be good enough that they can identify the same spot over time.
The most accurate test method is to weigh the body, then perform a dissection and chemical analysis. Unfortunately you can only do it once and it hurts.
The second most accurate test method (disputed!) is to weigh the person on a sort of "crane" scale, then lower them into water, have them exhale as completely as possible, and weigh them again. Since the density of fat tissue is pretty much a standard thing across humans, and it's somewhat lighter than water, it's possible to get an accurate reading. The REALLY accurate test requires measuring lung capacity, exhalation volume, and then adjusting for the residual air that nobody can ever completely expel.