Another reminder why there's more to health than weight

We had our health fair at work yesterday. They did blood draws, etc. We also took an online health assessment survey. Apparently I am too stressed, and my nutrition is bad. Still. Really, my nutrition is bad? Grrr. I'm just not as consistent as I should be. I prefer fruits to veggies. Some days I don't eat any, and some days they're all I eat. and I still love my sweets. Can't get rid of my sweets. As I have changed my eating habits, I have become VERY particular and picky about what I eat. I prefer this brand/type of frozen veggies or meals to that one. and I get grumpy if I'm stuck with the wrong brand. :-(

Coincidentally, Thursdays are my weigh in days, so yesterday I weighed in and I've lost a total of 30 lbs! Yay! 30 lbs! 30 was my original weight loss goal. I think I'm going to lose 5-10 more pounds. After I got home, we went on a bike ride too. My health fair said that I'm still not getting enough exercise, or the right kind of exercise. My HDL levels are extremely low. My overall cholesterol is good, but I have very little of the good kind of cholesterol (like, I have less than half of what I should have.) But there's an easy way to fix that, keep my heart-rate in the target range when I work out (my heart rate typically goes EXTREMELY high when I work out.) and I need to get more healthy fats (like flax seed or fish oil, and I have supplements of both of those, I just haven't been taking them).

I am getting acupuncture done next weekend and I've never done it before. So we'll see how that goes. and hopefully by next year, I can get my numbers even lower!

When I had my screening, a coworker was like, "you're the healthiest you've ever been, aren't you?" Which is pretty much true. and then he pointed out that I'm the only person in the company who is at a healthy weight. (Which isn't true. There's 2-4 other people who don't appear to be overweight... but when there are 20ish others who are CLEARLY overweight... Yeah. Very unhealthy workplace unfortunately. :-( ) Just because I'm the healthiest I've ever been, doesn't mean I'm done with taking care of my health. It doesn't mean that there isn't more progress to be made. and just because I may be healthier than my peers, doesn't mean that I'm not still unhealthy in some respects.