Hello healthies
I'm cleaning off my desk and purging filing cabinets this afternoon...something I've been wanting and needing to do for ages.
It got me thinking about how "stuff" accumulates....and also about how small changes and small, consistent effort adds up.
And then....a lightbulb moment....when I found my lab results from February 2006
(yea, I know....like I said I've been meaning to clean it out for a long time).....
So here's what small, consistent changes over years do.....in six years....
Blood sugar....was 298....now 103
A1c......was 8.3%.....now 5.9%
Triglycerides.....was 369.....now 126
HDL....the good cholesterol....was 40.....now 72
When I was first diagnosed, my doctor said I had the "fatal four".....high cholesterol, high blood pressure, high blood sugar and high triglycerides....and was essentially a heart attack looking for a time and place to happen.
Today, after many years of progressive, small changes.....not even close.
