The last thing I want to share before discussing my current training is what my overall health was years past. Wasn't pretty :(.
Most people would probably say I am not fat, however my doctor several years ago surprised me by saying I was obese, what an asshole. I admit I wasn't the skinny kid but I had been heavier the year prior to when he told me this. I was weighing around 225 to 232 when he was telling me this and according to his chart I was. I was floored, my wife was floored, we all had a good laugh about this. There are a million people walking all around me that make me look like an Olympian; what in the hell was he talking about. Then came the test results....., not gonna lie, it gets pretty ugly. My blood
work went along with what he was saying. My cholesterol was through the roof, it was off the chart high, one of the highest levels he had seen. Hell it caught him off guard. If I can find my numbers I will post them later, but I want to say my triglycerides were just under 700 and it was equally bad with the good and bad cholesterol levels. A1C ( I believe that's what it is called) showed that I was borderline diabetic. I was on my way to being diabetic. Oh and there is more! Wow this is like therapy saying all of this. My T Level was that of a man that had been dead for a couple weeks, okay, I made that up but it was at levels lower than a 90 + year old man. Are you ready, I know this number because it is burnt into my brain... 204. WTF!
As you can imagine I am horrified and am feeling a little less of a man, afraid I am going to die young, all kinds of bad shit is running through my head now. I guess I might as well confess to one more thing, if I am going to share might as well share...right? I have a very large penis..... totally kidding, I figure since no one has been reading any of this or if you are might as well wake you up a bit. Sorry, hahaha. I am a self proclaimed funny guy, wife doesn't think so, but I am funny she just needs to work on her sense of humor,; love you babe! :) Okay, I was actually going somewhere with this before getting sidetracked with my slight exaggeration. I have fought depression for close to 16 years. I ignored it at first, acted like, not me, I can smoke pot and drink and be blind to it. Well that can last only so long before it catches up to you and then there is no denying it. So there you have it. I am starting to look like a chemical time-bomb. By the way I don't smoke pot anymore been a long time, so I am not condoning it or saying smoke up, it was how I dealt with it back then.
This is supposed to be a running blog but in fact it is a life blog about the, on-the-surface average Joe, who was confused, scared and denying what was in front of me. Now.... I am a new man, I have made some serious changes and I run. God I love to run :).
I will probably touch on Low T, depression as well, because it is nothing to be embarrassed about, it's life. I have zero hesitations sharing my ups and downs with others that I believe are going through something I went through. So it's important to me that I share this from time to time, if you have questions please ask.
Just to cover my ass, I am telling you now, we are all different and what works for me may not work for you. I am not telling you to go and do anything. Always discuss with your doctor, very important. Be brutally honest with you doctor, they are hard to scare.
Sorry for the long post... Ba-Bye!
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