Functional Health

     I went to interview today with Gary Young. I signed up to take a Personal Training course with him. While I was there a woman came in to sign up for his weigh loss challenge course. She was probably 80 lbs overweight, she said she was comfortable with her body. But she was worried about her ability to function, especially her ability to play with her grand children. 
She said her doctor told her she was a healthy overweight patient.

 So my thought is.
You can be healthy and weight appropriate or healthy and overweight. You can also be unhealthy and weight appropriate or unhealthy and overweight. But the big goal is to be functionally healthy. Can you play like you want to play? Can you work like you want to work? Can you exercise like you want to exercise? Can you do all the physical activities that you want to do? If not, you are not functionally healthy. It is my contention that it is far easier to be functionally healthy if you are weight appropriate for your height

2012 Dirty 30 Zombie Edition

The crew and I ran in the Dirty 30 Race - Zombie Edition today. It was in Hinton, OK. The run was a lot of fun. It was a little cold, but we all had a great time.

The day after Pemmican fast

This morning I weighed 171.5 again. My waist was 37.5". My only complaint about the fast is that it was hard to fall asleep at night. I'm assuming it was due to a lack of serotonin or elevated dopamine. But overall not a bad experience.  

Pemmican fast day 3

My weight yesterday was 172.5. My weight today was 171.5. I ran out of Glucose testing strips, so I wasn't able to text my BCL. I've felt fine all day. I did have a little bit of a loose stool this morning, but I think that was the supplements. Its been an easy three days, but I'm looking forward to eating more variety tomorrow.

Day 2 of Pemmican fast

I almost eaten 2lbs of pemmican over the last two days. I've only had one time that I felt a little weak, that was before my evening feeding. I felt great after eating. I don't have a set amount that I consume at each setting. I eat first thing in the morning. Then I eat whenever I get hungry later. I eat until I am no longer hungry. It is usually a little less than what is in the bowl from yesterday's blog. Here are my BCL's for the day.

Upon rising ......................................80
an hour and a half after breakfast.......92
before dinner.....................................82
an hour and a half after dinner............90

So not too bad today. I think the high level from yesterday was due to some caffeine in some of the supplements I'm taking. The same goes for the 92 after breakfast. I had coffee with breakfast. I've been drinking tea, coffee, and club soda through out the day.

Here's the supplements I'm taking:

Ultra Source of life Multivitamin
Capraflex
CreatineX3
Recoverease
Ginkgo Smart 
Phenocane

Pemmican Fast

Tanya is out of town for 3 days, so I thought I would do a test. I'm only eating pemmican for the next three days. My starting weight is 174.5 and waist is about 38 inches. I'm using US Wellness pemmican with cherries and honey in it.Their pemmican contain 45% tallow and 55% dried jerky. An entire 3.2 oz contains about 380-400 calories with 20 grams of protein. The cherry/honey version contains 4 grams of carbohydrates. I'm scooping mine out of a container, so I'm not sure how many ounces I'm giving myself per serving.

I'll be posting my experiment daily. I've already got my first surprise of the experiment. I tested my Blood Glucose Level and it was 101. This is not good. I thought it would be around 80.

Tulsa Corndog Classic 5K

Allen, Tanya, and I ran in the Tulsa Corndog Classic on Saturday. Allen and I ran the 5K. Tanya did the 1mile fun run. I came in 4th in my age group and 35 overall. My time was 27:54. It was a great time. They give you cotton-candy at mile 1, beer or lemonade at mile 2, and a mini corndog at mile 3. Then there is more beer and corndogs at the finish line. This race kicks off the Tulsa State Fair.

                     This is actually Allen's trophy. He came in 2nd in his age group and 20th overall.

                                                            Silliness at the finish line.

                                                                     A strong start.

                                                                    What a team!

                                                                   Food rewards.