Prior to taking that first position with the State, I was working at UPS unloading and sorting packages for 4-5 hours a night. I was also biking, rock climbing and playing basketball regularly. By the spring of 1996 Mrs. GC had given birth to our second son, we bought a house, and I was busy working full time and going to graduate school.
Suddenly I found that the Big Macs and Big Gulps had caught up with me. It seems like every year since I have 'resolved' to turn my weight and fitness level around. Don't get me wrong; while I am clearly overweight, I know that I am still in better shape than a lot of 38 year-old men. Unfortunately I attended another assessment this week, and found that HeathyUtah has tracked my 'progress' since 1998. It's not a pretty picture:
| Test Date | Weight (lbs) | Blood Pressure (mmHg) | Total Chol. (mg/dL) | HDL Chol. (mg/dL) | Body Comp. (%) | BMI |
| 01/16/07 | 234.0 | 120 / 74 | 239 | 29 | 34.1 | 32.63 |
| 11/03/05 | 228.0 | 128 / 80 | 249 | 37 | 33.0 | 31.80 |
| 08/19/03 | 242.0 | 128 / 82 | 236 | 27 | 32.0 | 33.75 |
| 08/28/02 | 224.0 | 122 / 80 | 293 | 29 | 29.0 | 31.24 |
| 10/25/01 | 224.0 | 120 / 92 | 292 | 26 | 31.0 | 31.24 |
| 10/24/00 | 228.0 | 130 / 88 | 277 | 24 | 25.0 | 31.80 |
| 11/09/99 | 221.0 | 122 / 74 | 301 | 22 | 30.0 | 30.82 |
| 10/29/98 | 210.0 | 112 / 68 | 264 | 15 | 32.0 | 29.29 |
Looking at that I wonder now why I am not dead already. But I am still here, and three weeks into the new year I am making progress on my weight loss goal. I am hopeful (a trend on 1.5 pounds per week puts me right in the zone for my resolution to weigh 193 or less on August 1. I am also realistic, recognizing that there will be 2-3 plateaus on my journey, and that as this chart suggests, I am not very good at pushing through them.
So there you have it. The whole unvarnished truth going back almost 10 years.
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