Health Goals

In order for me to reach my goals, I must have goals.

Long Term Goals

• Based on my BMI, I should weight 170 lbs.
  
• This is my goal, I think it's going to take me a year to get down to that weight.
• 52 weeks * 2 lbs = 104lbs - 280 = 170lb
• Goal to reach by June 30 2009.
  
• Controlled Blood Pressure.
  
• My average blood pressure should be 120/80.
  
• Get off of Blood Pressure medicine.
• Controlled Lipids levels
• Good test now, but continued good levels.
  
• See my kids graduate college
• My youngest, the twins will be 22 in 2029 when I'm 63.
  
• Reach retirement age to collect Social Security in good health
• Controlled stress and depression
• Need to work on this.
  

Short Term Goals

• One Serving of Dinner
• Two servers of dinner at night is too much
• No snacking after dinner except very rarely.
  
• Reduce amount of Coffee and Diet Coke I drink.
• Caffeine reduction.
  
• Start Diet and Exercise program
• Join Health club and go after work for weight training
• Write down what I eat to see calories and reduce.
• Lower Set point
• Take Olive Oil between meals to lower set point.
  
• Take measurements
• Blood Pressure
• Follow-up Lipid tests
• Weight self once a week.
  

Practices I already do

• Made appointment for Heart Calcium CT Scan
• Made appointment for Stress Test
• Take medicine every day
  
• BP Med
• anti-lipid med
• Aspirin
• One a day men's
  
• Walk to work about 80 minutes
• Lipid blood work from doctors indicate everything is okay.

first day of new diet

I'm starting my first day on my new diet. I'm trying the Shangri-La Diet. My current weight is 280 and I have to do something.

This morning I had a bagel and cream cheese and some coffee. I walked to work. I'm suppose to drink a table spoon of oil after an hour of non-eating. It's gross, but not as bad and I thought it would be.

I went to the doctor's last week, so these measurements are based on that.

Current weight: 280 lb
BMI: TBD
BP: 140/80

depression

I'm depressed.