My Biometric Screening

Last year at this time, I had really just become a runner. I had finished my Couch to 5k training and completed 2 5k's (Laurel House and a Turkey Trot). And I had done it wearing a lot of my baby weight and a size 10. This year, I went into my biometric screening looking forward to my numbers, because I ran a half-marathon in a size 2. So here they are, all of my numbers...even my weight! The optimal numbers are in parentheses.

• Total Cholesterol 209 (<200)
• LDL 115 (<100)
• HDL 72 (>60)
• Ratio 2.7 (<3.5)
• Triglycerides 79 (<150)
• Glucose 81 (55-99)
• Blood Pressure 110/68
• Pulse 78
• Waist 27 (last year 29)
• Weight 118...let's remember this was fully dressed and after breakfast and lunch (last year 132)
• BMI 23.2 (last year 25.8)

I'm sharing my numbers because they're not perfect, however, I worked really hard for them and I am proud!  And I hope that I can plant a seed of inspiration so that you can have better numbers next year too.