Blood Chemistry

Got the blood drawn yesterday to do some labs to see where my health is at as we start into this Paleo clean-eating thing. Mostly so we can see how much improvement our health will make in a few short months.

Got some not to startling news back as the first labs were tested and posted to my medical records. My kidney function is looking a little suspect (maybe to increased protein intake this past week???) and my white blood cell count is way down like I fighting an immuno-suppressing illness of some kind. I'll have a doc look at it more closely next week but what it confirms for me is that I have been over training in preparation for this week's APFT.

I feel okay but I've been pretty run down, tired alot, having trouble sleeping all the way through the night and just borderline exhausted. I guess I was riding that fine line a little closer than I anticipated. That's all good to know though, that you just need to listen to your body when it's trying to tell you to take it easy for a week or two to get back on track.

Drastically changing the eating habits will take some time to get used to as well, so I'm going to be taking it easy for a month or so and really see how much of my fat loss is diet related and not exercise related. It amazes me how much we've all been brain-washed into believing as long as your just workout a little bit more, you can burn off all that crap we like to eat all day long. Too bad it doesn't work that way. No amount of exercise, no matter how intense, is going to off set stuffing all that crap down your pie hole.

Sorry for the rant, but I don't want to forget this lesson anytime soon.