Health Check Results
I just got my health check results today. It's always a bit nerve-racking when you receive the results in a sealed package and have to open it. It makes you wonder what will be written inside. How will my cholesterol be this year? Am I going to have high triglyceride levels? It's a time when you cannot run away from reality and the numbers are either telling you good or not so good news. Getting the health check result is like getting a reality check. A reality check that tells you how well, or not well, you have been treating your body. A few years ago when I was at my "peak" (in terms of being overweight and unhealthy, not peak fitness level!), I never liked the health check results. It was always had the same phrases on them: "Lose some weight, eat healthier, exercise, cholesterol levels are high, avoid fatty foods and dairy products." Yes, I remember them all. It was always there ...