Wellness Wednesdays

[JanieDough]

At my school they do Wellness Wednesdays. They test your blood glucose, cholesterol, pulse, blood pressure, hearing, vision, bone density, BMI, %body fat, water weight and height.

I fasted for 12 hours before the test, and my blood sugar was like 36. My cholesterol was 100.

YAY! I mean I was told that was good!?

And I have normal bone density. My blood pressure was a little high, but it has been always high since I left law school.



Well...the BMI and the rest of that we won't really talk about number. Let's just say I think they are full of crap! I don't think that machine works with accuracy!


Anyways - any of you guys ever had this stuff done? How was the bone density thing done? Because mine was done with a foot thing?? So was the BMI...

 

[AUDRAA]

honey if your glucose was only 36 youd be almost comatose are you sure thats right?

 

[Guyzerr]

I've had my bones density checked a bunch of times and it's always been good.

 

[JanieDough]

honey if your glucose was only 36 youd be almost comatose are you sure thats right?

Yeah that's what the lady said. she made me drink juice and shit before I left. it may not have been accurate - but they even wrote that on my sheet

my mom didn't believe me either. I don't know anything about this stuff - I just remember the nurse kind of freaked out.

I told the nurse I had raisins, wheat thins and nuts in my booksack and she said that wasn't enough sugar! I was feeling a little sick, but not like I was going to keel over. Not right then anyways. I definitely was going to eat after they took the blood and before I left her office.

The nurse said it was probably because of my insulin resistance??? but i don't understand how that can make blood sugar low. I just know how a lot of sugar can make too much insulin.

I've had my bones density checked a bunch of times and it's always been good.

how does a bone density scan work for you? was it a foot thing?





this is a whole clinic they have on campus for nursing students, so I want to know if they were full of shit or what.

 

[JanieDough]

uhm wait. I just got that guyzerr was joking...


lol! I'm tired.

 

[AUDRAA]

Yeah that's what the lady said. she made me drink juice and shit before I left. it may not have been accurate - but they even wrote that on my sheet

my mom didn't believe me either. I don't know anything about this stuff - I just remember the nurse kind of freaked out.

I told the nurse I had raisins, wheat thins and nuts in my booksack and she said that wasn't enough sugar! I was feeling a little sick, but not like I was going to keel over. Not right then anyways. I definitely was going to eat after they took the blood and before I left her office.

The nurse said it was probably because of my insulin resistance??? but i don't understand how that can make blood sugar low. I just know how a lot of sugar can make too much insulin.




how does a bone density scan work for you? was it a foot thing?





this is a whole clinic they have on campus for nursing students, so I want to know if they were full of shit or what.

sweetie you need to go talk to the doctor thats not good your sugar got so low! youre lucky you didnt pass out do you know you have problems already or was she guessing at that?

 

[Guyzerr]

uhm wait. I just got that guyzerr was joking...


lol! I'm tired.

Joking! Did I say I was joking?














































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[JanieDough]

sweetie you need to go talk to the doctor thats not good your sugar got so low! youre lucky you didnt pass out do you know you have problems already or was she guessing at that?

i know i have insulin resistance. what that means exactly besides i shouldn't eat sugar and that it's hard to lose weight, i don't know. I've "had" it since I was 14 or so - it comes with having PCOS. I was even on glaucophage at one point in time to help me lose weight, but the glaucophage made me so sick! and then i couldn't afford it so I didn't think it was worth it.

i do know if i go too long without eating i feel faint. i have come close to passing out, but i usually just throw up and drink a coke and feel better...that sounds messed up.

as long as i eat when i feel shitty and don't eat too much sugar and spike up and down, i am ok.



i was trying to go get my thyroid tested like "someone" suggested but they don't do that just if you ask.

Joking! Did I say I was joking?
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what can I say? I'm blond.

 

[JanieDough]

well audraa do you know about the bone density and BMI? I mean how do they usually test for that and how accurate is it?

 

[AUDRAA]

well hun thats because your sugar gets to low! thats odd they wouldnt do that for you, usually a doc will if you think you have symptoms and ask it to be done

 

[AUDRAA]

well audraa do you know about the bone density and BMI? I mean how do they usually test for that and how accurate is it?

no clue on that hun they did my BMI on my arm when I had it done, it lied for me too :ninja no way am I that fat!!

 

[JanieDough]

well hun thats because your sugar gets to low! thats odd they wouldnt do that for you, usually a doc will if you think you have symptoms and ask it to be done

well they asked me what symptoms I had (not that they were going to do it anyways because this was on the way out the door, but I guess she was curious). and i couldn't say what I wanted to say...and then I really couldn't think of why I wanted it - I was kind of put on the spot and couldn't think.

no clue on that hun they did my BMI on my arm when I had it done, it lied for me too :ninja no way am I that fat!!

OK?! That's what I'm hollerin! :homo:

 

[JanieDough]

according to this website: Proven Ways to Calculate Body Fat

the best way is the skin fold test or body fat scales

BUT the body fat scales can be way off depending on how much water is in your body.

That makes me feel WAY better. I did the skin fold test a few years ago and it wasn't bad.

The body fat scale was HORRIBLE.

 

[AUDRAA]

I know I have a problem with viewing myself on how I weigh, if I feel fat one day I am more self concious. I hate those stupid tests they do nothing but depress me overall.

 

[JanieDough]

I know I have a problem with viewing myself on how I weigh, if I feel fat one day I am more self concious. I hate those stupid tests they do nothing but depress me overall.

yeah it's scary when you are watching your weight

it's like do you weigh yourself and get depressed and give up? or do you check your weight, see you're doing well and treat yourself?




I just read up more on those BMI tests - if you are dehydrated it can mess up your "score" by like 10%!

This guy basically made sure to drink water and be hydrated and his score dropped from 11% (ha I wish) to 6%!

 

[AUDRAA]

6% wow!

 

[JanieDough]

i'd be more excited if that was mine...but yeah I agree - 6%?!!!