Topic: The Health, Fitness and Exercise Thread

I feel the draw like Wraiths to the one ring, precious!

https://www.theconqueror.events/lotr/

@AgentCooper And there I was expecting some sort of race to middle earth 😀

@render That would be something wouldn’t it? I’ve always wanted to travel to NZ over land and sea.

@render NZ is a great destination, spent two weeks there many moons ago. Visited both North and South Islands but didn't do any of the LoTR locations as those tours didn't really exist back then. Would happily go back to check them out though.

So I turned 31 a couple of weeks ago. My wife ‘wanted’ me to get blood tests.

I’m not really a fan of needles so I made her do it as well (& we had a bet on who’s healthier- due to It’s Always Sunny) as we’ve been talking about trying. In the end we got everything checked.

Long story short…she’s definitely healthier than me. However my glucose levels were higher than normal.I don’t even have sugar in my tea/coffee😅, but they said it’s common in my ethnic group (Asian/German).

Get your bloods done people! I was incredibly surprised that my body is kind of ok.
Also replacing Basmati rice with Red/Brown rice when I’m on nights moving forwards.

@Fight_Teza_Fight Ha, my fiancé also made me do that And it turned out that my Glycemic Index is also pretty high

@Zuljaras Honestly that’s what surprised me. I did ‘party hard’ at Uni, but in general I’m pretty responsible. Not a dessert or even a sweet guy, so when I was told that my glucose levels were up I was like… what😅

@Fight_Teza_Fight Well after hitting lvl 30 it is only downhill from there

@Fight_Teza_Fight I have blood tests at least every 2 months (have one on Wednesday actually) so I am pretty used to them. Actually the worst bit is when they stick the cotton wool on with tape and I have to pull it off 😂

I eat a lot of rice, moved to brown rice for a while but struggled digesting it. I think if you eat a lot of it see how it goes, you might find after a couple of weeks it’s not settling so well. My gut health ain’t the best though, sensitive chap I am.

@Kidfried I’ve got an ongoing medical issue so I have them as part of that through NHS, I’m not sure about Teza, I think if you want them as a general curiosity you’d need to pay and have them done privately though. They don’t check me for everything, having said that.

@Kidfried I have not heard about those tests either but my fiancé cares more about my health than me She is overzealous about health things from time to time

@kyleforrester87 Enjoy your blood test tomorrow!
It’s not really super surprising that something like this would show up as both my parents take more pills than there are days in the week (including blood pressure which is what I expected). @Kidfried @Zuljaras As Kyle mentioned they don’t check for everything, but I think ours was like 9 (or) 11 categories. I had to get one done anyways as, per the doctor but I have literally put it off for almost a year.
Also I have had red rice just twice since. I don’t hate it, but it’s not the same. Just so bland.

I don't think I've ever actually had a blood test. I do donate blood as often as I'm allowed so as it gets tested before it gets passed onto a hospital I must be generally free of anything really nasty e.g. syphilis 😅.

Definitely don't know where I stand glucose or anything else wise though. As I'm mid forties now perhaps I should check that out. I already know there's things I could do better as I do have a few drinkies through the week and perhaps don't eat the best all the time but generally try and keep on the straight and narrow and try to eat a good few healthy meals as time permits.

My inflammation is pretty crazy at the moment, been in so much pain - I saw my blood test results and Globulin g/L was 47, normal range is 20-35 so this seems high and reflects the pain I am in. Honestly, Saturday was so bad I actually cried for the first time in forever haha.

I'm having to nuke it with 750-1000mg Naproxen per day now with some stomach protection drugs to boot, and ride it out until I can see the rheumatologist and get my biologic drug changed. Feeling a lot better today for it but overall I haven't been this bad since my 20's when this arthritis all kicked off.

I think this summer is a bit of a write off as far as my cycling goes but it is what it is!

@kyleforrester87 That sucks mate, hope you get sorted sooner rather than later. Being in pain all the time can't be pleasant, especially when you don't know when or if it's likely to end. Do you usually see the same person regarding ongoing treatment or you just get referred to a different person each time?

@render My GP is pretty good in all fairness, but you know how it is getting an appointment. The arthritis effects my eye so I am at an eye hospital a lot, I have pretty low faith in them frankly. My next appointment there is in a month, I am going to go in strong. Been on steroid eye drops for a year and a half now, not good at all long term. I see rheumatology specialists at a general hospital, the quality there ranges, but it's not bad when there is a real problem so they should do something to get on top of this when I next see them.

Really all three, GP/eye hospital and rheumatology should be in better communication but they are not at all really, which is an issue.

Remarkably I’ve actually lost weight on holiday despite only eating bread and pasta for 8 days and maintained my sobriety too. Victory!

I've been going swimming lately because my counsellor suggested it and I am finding it very relaxing and also good to at least be doing some exercise.

I go for an hour a day about 3-4 times a week at the moment. I currently do about 1025-1050 metres of swimming as well as stretching in each session, a mix of breast stroke, front crawl and back stroke.

I still can't really do any other exercises due to injury. I'm seeing a physio about my wrist but beyond resting it for many months, it still doesn't seem to be getting better enough for me to start using it effectively again.

I also have a GP appointment for my feet next week because both my counselor and my wrist physio have told me to do it and I shouldn't be living in pain for like 8 years lol

That’s really great that you’re swimming so regularly. I do enjoy it but I usually find it’s too much effort to go.

My health is getting better in the second half of the year and I am back on the bike more regularly, not really hitting it as hard as I was last year but pushing for small improvements - just trying to take care of my knee. In addition I’m doing strengthening/conditioning at home much more regularly, different leg exercises (lateral), sit ups, yada yada. All stuff I have been neglecting the 12 months+ prior. Pretty sure just focusing on cycling muscles in recent years has caused me problems now. My quads are good but everything around it is rubbish.

@ralphdibny That sounds like a decent amount of swimming! I'm not sure I'd be able to do that as it's been years since I was last in a pool (not counting the times I've taken my under 1 year old to swimming lessons anyway).

My hot streak of running has come to an end though as I think I've got Achilles tendonitis, mostly in my left foot but just a little starting in my right. They've been tender for a while but started hurting when setting out on runs and recently when walking too. I had the same thing when I first got back into running and I almost quit altogether so I really hope it settles in the next month.

An added shame as I'd just started taking the kiddy out running in the dedicated running buggy we bought recently. It's been good fun but bloody hell it's a killer on the hills pushing just under 20kgs up as well as running them!