crazy/healthy

so i had my physical on Tuesday, and i totally killed it. I went into my doctor's office wanting to ask him if he knew anybody good in Akron (my doctor is in Cleveland) but then during the physical, i remembered how funny he was and how much i liked his personality, so i decided to forego the question. So anyway, after entering the room, he looked at me and said "so why are you here?" and i explained that i thought i should have a physical/annual exam since i really hadn't had one ever and thought i should know some numbers like cholesterol and blood pressure and whatnot. Before he came in i got weighed and my weight was a lot less than normal (i think it was on account of the fact that i had been out of town the past two weeks prior to my visit, so i hadn't been working out nor had i been on my high calorie eating regimen, not to mention that i had to fast for the past 14 hours (see previous blog)). I told him that i wanted to gain weight and explained to him my eating regimen and workout/yoga schedule and he like everyone else was confused/irritated. He said "everyone comes in here telling me they want to lose weight, but you come in here telling me the opposite! there's nothing wrong with you. You eat well, you exercise. You are perfectly healthy." Then he took a look at my EKG and said it was perfect. He then did my reflexes and heartbeat stuff (both were good) and then he was slapping my stomach (which since i was lying inclined on the table, it was flexed a little and hence a little flatter and harder than normal) with his hand and said "look at that. just look at that...." I still tried tell him how i needed to gain weight, but he refused to have it. He said "you are young, you are healthy, you are handsome, you are in shape, there's nothing wrong with you." Then i told him to check my blood pressure. which he did and then he noticeably sighed. "what?"
"100/60"
"is that good?"
"yes, it's very good."
"what's the best?"
"80"
"oh, i have work to do then..."
"you are perfectly healthy."
then he checked my manstuff and sent me to get my bloodwork done. he said he didn't want to see me back (unless for something serious) for 3 years, when i needed to get a tetanus shot.
I liked how he was irritated at how healthy i was. it was funny.

i got my bloodwork back on Thursday, and the nurse was very pleased with the results.
cell counts and thyroid were both good
cholesterol was 124 (normal range 100-200)
HDL was 45 (normal range 40-60)
LDL was 70 (normal range 60-130)
triglycerides were 46 (normal range 30-150)

so it looks like i AM perfectly healthy. stress on healthy....and perfect.

but not being content with that, i did a lot of investigating about diet nutrition over this past week and made some changes to my eating regimen. My new daily diet includes things that everyone should eat daily: 1 oz nuts, and 1 oz dark chocolate. (got to get those omega-3s and antioxidants!) I added raisins into the mix to make it into a healthy trial mix snack! I still need to incorporate drinking a little red wine every day, but i'll start slow and make it once or twice a week probably. My new diet tallies up to 4100 calories per day! Only 22% of those calories are from fat. and only 34% of that 22% is from the bad fats (saturated) and i have no trans fats in my diet at all. I also get 260 grams of protein per day and 45 grams of fiber! I also drink at least 5 bottles of water per day.

I'm not crazy.

And even if i am, i don't care, because i'm healthy :)