Health Waves

At Northrop Grumman we have a group called Health Waves. They have lunch and learn type meetings throughout the shipyard and initiate different health directives. Right now they have put us on teams and we get points for activities, losing weight, etc. The team with the most points at the end of 6 weeks win gas cards. I have no idea how much it is, but every penny counts these days, so I'm in!

We've all weighed in and had our waist measured, and today we did cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure. I've never had my cholesterol checked so I was anxious to see how that would turn out. I'm please to say I did very well! My total cholesterol is < 100 (<200 is desirable), my HDL cholesterol is 46 (50+ is desirable), my blood sugar was 66 (70-110 is normal), and my blood pressure was 90/60 (120/80 is desirable). My blood pressure has always been low. =) My waist is 32 inches and my information says for women it should be less than 35 inches. They also did body fat and body mass index (BMI). My body fat is 30.4% (25-28 is desirable for women) and my BMI is 24.4 (18.5-24.9 is considered in the "normal" range). Just before I had surgery last year my BMI was over 47 (anything over 40 is considered morbid obesity). So I'm very happy with my results.

My team (The Engergizers) is off and running! If you want to check your BMI, here' s a link to use: http://www.asbs.org/html/bmi.html

Mac is home this week, Justin and Scott have been hanging around too. It's been dang hot out here! Monday and Tuesday were awful, so humid I was dripping and that sun was HOT! Thankfully the humidity is very low today and there's a breeze. Of course this has been the week I've had to go out in the shipyard and walk around in the heat with an auditor! June is a big birthday month! Daddy was on the 4th, and his wife Pam on the 10th, Big Charlie is the 13th (Friday the 13th! ooooo), Stack on the 15th, Uncle Jerry on the 29th, oh and Uncle Danny and Susan Uribe too...and I'm sure I'm leaving someone out...sorry if I've omitted anyone.

So happy birthday to everyone! Have a great week. =)