Good health is the most valuable thing one can have

Ever since Thanksgiving last year, I've been very cautious about what I've been eating.  This week I got the results from a blood test I took last week in regards to my Cholesterol levels.

It was high many years ago, and I took medication.  Then in around 2008 I lost weight through diet and exercise.  Then in preparing for the channel (that was my excuse anyway), I let my weight jump back up and and I was eating crap again, but not quite to the extent as I was before.

But in the past few months I've been a health nazi with myself and man has it paid off!  Here is a table of the past years cholesterol lab results (in reverse chronological order)

Cholesterol Results
	Acceptable ranges	151-199	55-149	40-63 (High is good)	less than 130	11-29	less than 100
Previous physical activity	Date	Cholestrol total	Triglycerides	HDL Cholesterol	Non HDL Cholesterol	VLDL	LDL
Swimming/lifting/dieting	1/31/2013	131(L)	52(L)	56	75	10(L)	65
Swimming, but no dieting	2/9/2012	203(H)	92	58	145(H)	18	127(H)
Triathlon training, and some dieting	6/9/2009	156	88	55		18	83
Triathlon training, and decent dieting	6/8/2008	136(L)	71	52		14	79
Being a fat ass, eating crap	3/7/2007	240(H)	213(H)	43		43(H)	154(H)

Feeling great! I've decided that for the month of February, I'm going to alternate long and shorter days (10K/5K) with long Saturdays totaling around 55K yards per week (at least 30 miles per week) Today was a short one:

500 free easy
1500 pull star trek paddles and ankle strap
500 IM
500 free
1500 finger paddles, no buoy
500 IM
300 - 4 x 75's free (25 weighted on :30, 50 fast (:33) on 1:00
100 grandpa swimming

5,400 yards total in 1:33