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  • Two Whole Feet, a Non-Scale Victory

    In the journey to better health, there’s often a lot of focus on what you weigh. And while it’s always great to see the scale move in the right direction, it’s not the only thing that changes. Sometimes, it’s those other things that will change before the number on the scale does. I’m quite happy…

  • Really Overweight or Barely Obese?

    It’s been quite a while since I’ve put virtual pen to paper in longfom about my health journey. I’ve heard about the Covid-15, namely the 15 pounds you’ll gain as a result of being sheltered in place during Coronavirus. Me? I’m down weight since early February, which is the last time I was out of…

  • Mi Band vs Apple Watch: Not Either-Or For Me

    I’ve resisted the whole smartwatch / fitness tracker thing for a while now. At some point a few years ago, my wife bought a fairly simple one that I ended up using until I lost it. Recently, I decided I needed another one as I’ve been starting add exercise into my routine. In July of…

  • Running For My Life

    I’m two years into my health journey that began with adopting Intermittent Fasting along with a low carb diet to manage Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension. Since, I’ve adopted a more “no sugar no grains no seed oils” approach, trending mostly carnivore (I.e. eating mostly animal-based products). While I think it’s safe to say my…

  • The Test You Want a Zero On

    A couple weeks ago, I posted I was going in for a CT Angiogram to get a Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Score. The CAC score, which is a measure of how much calcium has built up in your heart, can be anything from a zero to over 1000. Generally speaking, the higher your CAC score,…

  • Should I Continue Feeding the Medium or Nah?

    When trying to import the last couple of blog posts into Medium, I discovered that Medium couldn’t parse the posts since 10 Centuries went to version 5. Instead I wrote a new, single post that summarized the last couple, since they are part of the same thought process. I noticed when I created this post…

  • If Anything, My Heart is Too Big

    When I posted I was going in for a CT Angiogram, a few people made the snarky comment that I didn’t have a heart. Turns out, I do, and while the amount of calcium I have in my heart isn’t a concern, the diameter of my aorta is. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to talk to…

  • What is a Blog Post Anyway?

    With the changes made to the 10Centuries service recently, I scrolled through the “archives” of my posts here and realize: the nature of “blog posts” have changed. Prior to the invention of microblogging by Twitter in 2006, if you wanted to post anything on the Internet, large or small, you had to post it on…

  • Statin Standoff

    As I mentioned last time I posted, my doctor wrote a prescription for a statin drug because my cholesterol was too high. Even though I told him I wanted to see what a calcium scan first. Turns out, they’re doing something a bit more involved. Not at this place, but it’s the same basic procedure.…

  • I Can’t Remember The Last Time I Weighed That, Part 1

    We’re almost two years into my experience with intermittent fasting and eliminating sugar and grains from my diet, which I primarily began to reverse Type 2 Diabetes. Where I started from in May of 2017: Weight: 311 pounds or 141 kilos, which is about 20 pounds below my high water mark from 2014 Blood Glucose…