Before and after phase 1

I have been very very busy at work and therefore no posts the past few weeks. I am at 151.6 as of this morning. I have been losing 1-2 lbs every week. I am eating limited amounts of all kinds of food. I have had rice, pizza, cakes, decaf cappuccinos, pastries, muruku…

My medical tests show that I have made dramatic improvements in many fronts. Some are noted below

	%age	Notes
BMI	-17%	good, still overweight by BMI standards
Glucose (mg/dl)	-5%	good, this was ok anyway
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	-24%	great
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	-49%	great
HDL (Good Chol.) (mg/dl)	-9%	Not good, this went the wrong way, See Note 1.
LDL (Bad Chol.) (mg/dl)	-23%	great
LDL/HDL	-18%	good
Cholestorol/HDL	-16%	good
Body Age	-27%	Hmmm - I feel younger but not 14 years
Bicep Strength	+4%	Bad, See Note 2
Flexibility	-27%	Bad, See Note 3
Waist (not trouser size) (in)	-12%	Good, I can actually now fit in waist 30 jeans
Thigh girth (in)	-13%	Good and funny
Neck girth (in)	-11%	Good, see picture :)

• (1) My good cholesterol is down. I am increasing Flax Seed oil consumption to 1 tbsp. per day from 0.66 tbsp per day
• (2) My overall body strength has more than doubled but biceps is something we chose not to focus on. Now, we start that in phase 2.
• (3) I really suck at flexibility – I need to do more stretching/yoga. It could make me live longer and also less prone to injury. The test is not super accurate, but I will take it for what it says. Started stretching more methodically now.

And here are some pictures! (I did my best to make the pictures comparable)