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My Journey to Health – Other Thoughts and Advice

Exercise, nutrition, the power of habit, setting goals and understanding your motivations are all important in reaching your goals related to health. In addition to those topics, I will use this post to share other thoughts and advice that may be helpful and resonate with your experience. Start Small and be Patient I encourage youContinue reading “My Journey to Health – Other Thoughts and Advice”

My Journey to Health – The Data

All of my talk about changing my body and making great claims about my health would be meaningless without the data to support what I have stated. Below I will share the data related to my cholesterol and triglyceride levels, my blood pressure and weight loss trend. Component Measured January 17. 2025 April 21, 2025Continue reading “My Journey to Health – The Data”

My Journey to Health Part III – Nutritional Regimen

I took all that I learned about lowering LDL cholesterol and developed a plan. I had studied all the nuts, fruits, vegetables, fish and so on. Things to eat more of and things to avoid. I analyzed what I was doing at the time and realized there were many things I could change immediately. IContinue reading “My Journey to Health Part III – Nutritional Regimen”

My Journey to Health Part II – Researching How to Lower LDL Cholesterol

Upon learning my cholesterol was mildly elevated, I started looking online for strategies to lower LDL. What I found: Medications are another route to lowering cholesterol, but it is not addressing the source of the problem, only the symptoms. That strategy will eventually stop being effective and can have undesirable side effects. I spent daysContinue reading “My Journey to Health Part II – Researching How to Lower LDL Cholesterol”

My Journey to Health Part IV – My Exercise Routine

Later, I will write about habits and routines and what a powerful role they play in making progress in anything in life, but this entry will be focused specifically on the daily exercise routine I have in place. If I were to describe what the aims are of the workout it would be a combinationContinue reading “My Journey to Health Part IV – My Exercise Routine”

Trip to Japan with Students and Colleagues

I would like to dedicate this post to two inspiring Emirati women who have encouraged my blogging. Ms. Reham Al Nuaimi recently received her Master’s degree in Engineering. One of the kindest people you will meet. Ms. Maitha Almahri is an undergraduate student that made my day ever time I saw her with her fancyContinue reading “Trip to Japan with Students and Colleagues”