Testing Times

I put myself through it this week! I've had:
Ø a blood test (for thyroid, cholesterol, fasting blood sugar... and a few other things I've forgotten);
Ø an RMR - to test my resting metabolic rate;
Ø the "pinch test" to check my body fat percentage and possible hormone imbalances; and
Ø I got dunked - an underwater test for body fat.

My body fat was 25% by the pinch test (expertly administered by Danielle at Synergy Training). The dunk-test put me at 26%. As far as I'm concerned, of those two, I would go to Danielle every time. Getting dunked is uncomfortably similar to drowning! Tomorrow Dr Purcell will do a third body fat test - the BIA. That test is the easiest of them all – I just have to lie still for a minute.

Dr Purcell's BIA test will also indicate my resting metabolic rate. I'll be comparing that result to the RMR test I did yesterday, which gave me a VERY unlikely result... that one indicated a fast metabolism, but if that were true, I'd be a LOT leaner!

I'm planning to re-do these tests when I complete Dr Purcell's program.

We also took my "before" pictures yesterday. And we’ll continue to take pictures every few days to track my progress. I’ll post them, with my weight, twice a week.