Alright, it took literally a week but the baseline lab results have been returned. There is nothing egregious except I was not told I had to fast so the cholesterol is kinda fucked up. A long term goal / game is to get my A1C as close to 5 as possible.

When I do the next round of testing, I will be sure to fast so we can get a more accurate picture of what my cholesterol looks like.

Monday: March 10 – 2025

It’s a windy, somewhat cool, yet weirdly warm Monday. Let’s get this shit done. I have a blood draw scheduled for 11:40am. Getting a lot of doctoring done as I also have an optometry appointment at 12:45.

The Tests

As mentioned in A Science Based Approach to Fitness I will be getting lab work done for the following:

• A1C
• Cholesterol*
• Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
• Hormone Levels

These tests will give us a glimpse into how well my body is functioning and what needs improvement. As mentioned these will be the baseline results and we will improve upon them.

* OK so this is where I fucked up. It appears that I was supposed to be fasting 8 – 12 hours for the cholesterol test. As you may have guessed, there was no fasting and I had breakfast about three hours before the blood draw so these results are going to be fucked up.

Wednesday: March 12

I reeled in anticipation as I got notification that my test results are finally available.

The Results

Blood Sugar

• Hemoglobin A1c: 5.4

Cholesterol

• Cholesterol total: 200
• HDL Cholesterol: 55
• LDL Cholesterol: 110
• Triglycerides: 234
• Ratio: LDL/HDL: 2.0
• CHOL/HDLC Ratio: 3.6

Hormones

• Total Testosterone: 224 ng/dL
• Total Estradiol: 116 pg/ml

Comprehensive Metabolic Panel

• Albumin: 4.9 g/dL
• Albumin/Globulin Ratio: 1.9
• Alkaline Phosphatase: 83 U/L
• ALT: 26 U/L
• AST: 21 U/L
• Bilirubin, Total: 0.8 mg/dL
• Bun/Creatinine Ratio: 17.02
• Calcium: 10.1 mg/dL
• Carbon Dioxide: 24 mmol/L
• Chloride: 104 mml/L
• Creatine: 0.94 mg/dL
• EGFR: 110
• Globulin: 2.6 g/dL
• Glucose: 97 mg/dL
• Potassium: 4.0 mmol/L
• Protein, Total: 7.5 g/dL
• Sodium: 140 mmol/L
• Urea Nitrogen (Bun): 16 mg/dL