Oh yeah, those blood test results...
I'm not infected with anything. My sugar is just a bit over the top end of the normal range, despite having fasted since 6PM the night before my blood was drawn. My cholesterol number was 221, which is apparently not good.

The employee health nurse told me that I was pre-diabetic and she wanted me to cut out the sugars and simple carbohydrates such as foods derived from white rice and white flour and potatoes. "You're basicly eating glue," she explained. She kept writing down the things I couldn't eat, right there on the lab results.

Me: "Whoah, you're going to run out of room there if you keep writing down things I like to eat!"

Nurse Ratchet: "Oh, that's okay. I can keep going on the back side of the page."

She wants me to eat lean meats and green leafy vegetables. I happen to like salmon and tuna and meat in general, lean or not, and I have developed quite a taste for spinach, and have always liked asparagus and brocolli. So there's that.

Everybody on Dad's side of the family died of heart disease, Dad included. Dana told me that the diet the nurse described sounded like the South Beach diet, which I always assumed was some kind of Atkins-esque fad diet. On the other hand, I think my buddy makovette slimmed WAY the hell down on it. It turns out that the so called "South Beach diet" is just eating low fat proteins and non-junk carbs. It was invented by a cardiologist as a heart healthy diet, not as a weight loss diet.

Anyway, I've felt like crap since I stopped exercising and been eating junk while studying for the bar. I dont' see any reason why I can't at least eat better.

In other news, Mom's boyfriend is coming next weekend, to stay for the next two weeks. Guess I'll hole up in my room.

I can not WAIT until I finish the Bar and find a place of my own, whether it's the long distance commute from The Lair or some place else.