Bringing this back to cholesterol talk.....
Turned 38 and figured I better do the responsible thing and find a PCP because of kids. Had my appointment last week, standard blood test with it since I hadn't had anything but a coffee at 6 am and a fun size bag of skittles at 7 am. Appointment was at 3 pm. Total cholesterol 295 and LDL 218. Doctor called and told me he wanted me to get a CT Cardiac Scoring. That came back all 0s. Good to go. Because of family history he wants me to get on generic Crestor. I'm not thrilled about it but also not thrilled about my levels knowing my maternal grandfather had many HAs and tripple bypass surgery with a valve replacement at 47 and was dead from congestive heart failure at 51 or 52. I don't eat the best admittedly but I also don't eat like dog shit. I definitely don't drink enough water. Not sure what to do, definitely looking for alternatives beyond drugs or death. It almost feels like my choices are starve because anything worth eating is bad for cholesterol, die from a heart attack or get on the pharmaceutical bandwagon.
Really need to cut back on food. Get on the road to successful deer hunting. Learn to process those deer. Venison is among the leanest of meats and processing your own, means you can get rid of almost all the fat.
Get a bike, and ride regularly. An hour or more hard at it more than three times a week.
Get the program “lose it”. Free app, unless you want to upgrade. Get with your doctor and let him determine exactly how many calories you really need per day. Stick with it.
I find, outside of eating very lean meats, is to eat what you want, just don’t eat too much. In the end, you will find that 2 ounces of real ice cream is just as satisfying as a large bowl.
That’s my suggestion. As long as your doctor approves of it.
Don’t get an electric bike or an electric assist bike. Get one that YOU HAVE TO PEDAL. Electric bikes are the next worst thing to setting on the couch, eating 6 to 7 thousand calories of potato chips every morning, noon and night.
Not bragging but my cholesterol and triglycerides are so low, the doctors joke that if mine were much lower, I’d be dead.
Matters not, My Brenda, HAS High Cholesterol so, we have to eat like we both have it anyway.
