Cholesterol down 48 points!

Fantastic! that's what its all about IMO! Getting healthier! I'm 62 and my numbers weren't vvery good before I made my lifestyle change. They are now! Total cholesterol is 143 and my HDL (good cholesterol) is now higher than my Triglycerides! HDL is 54 and Triglycerides are only 50! Was on Simvastin but no more! And these numbers were all without any meds at all!

Glucose was only 86, too!

WOW! 115 lbs thats great! I hope to be there someday! How long did it take you to get that much off?

It is great to know you look good on the inside and out! :happy:

was e-mailed seperatly about how I got my Cholesterol to come down. I thought I would post my e-mailed reply here in case anyone else was interested:

As soon as I got my blood work back in August I started exercising and watching what I eat. My grandmother had 4 heart attacks and died from the last one and all the females in my family are obese. It’s a road I don’t want to go down. Here is an overview:

•I try to stick to 1400 – 1800 cals per day and I am now up to 45-60 min exercising a day, 5 dyas a week. I don’t do all that at one time and I didn’t start out that way. I started with a simple 15 min walk 5 days a week. On a normal day I do 15 min workout in the morning before work, then at both of my 15 breaks I walk about a mile, then when I get home I do another 15 minutes workout. It makes it very doable that way! At home I normally do something with the Wii fit or active, or walk when nice outside. I am not always perfect, and I don’t worry when I am not. Just keep moving forward!

•I still eat out more than I should, but I make much better choices now. I stay away from fried food (ex – Love Mexican food – I ask them to grill or bake the Chimichanga rather than fry and I get a side salad with it rather than beans and rice, they say no problem!). And you would be surprised how many places have food facts on line, some have really nice ones that you can play with the ingredients and really see where the cals come from. Sometimes reducing a meal by 100-200 cals is just not adding the cheese, or getting the yummy sauces on the side and use ¼ of what they would have put on.

• I also gave up pop. I drank 2-4 cans per day! Now I drink 0-3 per month!

•I upped my fiber to more than the MFP suggestion. I talked to a nutritionist who said 20-35mg was better than the 15 or so suggested on the site. But upping means you HAVE TO up water or bad things can happen – found out the hard way. (pun not intended)

•Most of all have support! I have a friend who is doing it with me – we talk about food all the time and give each other ideas. She is the office manager at my work and she even started a group weight loss, so now we have everyone at work trying too. It’s great!

•So far I have lost 31 lbs, 3 inches off my hips and 2 off my waist – I feel great, but still have another 20 I want to get off.