Progress: over 50, obese to normal

starfruit132 wrote: »

So amazing that your health stats went down in good way so much. Hope mine does too for the same reasons. Thank you for posting this inspiring success!

Everybody, thanks for your comments.

About my health stats, my doctor's warning that I could have a heart attack or a stroke really scared me. I also don't want to take pills if I can change my health myself.

I love walking so that's the exercise I chose. I joined a gym so I can exercise in bad weather.

For my food, I'm a longtime vegetarian who ate a lot of sweets, high fat cheese, and sugary Greek yogurt. I'm not a purist about sweets, but I've faced the fact that I have a medical problem. I cut out 99 percent of the food I thought would affect my cholesterol. I added oatmeal, more leafy greens, and other food I read would help. I've also read that food doesn't make that much difference with cholesterol, but in my case changing my food, losing weight, and exercising turned it around.. I'll get another blood test in the spring to see where I stand.

smile_laughter wrote: »

Hi Penn! I am so happy you posted your story. You are definitely an encouragement for me.

Hi, smile_laughter! I couldn't figure out how to post this in short form on my newsfeed, so I shut my eyes and posted it here. You're a great encouragement to me, too.