SON OF A BEEOCH! high cholesterol! damn!

kgoings · 05-13-2010, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by e-man67

So I decided to get some bloodwork done while I was at the doc..first thing they do at the dr's office if take weight..I am 6'3 221lbs..lost 9 lbs, sweet! I get a call today on the old machine that says my cholesterol is 211..144 of that is my LDL (bad cholesterol)..Dr says to lose some weight and bring that number down..son of a B...I eat a bowl of whole grain cereal every morning, eat 2-3 pieces of fruit and a freakin low fat meal for lunch, then I eat meat and lots of it for dinner! Well, maybe only a few times per week..but I eat a bunch of cheese...maybe it had something to do with the brick of goetta I ate in the past few days...I do take fish oil though. crap! I am too young for this! How did this happen? I workout!

Right there with you, I have delayed my 6 month follow up for two weeks. I have to take my blood work on Mon and my appt is on Thurs. Last time my cholesterol was close to 300, I have lost 35 pounds since then but we shall see.

e-man67 · 05-13-2010, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by kgoings

Right there with you, I have delayed my 6 month follow up for two weeks. I have to take my blood work on Mon and my appt is on Thurs. Last time my cholesterol was close to 300, I have lost 35 pounds since then but we shall see.

Perfect freakin time too...I have bronchitis (can't smoke or breathe) and now I can't eat the things I really enjoy...wonderful

KGoings Congrats on losing weight! 35lbs is a bunch...I'll bet your numbers have improved. Good Luck bro!

smokin5 · 05-13-2010, 10:33 PM

I went through the same thing last year.
Skinny body, but fat blood - part of my inheritance.
I had to knock 60-80 points off my cholesterol pronto, & without statins, as I was trying to qualify for new health insurance.
Per my doctor's suggestion, I doubled up on red yeast rice pills (2 pills 2x per day), & went totally fat-free for a month. Lots of beans, veggies & rice; the only meat I ate was shrimp sauteed in oil & garlic. The result?
Knocked 120 points off my cholesterol count!
The punchline is that the insurance co. thought I must have sent in a ringer to have such a lower count, & said I had to take another test 4 weeks later.
So I continued my diet for another 4 weeks.

In the interim, though, I managed to drop another 10 pounds.

Hang in there, bro - You CAN do it!!

05-13-2010, 10:33 PM	#3
smokin5 Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: On the Mountaintop - AZ Posts: 2,002 Trading: (69)	Re: SON OF A BEEOCH! high cholesterol! damn! I went through the same thing last year. Skinny body, but fat blood - part of my inheritance. I had to knock 60-80 points off my cholesterol pronto, & without statins, as I was trying to qualify for new health insurance. Per my doctor's suggestion, I doubled up on red yeast rice pills (2 pills 2x per day), & went totally fat-free for a month. Lots of beans, veggies & rice; the only meat I ate was shrimp sauteed in oil & garlic. The result? Knocked 120 points off my cholesterol count! The punchline is that the insurance co. thought I must have sent in a ringer to have such a lower count, & said I had to take another test 4 weeks later. So I continued my diet for another 4 weeks. In the interim, though, I managed to drop another 10 pounds. Hang in there, bro - You CAN do it!! __________________ Pobody's Nerfect.