peach95
Sat, May-31-03, 13:41
Ok, last November I had a cholesterol test done. That year before I was admittedly overweight, eating horribly and not excerising. My numbers were:
T=260
HDL=47
LDL=171
Trigs=209
Risk factor=5.5
I went on a standard low fat, low cholesterol diet and started excerising everyday. I lost 13 pounds and tested again in Feb with these results...
T=211
HDL=37
LDL=126
Trigs=238
Risk Factor=5.7
Ok, so then I lowered my carbs, kept excerising and added fish to my diet 3x or more a week. I lost another 9 pounds and just got my results from my test last week.
T=213
HDL=43
LDL=135
Trig=176
Risk factor=4.9
I am rather happy about the risk factor change I think lowering my carbs really helped me too. I do think 3 months was kinda soon to retest. My Dr didn't call with these results so she must not be concerned. I do hope she doesn't want to test in 3 months again. I have kind of a problem with anxiety when it comes to medical stuff in part because I lost my Mom and brother within 3 yrs of each other (they didn't die from health matters, but accidents.) I know stress can affect cholesterol and I know I've had alot of that. I have 10 more pounds I'd like to lose and wouldn't like to retest again for 6 months. Oh by the way I'm 29/f/don't smoke and blood pressure is usually 106/63 range with resting pulse in the 60's. I think I'm going to stick with the diet I'm doing now, but maybe lower carbs more. What do you guys think?
T=260
HDL=47
LDL=171
Trigs=209
Risk factor=5.5
I went on a standard low fat, low cholesterol diet and started excerising everyday. I lost 13 pounds and tested again in Feb with these results...
T=211
HDL=37
LDL=126
Trigs=238
Risk Factor=5.7
Ok, so then I lowered my carbs, kept excerising and added fish to my diet 3x or more a week. I lost another 9 pounds and just got my results from my test last week.
T=213
HDL=43
LDL=135
Trig=176
Risk factor=4.9
I am rather happy about the risk factor change I think lowering my carbs really helped me too. I do think 3 months was kinda soon to retest. My Dr didn't call with these results so she must not be concerned. I do hope she doesn't want to test in 3 months again. I have kind of a problem with anxiety when it comes to medical stuff in part because I lost my Mom and brother within 3 yrs of each other (they didn't die from health matters, but accidents.) I know stress can affect cholesterol and I know I've had alot of that. I have 10 more pounds I'd like to lose and wouldn't like to retest again for 6 months. Oh by the way I'm 29/f/don't smoke and blood pressure is usually 106/63 range with resting pulse in the 60's. I think I'm going to stick with the diet I'm doing now, but maybe lower carbs more. What do you guys think?