Results Are In
The blood tests are in.There's issues with heart-problems in my family, so when I had my blood-work for cholesterol in December, my Doctor was concerned.
To explain:
The average person should keep their overall cholesterol count down below 200. Mine, in December, was 198.
The average person should keep their LDL (bad stuff) count under 159. Mine was 124.
The average person should keep their HDL (good stuff) count over 40. Mine was 48.
The average person should keep their Triglycerides ("blood-fat") under 150. Mine was 162.
The numbers weren't horrible, but they weren't good. The doctor said the options were:
1 - Drugs.
2 - Low-dose aspirin.
3 - Bring in a dietitian/trainer.
or
4 - Test every 6 months and see what I could do myself.
With my "youthfulness," we went with option 4.
I exercised... um... sometimes...
I, literally, trimmed fat (I used ot just eat whatever was attached to my meat).
Now?
Overall cholesterol: 181.
LDL: 107
HDL: 55
Tri-Gs: 120
It's nice to know I could still do better, but I can do pretty well with little effort.
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