Last week was my yearly physical, and with that comes the bloodwork. I had been pretty nervous about what was swimming in my system, because last year everything was a little out of whack.
A little meaning total cholesterol of 203 and triglycerides around the same. Not very good.
My goal in life is to not have to take any "fat person drugs." I already take Synthroid, over-the-counter allergy meds and Nexium (I produce way too much stomach acid for one human). I did not want to add to the drug count.
I have been taking 2 grams of fish oil, a gram of perilla oil and lately a gram of borage oil. I also added 2 tablespoons of psyllium fiber a day. All that on top of my usual multivitamin, Emergen-C, green tea EGCG, and various other supplements du jour. Suffice to say, a few times a day I take a swig of some concoction and go "bleah." But it beats pharmaceuticals, especially if it works.
And it did work!
Total cholesterol is now 188, triglycerides are 116 and my cholesterol ratio is 4.2 -- all just dandy. All I need to do is get my HDL a few points higher.
Then there's my weight. I lost a few pounds but nothing to write home about. My doctor is a diabetes specialist (I picked him for that reason; I don't have it but I never wanna get it) so he sees plenty of hefty folks. And he's convinced that some people have rotten metabolisms -- mine is one of them.
We discussed things like lap bands and gastric sleeves but really, I'm TOO THIN for them. Ha! And I'm not going to push the subject with my insurance company like some under-the-wire people do. No, I'm determined to get this crap off with diet and exercise even though my doc says I'll have to exercise my brains out and starve myself.
Good times.
My assignment this week: I'm working on finishing Jillian Michaels' Master Your Metabolism
And coming soon ... my sister reappears! Yes, there is another sister on this blog. She promises that she's got something good cooking for the new year. And I'm holding her to it.
