sh!tty genetics + bacon =

susanc07 · September 2010

i have high cholesterol. 244 total (they are looking for under 200) and my LDL (bad cholesterol) is 175 and they want it under 100.

i called my mom. i wasn't aware that everyone on her side of the family is on cholesterol medicine. yay. so now i really have to lose weight.

boo.

shotzie · September 2010

That sucks. I have two friends who are on meds for cholesterol. I hope you can get your numbers down.

Dr.Loretta · September 2010

It may not even have to do with weight. My mom's side has horrible cholesterol, and I don't think it would matter if they weighed 100 lb or 500 lb. I'm creeping up, but hoping to keep it in check a while longer.

Hope you get it under control soon.

pmarie33 · September 2010

Cheerios claims to reduce cholesterol by 4% - yeah right!

disclaimer:

::everyone is different dust::

shotzie · September 2010

In addition to Cheerios, oatmeal is supposed to help lower cholesterol too. I eat it every morning with a little brown sugar and chopped walnuts. Yum!

mb~zf · September 2010

Oatmeal works best if you eat the good old plain stuff. Chances are with numbers that high you'll have to do meds though. H's mom is a stick and she is on cholesterol meds too.

And don't be blaming me for this...

Serendipitie · September 2010

Keep running! While it may not change the total number, it will absolutely improve the ratio which makes it heart protective!

QCinOct · September 2010

blame it on genetics then. DH has been on meds for it for a few years. Didn't matter what he ate

Jenny829 · September 2010

That sucks! Hopefully you won't have to be on the meds forever and that the numbers improve.

susanc07 · September 2010

thanks ladies - i am blaming it on genetics for now.

doc wants me to check in 6 months from now and try to get my numbers down with diet and exercise. if they haven't improved by then we have to start talking meds.

LTF525 · September 2010

Yea, i'm at 221 last time I checked. I ditched the eggs for breakfast and eat oatmeal now. I need to get rechecked. My mom's family has high levels and she's been on lipitor for years. That's probably where i'm headed :-(

roselln2 · September 2010

My cholesterol was high (and always has been thanks to genetics), but when I started eating "closer to the root" in preparation for IVF #3, it dropped like a rock. It is still high and probably always will be because of the genetics aspect, but I did my part in trying to fix it. I know that after I have the baby, the doctor is going to want to put me on meds to lower it more.

staycee · September 2010

I've had high cholesterol for 10 years now. My good/bad ratio is apparently good so I've never been medicated.

Warning - if it's genetic, losing weight may not help. My chol. was 236. I went on WW for 2 years. Got down to my goal weight. Was exercising all the time and eating super healthy (how I survived, I do not know)... got my chol. rechecked and it was still 236. Seriously!!!???!!

yogisunam · September 2010

Ditto on the genes. Most of my mom's side of the family is skinny (genes that skipped me Angry

) but several are on cholesterol meds.

susanc07 · September 2010

staycee:

I've had high cholesterol for 10 years now. My good/bad ratio is apparently good so I've never been medicated.

Warning - if it's genetic, losing weight may not help. My chol. was 236. I went on WW for 2 years. Got down to my goal weight. Was exercising all the time and eating super healthy (how I survived, I do not know)... got my chol. rechecked and it was still 236. Seriously!!!???!!

ugh. how frustrating. i guess even if my total # stays the same, if i can improve my ratio maybe i can avoid meds...

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