Had my monthly check up with the nutritionist to get the stats and see if this approach (see earlier posts) is paying off. I'm glad to say, yes indeedy. My cholesterol went from 201 to 178 in one month, people! My HDL and LDL numbers also went down, as did my TSH.
IDK what that means, but LOL, I'm told it's good...
Apparently it pays to eat LOADS of vegetables. And no meat or cheese. Fish and nuts are cool though.
So I have said goodbye to the food of youth ministry, perhaps forever. I will admit that I am not sure I can ever give up french fries, but perhaps I'm willing to scale back.
The plan is for month #2 to be like month #1. As I said in my first post on November 25 about it, I'll continue to be "a leafy green vegetable-eating squirrel -- tooting along due to a slight increase in bean intake." I get to actually increase my nut intake. So that's exciting. Well, maybe not exciting...
Final stat: I've lost 6 pounds. Hoping for, oh, a whole lot more of that, but who's counting?
Free piece o' advice: I must say that I would NOT recommend starting an entire revision of the way you eat the day before Thanksgiving, carrying on through the Christmas season. Just a thought. I'm not whining though.
Merry Christmas!
Good for you Kelly. And you can steal a few french fries off my pate anytime... I mean, really, why change your ways in every area, all at once. (GOOD JOB by the way!)
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