We loaded up the van on Saturday and spent the day in Sewanee with relatives. We saw a few of the sights, burned up in the heat, and went fishing. I don’t think it’s going to get below 90 ever again. Or rain. I am just going to shrivel up and hide like the grass in my backyard.
I got my cholesterol test back. While not great, it’s not too bad, but certainly not where I want to be. I’m vegan, but I packed on over 100lbs during both pregnancies and haven’t lost an ounce because I’m too lazy to exercise. All that has to change. I don’t want a ticking timebomb in my chest because I’m lazy.
Weight: 260 (should be 135-140)
Triglycerides 152 (doc says under 150 is good). I want it to be 100
Cholesterol 198 (doc says 125-200 is good). I want it to be under 125
HDL: 36 (doc says over 40 is good). I want it to be over 65
LDL: 132 (doc says under 130 is good) I want it to be under 100
Chol/HDLC Ratio: 5.5 (doc says under 5.0 is good). I want it to be 2.4
The numbers my doctor gave me are for average Americans. Since average American’s have heart disease in some form, I want to be within the numbers that Dr. Fuhrman says are ideal. The biggest problem is my weight. I wasn’t fat the first half of my life, just after my first pregnancy, so it’s been 7 years. I’ve got to change my mindset about exercise. (I skipped every single gym class in high school. Who wants to play field hockey in november outside in massachusetts when I could sit inside a nice bathroom and smoke cigarettes with friends?). I stopped smoking 7 years ago too, but doc says that it takes 10 years after quitting for smoking not to be a heart disease risk factor.
So what do I need to do?
Get off my ass and exercise. The stupid Farking Dog wakes me up every morning at 5am anyway, I should go for a walk. Lift weights. I like weight lifting. Eating? Well, I already eat a vegan diet (thanks to an old friend and co-worker from Delaware, Buddy, who told me in graphic detail how chickens were killed. Haven’t eaten any meat since then, that was almost 10 years ago). But the high triglycerides says I’m eating too much processed foods, like bread. So I need to elmininate most everything that is processed. It’s the weight that is killing me. I think once I get off all this excess blubber the numbers will improve.
About 4 months ago, I noticed that I had to move things away from me in order to read them. It just happened overnight. Then I turned 40 two weeks ago. Then last night I noticed a really white hair, and my first thought was “wow, my hair really lightened up this summer”. But then I saw others, and they wern’t blonde they were white. Holy shit, I have white hairs sprouting out of my head. This whole getting old thing is just weird. It’s always been something that happens to other people, not me. I don’t mind the grey hair though. I think a head full of frosty hair looks sexy! 
