Benfromalbuquerque
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@npaden I find motivation in Skip Bayless. Dude’s still crushing it at 70 years old.
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yeah I am right there with you. was caught off guard that my very first (borderline) high results were met with "here takes these meds". I've reached out to a few doctor friends of mine with my results and so far it's 50/50 on whether or not to take the meds, with the greatest driver of the med pushing being family heart history.i would get second opinions from multiple doctors that review your blood work.
i'm of the opinion that dietary cholesterol is of no concern to the human body, it usually a carb/sugar issue, but that's my opinion, and i'm obviously not a doctor.
no reason diet and exercise won't get it under control regardless.
yeah I am right there with you. was caught off guard that my very first (borderline) high results were met with "here takes these meds". I've reached out to a few doctor friends of mine with my results and so far it's 50/50 on whether or not to take the meds, with the greatest driver of the med pushing being family heart history.
I think i'll give it 90 days of hard work and attention and lifestyle tweaks and retest before I start popping pills
.75-1g per lb of body weight per day is a good zone to be in for your protein!Any weight lifting guys out there? What should I be shooting for to help gain back some good stuff? 200 grams/day?? Less/more?
yeah I am right there with you. was caught off guard that my very first (borderline) high results were met with "here takes these meds". I've reached out to a few doctor friends of mine with my results and so far it's 50/50 on whether or not to take the meds, with the greatest driver of the med pushing being family heart history.
I think i'll give it 90 days of hard work and attention and lifestyle tweaks and retest before I start popping pills
I found this podcast to be pretty informative on that subject and the pros and cons of statins, timestamps are pretty accurate if you don't want to listen to the whole thing...yeah I am right there with you. was caught off guard that my very first (borderline) high results were met with "here takes these meds". I've reached out to a few doctor friends of mine with my results and so far it's 50/50 on whether or not to take the meds, with the greatest driver of the med pushing being family heart history.
I think i'll give it 90 days of hard work and attention and lifestyle tweaks and retest before I start popping pills
Bro, it’s ok, just different from when we didn’t have dependents! Good on you for adapting. I find small moments to exercise. Like the bottle warmer. That’s about 5min where I can hit calisthenics or stretching. Haven’t planked the duration of bottle warming yet which is a goal.i've finally started tuning in to a new regime that works with having a baby at home, so i'm starting to be back on track.
i thought i'd be able to get my workouts in every day as soon as i got home, 30-45 minutes of running and some weights, it just wasn't working. it's impossible with the baby and the motivation upon arriving home from work is literally negative.
i just had to swallow the bitter pill and accept that i need to sign up for a more expensive gym that's a mile from my office and take extended lunch breaks and add on a little time to my work day to make up for it.
stair climber every day at a minimum of 20 minutes and no less than 200 watts and i like to progress up to 300 watts throughout the 20 minutes, squats every day, push ups every day, pull ups every day, and various rotating other upper body to round myself out.
there are a few spots to get some trail runs in near the office, unfortunately not very hilly, but that i'll start throwing in the mix as the weather gets better and things stop being muddy.
as expected 2-3 weeks of lifting and squatting and eating more already has me pushing 3-4 lbs of weight gain. i don't want to breach 185. my wife wants me at like 190 cause i guess being buff is hot, screw that tho.
progress feels good. first time i've felt any degree of fit in like 9 months
Just had brain surgery a month ago. I’d like to walk a mile without stopping and correcting my double vision. I’m down 15 pounds because hospital food is the worst!
Bro, it’s ok, just different from when we didn’t have dependents! Good on you for adapting. I find small moments to exercise. Like the bottle warmer. That’s about 5min where I can hit calisthenics or stretching. Haven’t planked the duration of bottle warming yet which is a goal.
I was surprised by high cholesterol results a few years back as well and finally this year got serious about it. In my case no family history of heart issues but as I am fit and eat relatively well it’s seemed odd. (Currently 36) I am taking a much harder line on diet - limiting sugar and simple carbs - and eating only real un processed foods and then rather then testing once a year i am gonna test every few months and see how things are going - it’s cheap to do. $8 or so. But would be good to know what your specific numbers were too? - total cholesterol isn’t super valuable it seems. For me my triglycerides are pretty low but my LDL and appo b are both high while my HDL is not. I’ll let you know how it goes.yeah I am right there with you. was caught off guard that my very first (borderline) high results were met with "here takes these meds". I've reached out to a few doctor friends of mine with my results and so far it's 50/50 on whether or not to take the meds, with the greatest driver of the med pushing being family heart history.
I think i'll give it 90 days of hard work and attention and lifestyle tweaks and retest before I start popping pills
Funny enough, got a call today that the correspondence in my online chart was a mistake lol. He was reading someone else's results but in my portal and that he does not think my results are indicative of someone that needs meds yet.I was surprised by high cholesterol results a few years back as well and finally this year got serious about it. In my case no family history of heart issues but as I am fit and eat relatively well it’s seemed odd. (Currently 36) I am taking a much harder line on diet - limiting sugar and simple carbs - and eating only real un processed foods and then rather then testing once a year i am gonna test every few months and see how things are going - it’s cheap to do. $8 or so. But would be good to know what your specific numbers were too? - total cholesterol isn’t super valuable it seems. For me my triglycerides are pretty low but my LDL and appo b are both high while my HDL is not. I’ll let you know how it goes.
The huberman podcast with Dr Attia (Linked to above) did make me feel like statins might be a good call in certain instances though - but certainly not in place of improving diet and exercise.
You’re putting one foot in front of the other, keep at it. I am proud of you seeing the effort you are making. Please keep us up dated.Just had brain surgery a month ago. I’d like to walk a mile without stopping and correcting my double vision. I’m down 15 pounds because hospital food is the worst!