Thu, Jul-18-02, 11:31
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Senior Member
Posts: 615
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 230/197/135
BF:
Progress: 35%
Location: Wisconsin
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Thanks to everyone for your support.
Rosebud -- I seldom eat eggs, and usually only eat red meat once a week. We have a lot of chicken, turkey, pork loin, fish, etc. I did try the fish oil capsules, but they disagreed with me -- I got heartburn and a strong after-taste for hours. Maybe I could try a different brand.
Rohllmer, congrats on your committment to better health!
Old Salty, I did check out the site. Most research is not done on women, so we really don't know what we need to worry about. I can't help but worry about my cholesterol, though, until someone does a study that proves that I should not worry about it.
Plum, my triglycerides were also good, but I really don't like my ratio or the low good cholesterol and high bad cholesterol readings.
HerbNurse, It is posible that my cholesterol was high before I began low carb. I guess that I don't really know how long it should take to straighten out. I also eat a lot of chicken, fish, etc. and little bacon or sausage.
I have been doing low carb and lots of exercise for 13 months.
I don't know if my cholesterol will straighten out a year from now if I just continue what I've been doing, or if I need to change something. I guess I was just wondering how long I should wait to see if it improves before trying something else. And if I try to change something, what should it be? One thing I plan to do is when I enter my diet into Fitday, watch the breakout of what types of fat I'm consuming and try to aim for a higher level of monosaturates and a low level of saturated fats. Does that sound reasonable?
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