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mkh9 wrote:...He has been on a Statin (Lipitor) 10mg 4 times a week because it is in his family...
mkh9 wrote:
A typical breakfast and lunch for him is:
Coffee with almond milk and Stevia.
Cheerios (on the McDougall list of okay cereals).
Blueberries and a banana.
Lunch
Quinoa
brown rice
salad
fruit.
Dinner varies.
Sunday we have Whole grain pasta casserole with onion, garlic, carrots, yellow squash, mushrooms, tomatoes and veggie broth.
Monday: was Whole grain rice, black beans, 1 portion of wholly guacamole, salsa.
Tuesday: left over cassarole (spelling)? from Sunday.
Wednesday: Black beans and rice with guacamole and salsa
Thursday: Veggie burger with whole grain bun , guacamole, tomato and Broccoli.
Friday: potato and cauliflower curry with just veggie broth and spices. But that is 6 red potations between the two of us.
Saturday: eat out Chinese food or Indian food.
mkh9 wrote:The flax is for omega 3's and we also take DHA from algae. The latter was a recent addition.
mkh9
mkh9 wrote:Hi,
Yes part of it is that we have gone off the diet on Saturdays. But minus one meal we are on the McDougall diet the rest of the time. I eat the same diet and mine results look good. I have always had a "A" lipid pattern while he had a "B" or worse. So his cholesterol was 220 now it is 150 on this diet with the 10mg of statin 4 times a week. But up until this year his triglycerides have never been abnormally high. I think it is a lack of exercise, wine and eating out on Saturday.
Having said that I am wondering if we are doing the diet wrong. We eat whole grain pasta on one day and accidentally found out now that It was two servings. We have equal amount of greens and starches. So maybe the starches are too much. We read that for some people that are sensitive the starches can cause high triglycerides. But, we haven't really changed our diet until about a year ago. We fell off the "wagon" by having the bad day out. Plus I eat nuts and he doesn't.
A typical breakfast and lunch for him is:
Coffee with almond milk and Stevia.
Cheerios (on the McDougall list of okay cereals).
Blueberries and a banana.
Lunch
Quinoa
brown rice
salad
fruit.
Dinner varies.
Sunday we have Whole grain pasta casserole with onion, garlic, carrots, yellow squash, mushrooms, tomatoes and veggie broth.
Monday: was Whole grain rice, black beans, 1 portion of wholly guacamole, salsa.
Tuesday: left over cassarole (spelling)? from Sunday.
Wednesday: Black beans and rice with guacamole and salsa
Thursday: Veggie burger with whole grain bun , guacamole, tomato and Broccoli.
Friday: potato and cauliflower curry with just veggie broth and spices. But that is 6 red potations between the two of us.
Saturday: eat out Chinese food or Indian food.
Mine is the same except I have had 1/2 cup of cashews, a protein shake (I know) but my weight lifting trainer keeps bugging me, salad and fruit.
So we are going to cut the meal out. have less carbs and more greens. Do you think that will help? Also, instead of the veggie burger I am making chop suey with brown rice (no oil). I need to wean off the nuts. LOL
mkh9
diastole wrote:After watching all the movies, reading over a half dozen books, I am convinced this new lifestyle is the way to go. As a past Health Education teacher, I feel I have been misled by the food industry and I am very motivated to get this right and save the planet in the process. I joined the on-line cooking school, I have been posting my 12 pound weight loss over the past 9 weeks, which I am so excited about and My BMI is finally in the "healthy" range after the past 5 years. I feel awesome I have more energy than I know what to do with. I have converted 6 people to this program and we all have been motivating one another, sending food recipes etc.
But....My world came crashing down yesterday after I got my blood levels back. This is a major set back for me. I'm actually depressed and have no motivation. For me, this was like getting on a scale after running a marathon and you've gained 10 pounds. I still believe in this program. Please help motivate me to keep going with this and I want to continue being the cheerleader for these other 6 individuals. I am so frightened by the direction these number are going. I pulled together the last 9 years of lab results. They have been pretty consistent except for 2018 where my numbers creeped up and I was overweight. My 2018 numbers were cholesterol 226 (I know not horrible but I'm a perfectionist), HDL 59, LDL 147, Triglyercides 100. After 9 weeks on the program, (BTW, I am female 56 years old) my weight is now 151, BMI 24.56, my cholesterol was 225, HDL 44, LDL 159, and Triglerides 109. Most levels got worse, not better. Am I overreacting? I'm most worried about the HDL and the LDL. I have asked to go back in 6 months for a follow up.
Thank you in advance.
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