For most of my teenage and young adult life I was guzzling Dr. Pepper... and eating junk food!

Now that Im pushing 29, my Doctor was worried about some things, especially after my father had a heart attack and stroke while being prepped for emerg. Surgery (perforated ulcer). And spend over a month in ICU on life support before being released to rehab for about a year. And finally coming home 2 years ago.

And because I went from 180~lbs to about 240~, ( I went from warehouse job to desk job. So calorie output went from about 8000-10000/day to 3-4,000 ish, or some where along those lines).

So a few weeks ago we did blood tests. But I got the Lab results a week prior to the doctor, So I had to wait for him to get them for a consult.

And Sure Enough, High Cholesterol (which I think, tbh, runs in the family). Amongst high Cholesterol, it appears I have high glucose levels (thanks to the huge amounts of soda I was drinking). I was also nearly clinically dehydrated. (I didn’t feel it, but the results were “alarming”), as I was always drinking soda and no water (except at hockey practice).

Any way, advice from the Doctor was to cut ALL soda, eat healthier, Eat Less, and exercise more, which I got that same advice while I was in his office while discussing blood tests.

Anyway, I had already started my “Diet” as soon as I walked out of the Doctors office 2 weeks ago.

No Soda, Subway Turkey sandwich on wheet/9grain oat instead of whatever fast food I was eating before for lunch (hardees etc). And if I had time for Breakfast, a bowl of honey nut cheerios. (Instead of big bite hot dog, lol)

So No more 1Ltr Dr. Pepper’s, it’s now 1 Ltr Deer Parks w/ Crystal Light Packets. (at least 3 a day).

Other than the Diet Issues, We seem to be having trouble stabilizing my TSH Levels, as I was born with no Thyroid, I have to take synthroid everyday, but the levels raise and drop all the time, and right now with looking at the graph my levels are “uncontrolled” and I will prolly had to goto a specialist.


My remaining adjustment now needs to be exercise,

Guess I need to fix my NordiTrack, lol. Set it in front of my PC and play some Winter Olympics games, hahaha.

There ... Fixed that for ya.

Welcome to middle age SkateZilla

The battle with cholesterol is something most of us who hit that age are familiar with... for many of us after trying diet/exercise etc, we find out it is genetic.