Reopening an old thread since the info is still good and why opening another one. hihi

We (hubby and I) had cholesterol tests done in March and it came up sooooo high for hubby that doc wanted almost to put him on statins. Mine was borderline and she wanted a recheck in 3 months' time. There was no way we'd go on Lipitor or the like before making serious changes to our life styles. Now...we can't excercise more than we actually do. So it needed to be on the food side.

We cut everything that was bad fat (chips, bacon, etc). We truly wanted to see if 3 months would make a difference in the numbers. She also wanted us to test for our api-lipo. If after all this the numbers stayed high, then we'd seriously think statins. But not before working hard at this "test".

Our numbers kept going up at every testing over the years.

So we did the test just 2 weeks ago and finally got the results. We are clear!!! In the safe zone. Both of us. The total is almost to mid-point but still too high for me and our Apo B is perfect, although we could be a notch lower.

But doctor is very happy that we opted for changing our food habits instead of going for the simple way: a pill!

In the process, I lost 12 pounds and hubby lost 7 (he does not really have much to lose but still did). Targeting another 20# for me but I may be pushing it a bit.

So yes, sometimes, changing your food intake choices, can improve your ratios. It is not easy. It would be so much more fun to munch on fried chicken, chips, etc...but being healthier weighs more on my scale than some of the food I had to drop....with the pounds I had over.