about how to lower cholesterol. A good place for information is
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/chd1/how.htm I have learned a lot there. It gave me some numbers to use when planning my meals. I have to have specifics. I need to keep my daily intake of cholesterol to less than 200 mg, saturated fat to less than 8 grams and my intake of soluble fiber in the 10-25 gram range. Apparently with fiber the more the better.
In a nutshell it tells me to eat a lot less, exercise daily, lose weight and cut down my intake of saturated fat and cholesterol in my diet. It also tells me to add fiber, especially soluble fiber. I never even knew there was a difference between dietary fibers. It also said to add 2 grams of plant stanols or sterols to my diet. The things I read also said to cut down on sodium but I'm ignoring that right now. I need to have something to look forward to and a dill pickle seems to be it. I have to have one vice.
Over the last few days I have been doing all, okay, most of the above. I bought orange juice with the plant stanol, or is it sterols. I don't remember which and I am too lazy to go into the kitchen to check. The jug promised me that it would lower my cholesterol and I am holding the OJ company to that. I have been adding fiber to my diet. I'm thinking about starting to exercise. I have been following the Weight Watcher plan for the last few days. I think that I have lost some weight because my shoes feel looser. I will take weightloss where ever I can get it. I just hope that I start losing weight in my top half soon so I don't tip over.
I like Weight Watchers because it is much easier for me to think about points than calories. WW tells me points and I can get an idea of the number of calories I eat but I need more than that. I find that http://www.fitday.com/ is good for calculating the fiber, fat, etc that I eat.
Wednesday is my day to weigh in. I hope it goes well and that my feet aren't lying to me.
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