I love the "Wellness Wednesday" our local hospital has. I can go on any Wednesday and have various lab tests done without a doctor's order.
Last May 15th, my numbers were really bad. On March 5th this year, I went to Wellness Wednesday, and then I went again this week to check on my numbers. Here's what it looks like:
5-15-14 3-5-15 5-29-15
cholesterol 272 H 246 H 220 H
HDL 44 52 52
chol/HDL ratio --- 4.7 H 4.2
LDL --- 164 H 146 H
non-HDL chol --- 194 H 168 H
triglycerides 429 H 149 111
VLDL --- 30 22
On 5-15-14 they couldn't get a calculated LDL (and therefore a ratio) because my triglycerides were above 400.
At first I had mixed feelings about my cholesterol being 220 this time around because above 200 is considered high (200-240 is borderline high), yet I had dropped it another 26 points since March, so that was good. But then, since my ratio is considered good, I decided I was quite happy with the results.
For a female, a ratio of 3.27 is considered to mean that your risk to coronary heart disease is 1/2 the average. 4.44 is considered average. 7.05 is 2x average... Mine is 4.2, so my risk is average. I'll take that and be content.
My weight was 156 this morning. It was 182 back on May 15, 2014. My BMI was 31 (obese) and is currently a 26.8 (overweight). I hope to get it down to 24.9 by the end of summer so I can be out of the overweight category and into the normal weight one.
I will continue to not eat treats and get in my exercise. Now that summer vacation is here, I'll be walking more along with going to my zumba class.
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