I have to admit I'm a little stunned. It wasn't nearly as bad as I had feared. My total cholesterol was 207. That's the lowest I've ever had it tested at. I should be able to drop that just by diet and exercise. I really don't know what I was expecting, but I was afraid it was going to be much worse than that. That's borderline high. If anything, my blood pressure was worse than my cholesterol, but I can bring it down, too. Time is still on my side.
(For those of you thinking of course time is still on my side, because I'm only 26, put this into perspective: at age 26, my dad's [and grandfather's] life was already over halfway over. That is why I stress that heart disease prevention should start as early as possible.)
Total: 207
HDL: 45 (good)
LDL: 144 (a little bit too high but manageable)
Triglycerides: 93 (really good, that's what surprised me the most)
BP: 132/96 (systolic number is a little high, diastolic is too high so I need to work on lowering that)
I'm not completely pleased, but this is going to be much easier to bring down than I thought.
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