Cholesterol Experiment Intro
I’m 44, six feet tall and weigh 185 pounds. I’ve been physically active all my adult life. I watch what I eat (not squeaky clean, but I bet I’m close to 80%), do cardio 3x a week (2 mile run), and do resistance training 3x a week (compound lifts, medium-heavy weight). I’ve been doing this for my entire adult life and probably haven’t gone longer than 2 weeks straight at a time away from the gym in the last 28 years.
Despite this lifestyle, I have high cholesterol, high LDL and low HDL. The family doctor says it’s genetic (family history of high cholesterol, high blood pressure and cadriovascular disease) and wants to put me on Lipitor. I DON’T want to be on a statin. The thought of having to take a pill every day the rest of my life doesn’t appeal to me, and I’ve also read some pretty bad stories about the side effects of statins.
I don’t think there’s much more I can do in the exercise/diet department, so I did a bunch of research on supplements and found some recommendations. In the interest of others who have high cholesterol despite a healthy lifestyle, I thought I’d post my progress and results here.
I had blood drawn today and will get my cholesterol results next Wednesday, which I will post. Those results will be the baseline.
I’m going to start my supplement regimen tomorrow morning and run it for a month, then get my cholesterol tested again at the end of November. I’ll try to keep a daily food log as well, and post my workouts and body weight.
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