Anyways, went to the Dr this week to get bloodwork looked at, physical, etc. Some good news on that front. My fasting glucose is a little high, but my HbA1C is great. Interestingly, after I eat, my glucose comes down. Told the Dr that and she just hmmed. I guess I get no theories from her as to why. Good thing is, we are not going to have to do anything about the glucose stuff for now. Yippee! Besides, I'm already doing everything they would tell me to do if I was becoming diabetic. I'm losing weight (25 lbs so far!), exercising a lot and not eating any refined carbs or sugar. Not sure where I could go from that.
Another interesting result from the labs was my lipid panel. (These numbers are from this month and 8 months previous.) My total cholesterol went from 181 to 165. Triglycerides went from 82 to 29! The Dr tells me to take fish oil capsules for this because it's now below normal. But from what I can tell, there is no danger in having triglycerides below normal. So boo to her, I'm not taking capsules. Blech! And lastly, my VLDL (the very bad cholesterol) went from 16 to 6. I'm happy with my numbers. And I think I have to attribute it all to my diet. I've always exercised like a maniac and not seen much change. 7 months ago I started cutting carbs out of my diet and I think that (for me at least) the numbers speak for themselves. Not to mention how great I've felt on this diet. It's a keeper! :)
