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(17,022 posts) Tue May 13, 2025, 06:46 PM May 13

Celebrating! Cut 32 points of cholesterol and lost 13 pounds in 14 weeks. [View all]

dang doctor insisted i should go on statins.
Never even asked about my normal diet which has included TONS of cheese, eggs, butter, cream…
Next day i made two-bean dense salad (tons of veggies) and gazpacho soup, seeds and walnuts; living on that for 2/3 of my meals.
So easy to make and keep in fridge, saving time, money..
I feel much better, too. Less inflammation. Exercises are helping.

Been a great day today for lots of personal reasons.

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Celebrating! Cut 32 points of cholesterol and lost 13 pounds in 14 weeks. [View all] lostnfound May 13 OP

Congrats! karin_sj May 13 #1

Congrats, very well done! 👍👏👏👏👏👏💙💙💙💙💙good health to you! LiberalLoner May 13 #2

That's the problem, doctors have all the tools but no idea of what patients will or won't do bucolic_frolic May 13 #3

Doctors are not given much education on nutrition.. Lots of ed on drugs though..It might be hard at first and a mitch96 May 13 #22

Good job! You've succeeded at something that's very difficult Walleye May 13 #4

Congrats! SheltieLover May 13 #5

Excellent work! Good self determination! biophile May 13 #6

Congrats! That's quite an accomplishment stillcool May 13 #7

Wow..good for you Demovictory9 May 13 #8

Congratulations. We're big believer in statins for the circulatory system, which includes the brain. surfered May 13 #9

Walks, not brisk, but with dogs pulling.. lostnfound May 13 #27

Always happy to hear success stories angrychair May 13 #10

I love eggs but I really overdid it making deviled eggs... lostnfound May 13 #30

Absolutely angrychair May 13 #40

Congratulations! LoisB May 13 #11

Unless you eat an extreme level of fats. Mosby May 13 #12

Some people can control cholesterol with dietary changes, some can't Shermann May 13 #18

I have familial high cholesterol too. DNA test showed why I could never manage it sufficiently with diet alone. On LiberalLoner May 13 #33

Congrats! dflprincess May 13 #13

This I would love to hear... ultralite001 May 13 #21

Recipe. Olive oil and vinegar and fresh herbs. lostnfound May 13 #28

Thank you, thank you!!! ultralite001 May 13 #29

Added this to "CopyMeThat" app... ultralite001 May 13 #35

See recipe below.. nt lostnfound May 13 #31

Thank you! dflprincess May 13 #38

Hello, dflprincess Niagara May 14 #45

Great news. Sounds like you're doing it right. underpants May 13 #14

Yay! Years ago i totally changed my diet for six. mos due to cholesterol. Blood Karadeniz May 13 #15

That's how you do it! pandr32 May 13 #16

Congratulations 🎉👏 MustLoveBeagles May 13 #17

Congrats! iemanja May 13 #19

That's TERRIFIC, lostnfound!!! calimary May 13 #20

Congrats on that! sdfernando May 13 #23

A virtual high five to you. Earl_from_PA May 13 #24

Congratulations! markodochartaigh May 13 #25

Well done! gademocrat7 May 13 #26

I heard doctors get 0-2 weeks nutrition Tree Lady May 13 #32

Great work! Pinback May 13 #34

Glad you lost those pounds! True Dough May 13 #36

Good on you! boonecreek May 13 #37

Congrats, that's impressive! Feels good I bet. Nt lostnfound May 14 #47

That's awesome! Congratulations! nt Phoenix61 May 13 #39

Excellent! electric_blue68 May 14 #41

I once lost 15 pounds in one week on the Cabbage Soup Diet. Emile May 14 #42

Way to go, lostnfound! Niagara May 14 #43

Beans, whole grains, veges Clouds Passing May 14 #44

Damn!! Ya make me proud, and jealous. a kennedy May 14 #46

For anybody serious about weight loss justaprogressive May 15 #48