Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I want feedback on my diet and exercise as I go through the next few days. I will post what I do and you can criticize it mercilessly. I’m 48F with good blood pressure, slightly high LDL without a good HDL to balance it, no blood sugar issues, BMI 21.5, and no underlying health conditions. Main goal is maintaining and possibly getting my cholesterol ratio better.
Morning
Walk 2.5 miles - 131 bpm
Strength training - 15 minutes upper body with free weights
Two eggs with a 1/2 oz cheddar cheese
Cup of 1% milk
Cup of blueberries
Hot tea no sugar
Diet -
I would swap the 1% milk for a cup of 1% yogurt and put the blueberry in it. Add some hemp hearts and crushed walnuts or almonds in it.
Add spinach, tomatoes, onions in your eggs and cheese, use some olive oil to cook an omelette.
nuts and olive oil will help to bring up your good cholesterol number.
Exercise -
Maybe bump up the weight training for additional 5 minutes.
Great suggestions. Thank you. I planned to put spinach in my eggs but when I looked in the fridge we were all out. What are hemp hearts? I drink 1% due to saturated fat content. I switch between 1-2%.
If you do not have spinach, put zuccini. If you do not have zuccini put something else - peppers, grated carrots, grated cabbage, grated cauliflower, smashed lima beans etc. What you are trying to do is add colorful veggies and fiber. It will provide the complex carbs that you need to keep blood sugar stable, keep you full, provide the fiber to keep you regular and help to reduce cholesterol.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Your a psycho if you think you “need help” when your perfectly healthy.
Learn proper grammar if YOU'RE going to cut into someone's mental health status. YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE - learn it!
Excuse me? The post literally says “ criticize it mercilessly”.
Anonymous wrote:Milk is awful for you, linked with cancer and not so great for the animals themselves. Water or oat milk or almond milk maybe? Thinking nutritionally, I'd take the cheese out and sub more fruits and veggies.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have nothing to criticize mercilessly or otherwise.
I mean, like eat fish? Nothing you wrote would give you high LDL. You were eating something else to get it elevated.
Nope. OP here. I think my high LDL must be genetic. I’ve eaten this way for years. Never been above BMI 22 either.
Today.
Easy walk at lunch
Oatmeal with blueberries and chopped pecans with a glass of milk for breakfast.
Apple and cheese stick for lunch.
Chipotle bowl with brown rice, chicken, beans, fajita vegetables, and salsa.
Might be able to get in another walk after dinner but I think it will be raining.
Anonymous wrote:I have nothing to criticize mercilessly or otherwise.
I mean, like eat fish? Nothing you wrote would give you high LDL. You were eating something else to get it elevated.
Anonymous wrote:Dinner was chicken broccoli stir fry with white rice and a glass of milk.
I had one cookie with a neighbor as a snack.
Definitely not hungry and very few cravings.
I run because I enjoy it. I lift because I have to. I work a full-time job and cannot lift 3x a day. IMO, the best exercise is the one you do consistently. I do 10-15 mins a day of Strength Training because I hate it so much that's all I can handle. I will take any tips for ways to do it that are more fun.
I do some selection of the below with free weights most days.
Shoulder press
Bicep Curls
Tricep Extensions
Football Goal Post
Shoulder Shrugs
Planks
Curl Ups
Bicycle abs
Superman
Chest press
Chest fly
Straight arm raises to front and side
Rotator cuff with Theraband
Squats
Calf Raises
Anonymous wrote:Today so far
Jog 2.3 miles 150bpm
Strength training 18 mins
Apple with peanut butter
Glass of milk
Chicken soup
Small bowl leftover roasted veggies
Almonds
Cheese stick
Trying to move around but very busy at work today
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Your a psycho if you think you “need help” when your perfectly healthy.
Learn proper grammar if YOU'RE going to cut into someone's mental health status. YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE - learn it!
Excuse me? The post literally says “ criticize it mercilessly”.