Help! Just had bloodwork. It's bad. Chol hi, trig hi, even sugar inching up. Need

[Nay]

some encouraging stories about ppl who've lost weight and had all their numbers fall into the normal range.

Some background: I've nearly always been 10-15 lbs overweight, but for the past 15 years I've been 50-60 lbs overweight. At first, the only number out of whack was the cholesterol -- hi total, low good, hi bad. But not so bad the doc wanted me on meds. Fasting sugar has always been in the 85-95 range, perfectly normal -- until last time. It was 118. And all the other numbers are worse, too. In other words, the dreaded

METABOLIC SYNDROME.

I'm female, 57 yrs old, 5'6", and weigh 187. I should weigh, at the most, 154, and I think 144 would be better.

I would like to hear from any of you who have had similar high numbers and, through weight loss, made those numbers go back to normal. I'm quite well-educated on nutrition, but am one of those unfortunate folks for whom food is a great comfort and pleasure. If I am to lose 40-50 lbs., I'd sure like to hear some personal testimonies (WITH BLOODWORK NUMBERS, IF POSSIBLE) to the effectiveness of normal weight in producing decent bloodwork numbers.

I need encouragement!

[helderheid]

1. I hope this helps

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=337&topic_id=3805&mesg_id=3805

[Mollis]

2. My dad

was pretty overweight for a while. Really high blood pressure runs in the family, so he always had it. His dad died from a heart attack, his brother from a stroke. He had pretty high cholesterol (sorry, not sure of the exact numbers), and a lot of trouble with his heart rate.
He quite smoking and drinking (he was an alcoholic) and picked up bike riding, gym membership, and eating healthier. He has lost...well...a lot of weight. Something like 50 pounds, I believe. Everything has gone down since then. He does bloodwork regularly because of the family history. The last time he did a stress test be passed with flying colors.
You can do it! :D
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