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Last night, [livejournal.com profile] rufinia came over to do latin stuff with [livejournal.com profile] kestrell. Of course, her favorite way of studying latin seems to be to do it in front of Buffy, so we put on some season 6 eps that she had missed the first time around :-)

After she went home, I played a few more hours of Dark Cloud 2. Which I really must write more about, if I get the time... Lost about a half hour of progress due to foolishly not saving before entering a dangerous area. Took that as a good indicator that it was time for bed.

Got up early and skipped breakfast, so that I could go to the clinic and get my cholesterol level tested. I foresee dietary angst in my near future.

But not until after [livejournal.com profile] rickthfightguy's wedding, at least! This morning, I finally (re-)tracked down the last few bits of info I should need to actually get to the right place in time for the ceremony. Tonight, must pack. And unpack. That is, remove anything from my backpack which is extraneous weight, or seems likely to get me in trouble with Homeland Security. I like flying in planes, but I like airports even less these days than formerly...

curiosity

Date: 2004-06-26 02:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cvirtue.livejournal.com
Tibor, do you have high scores on c-reactive and homocysteine?

Re: curiosity

Date: 2004-06-26 06:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] goldsquare.livejournal.com
Ah, but the question should be - what was it like when you had progressive heart disease, and what is it now?

Before (and I am not checking my medical records - going from memory) it was something like total chol=240, LDL 150, HDL=15, triglycerides 420, homocysteine and c-reactive not recalled but quite bad. Note the PROFOUNDLY BAD ratio of LDL to HDL.

Nowadays it's more like total=150, LDL=70, HDL=30, triglycerides 200+,
homcysteine 5.8, c-reactive I don't recall. LDL/HDL rations within human limits. (:-) Triglycerides still too high.

I'm not so worried about the triglycerides, being that I am on a vegetarian diet and that I am not the least bit insulin resistant. If I control my sugar intake, the triglycerides lower appropriately. But, then again, if I lower my sugar intake, I am always disturbingly hungry and eating huge volumes.

(I realize I'm food-geeking) My total calorie intake hovers between 2400 and 2600 calories per day - if it goes much lower I can lose weight as fast as a pound a day. That's quite a high metabolism.

If you take out fats and meats (as I have) and then remove sugars, you have reduced my calorie density to very low levels - and I have to eat between 4 and 5 vegetarian meals per day, plus snacks, to get the calories in. I found that unworkable.

I eat like a bird - 2-3 times by body weight in food, every day. (:-)

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