So....

The doctor's office called me yesterday about my blood work which surprised me how fast they got the results back, but anyway, I forget exactly what they said other than everything looked okay except my triglycerides are still too high so take fish oil pills twice a day (which I've already been doing for a few years now) and continue to cut carbs. The only good thing is that I don't have to actually go in for my appointment next week since it was just to go over the results and they gave them to me over the phone.

So....what to eat? Is my morning oatmeal (supposed to cut cholesterol) too many carbs? How about yogurt, that seems to have a lot of carbs listed on the label. Beans? They have a lot of carbs too but also fiber. Do I just eat chicken and lettuce? Maybe some cottage cheese in there ? I have to watch the sugars, too, so that eliminates a lot of lower carb things that have too much sugar, like fruit, so...

Besides no bread, pasta, rice or potatoes, what else am I not supposed to eat?

I was doing a little more research on a diet to lower triglycerides and while there isn't a whole lot of information I've found yet (will do more searching today) I did get the impression that sugar is the main culprit, not fat like you would think. So while I'm looking at one site that I found that just basically said to eat fish and vegetables, both kind of yuk as far as I'm concerned, there is this big huge ad right in the middle of all the text that I'm trying to read and this is what I see.


Is that rude or what to have this big ad for a big juicy hamburger on a big carb laden bun staring me in the face while I'm trying to research a low carb lowering your triglycerides diet? Yes, it's RUDE and CRUEL!

Anyway.

Bear was laying on our bed yesterday and along comes Mimi to snuggle up next to Bear's chubby cuddly body. They really like our blanket, it's so soft and cushy but you have to be careful because it's usually full of static. The other night I was throwing it off of me because it gets too hot and you could see all sorts of blue sparks flashing. I haven't taken any pictures of them lately since when cats get older they get kind of lazy and boring and all the pictures kind of look the same because they are just laying around, but...

Here are some new pictures of the girls.



And now it is once again time to go clean their cat box. Again.

No More Bread?

Or potatoes, pasta, and rice?

Keith and I went back to the doctor yesterday afternoon for our follow ups on our blood draws and we both have too much fat in our blood (and on our bodies) and our cholesterol is too high and have to eliminate starch from our diets. Like bread. I love bread. What the heck else do you eat for lunch if it's not a sandwich?

Salad? Yeah, salads are great as long as you can have some BREAD with them.

Soup? Same thing, you need some BREAD along with that soup.

Rolled up lunch meat with cheese inside and no BREAD? Sounds good, but when did a rolled up piece of lunch meat with cheese inside ever really fill you up?

Eggs? Sure, eggs are great when you've got some TOASTED BREAD to go with them.

A hamburger patty? Much better on a HAMBURGER BUN MADE OUT OF BREAD!

Arghh.

Then even without the bread we've got to make sure the other stuff we eat isn't too high in cholesterol. Like eggs. And hamburger patties. And salad dressing. And cheese. And lunch meat.

Arghh.

We also need to exercise more, so after dinner last night, which was leftover chicken enchiladas which we'll probably never get to eat again because of the tortillas, and low carb tortillas are not an option, because have you ever TASTED one of those, I made Keith go for a bike ride around the neighborhood. I really enjoyed it, but he went under protest. I reminded him of the days when we went bike riding all the time and remember how enjoyable that was and is this really all that bad and don't you feel better for getting a little exercise and fresh air?

He does have a good excuse for not wanting to do anything, though. His testosterone levels are way way low, and have been way way low for quite a while now, and not having enough testosterone in a man's body causes them to be tired, cranky, irritable, gain weight easily, have bone loss, and lots and lots of other things. So, despite the INCREDIBLY high cost of the meds, he is going to start using a testosterone cream that you put on your shoulders and arms each day that will fix that low testosterone thing and hopefully renew his energy and in general make him feel much better. And not so darn cranky.

We'll see.

And wish us luck on the no bread thing. Keith's favorite snack after work is nachos and chips are like even more evil than bread, so...