So Surprised, I Could Cry

I went for blood work Friday to see how I am doing on this EAT MORE FAT, EAT LESS CARBS lifestyle I've been messing with and oh, my gosh. I was stunned just to see the cover letter:

"Dear Wendy Edwards,

Your labs show your cholesterol is actually a little better than it was in the past. Your thyroid studies show your body is maintaining circulating thyroid by stimulating the gland more. Your B12 level is on the low side, so increasing foods that have B12 or taking a supplement would help."

That was from Dr. N.

....did that just say my CHOLESTEROL is BETTER?! I read the results. My cholesterol is at 179.

My HDL is 35 <<- a bit TOO low. I think that will improve with exercise.
My LDL is 109 <<-- not bad! not GREAT but much better than my brain anticipated, eating bacon and sausage and meaty things.
My Triglycerides are 177 <<-- According to the American Heart Association, this is slightly above normal.

Still. These numbers are shocking to my sense of what's realistic.

And my THYROID is stimulating itself a little more? For someone who's been diagnosed with hypothyroidism that is the BEST. NEWS. EVER. I'm completely thrilled.

I happen to think the high BP from the other day really was the cheesy potato rush, but I am going to continue to take the Lisonopril until I'm comfortable going without it.

Today, Barb increased my workout sets from two to three. NOT GOOD NEWS BECAUSE IT HURTS.

But, in all, this is very, very good news.

Say yay with me. :)

Down a Pound!

And I'm just about to "break a ten" - what I say when I bust through a tens spot on the scale and move down in weight (hopefully to never see those higher numbers again!) I hope to have broken it by next week. That will be stellar. STELLAR, I say. Do people still use "stellar"? Maybe I'm a dork.

One down...a billion to go!

I stayed on course and swerved to go to the gym today instead of coming straight home. This was progress. If it's the only thing I do the entire day that feels like progress, then it was. I'm so glad I did it. I hesitate to call myself "Back on Track" so I'll just say yay a tiny bit. I need a tiny yay right now. :)