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Are you worried about your cholesterol?

Americans on the average do not care what they put into their collective fat faces. They mostly eat a lot of garbage and then complain when they get cancer or other health complications.

I do my best to eat as well as I can, to exercise regularly so as not to be a drain on society via health complications.
Nope. You will be a drain by living too goddamn long.

Make way for the next generation and just die already.
 
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In general your health is determined by three factors. Genetics, environment factors( which includes your lifestyle, activity, etc) and nutrition. First one you can't do nothing about, it's the second and third which can be influenced to some degree.
 
In general your health is determined by three factors. Genetics, environment factors( which includes your lifestyle, activity, etc) and nutrition. First one you can't do nothing about, it's the second and third which can be influenced to some degree.

Great post.
 
I am very blessed in this regard. I eat whatever I want, when I want as much as I want and I have great cholesterol, blood pressure and am actually under wieght by 20-30 lbs. no allergies.

So far all 3 daughters appear to be the same way. Youngest is allergic to peaches though.
 
I am very blessed in this regard. I eat whatever I want, when I want as much as I want and I have great cholesterol, blood pressure and am actually under wieght by 20-30 lbs. no allergies.

So far all 3 daughters appear to be the same way. Youngest is allergic to peaches though.

You are such a lucky terd.

I'm decent enough not to be on meds for cholesterol, and the last visit recorded the highest good cholesterol in 4 years.

I do have high blood pressure that's managed with medication.

Weight has always been a struggle for me, as growing up my parents drove 0 thought into real nutrition into my brain. Fighting that programming is tough. :(

But on the bright side, I'm only allergic to tetanus.
 
Weight has always been a struggle for me, as growing up my parents drove 0 thought into real nutrition into my brain. Fighting that programming is tough. :(

Absolutely it is. As hard as fighting an addiction to a drug.

I have a friend who is from St. Louis. A cycling buddy. Anyway, he does not come from good stock. Both his parents are of the large variety and his Dad, as of late, has been sick a lot. His Dad eats mid western garbage and doesn't exercise. The inevitability of sickness was high. Anyway, I think seeing his Dad sick scared him and while he cycled a lot and exercised, he didn't eat well. Then one day he went vegan (currently just vegetarian) and he dropped weight in unbelievable fashion. He was almost unrecognizable. His cholesterol settled and he felt better than he has in forever. But it takes dedication and it's super ****ing hard.
 
You are such a lucky terd.

I'm decent enough not to be on meds for cholesterol, and the last visit recorded the highest good cholesterol in 4 years.

I do have high blood pressure that's managed with medication.

Weight has always been a struggle for me, as growing up my parents drove 0 thought into real nutrition into my brain. Fighting that programming is tough. :(

But on the bright side, I'm only allergic to tetanus.

Worried about body issues with my thin oldest daughter to be honest. Starting to get a little worried to be honest. We all have are different struggles. Food simply is not a problem for me even though I really enjoy cooking.

I struggle with other vices.
 
Worried about body issues with my thin oldest daughter to be honest. Starting to get a little worried to be honest. We all have are different struggles. Food simply is not a problem for me even though I really enjoy cooking.

I struggle with other vices.

Man, that's tough stuff. Best wishes in your's and your daughter's direction.

I think body issues is part and parcel of being a teenage girl for the most part, unfortunately. My 18 year old daughter struggles with weight issues the other way, but so far it hasn't had too strong of an effect on her self-esteem. It helps that she is very outgoing, very smart, and very cute regardless of her weight, so she has had no shortage of boyfriends over the years. She is starting to be more concerned about it since she started college and it seems every single girl on the campus at UNR is a thin super-model or athletic-type, so she feels very self-conscious. I can confirm that it seems that is all I see on campus there when I shuttle her back and forth for classes. I don't think I have seen more than a handful of heavy coeds there, that campus is definitely skewed toward fit and thin.

So she started weight watchers with her mother, but she just hates eating vegetables and love panda express way too much.

It is tough either way, but society sure does seem to push women toward an unrealistic ideal, and the vitriol that comes their way is ridiculous at times.
 
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