Re: Followup - huge uptick in cholesterol

From: Preston Crawford (me_at_prestoncrawford.com)
Date: 06/25/04 

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:58:39 -0500

On 2004-06-25, Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD <andrew@heartmdphd.com> wrote:
> Preston Crawford wrote:
>>
>> On 2004-06-24, Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD <andrew@heartmdphd.com> wrote:
>> > Preston Crawford wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 2004-06-24, Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD <andrew@heartmdphd.com> wrote:
>> >> <snip>
>> >> > How did you lose the weight?
>> >>
>> >> Changed my diet dramatically and started exercising. Eventually worked my
>> >> way up to 25-30 miles a day and I was eating tons of fruits and vegetables
>> >> and whole grains and beans.
>> >
>> > Uh-oh. Don't like the "eating tons."
>>
>> That's obviously a phrase, not a literal truth. I meant my diet consisted
>> mostly of whole grains, fruits and vegetables.
>
> That phrase reveals a disregard for quantity.

I'm sorry, but that phrase reveals a disregard for needing to use the
exact language possible. Am I on the examination table or in English
class? I used a euphemism. People use them all the time. The reality was
that by "tons" I mean that was the majority of my diet, but what that
really meant was about what you're *supposed* to eat. An apple a day, an
orange a day a cup and a half of brocolli a day and some lettuce each day
with tomatoes.

>> >> No meat, rarely any dairy, no soda or candy or
>> >> sugar. So I know I've "let things go" in the sense that I've loosened up
>> >> and started eating certain things again.
>> >
>> > That's what invariably happens when you change "what" you are eating and are still
>> > "eating tons."
>> >
>> >> Mostly as a result of the high
>> >> anxiety and stress as work.
>> >
>> > Such will increase hunger.
>>
>> True.
>
> Truth is simple.

??
  
>> >> As well as, in some cases, a way to keep
>> >> myself awake when I was tired. For like a year there work was so
>> >> stressful, the hours so long and my exercise schedule (exercise helps me
>> >> sleep, keeps my anxiety in check, helps me wake up in the morning, etc.)
>> >> so out of whack that I was "needing" to eat sugar at various times of the
>> >> day to keep myself awake.
>> >
>> > This might be more the caffeine rather than the accompanying sugar water.
>>
>> Actually, because of my apnea, I haven't drank caffinated drinks or
>> alcohol for over 4 years.
>
> Folks with sleep apnea tend to be more "anaerobic" thereby
> physiologically using (and needing) more sugar.

Didn't know that.
 
>> >> I know "need" is not necessarily true, but when
>> >> you have a job you have to keep on pain of losing your house then you do
>> >> what you have to do. Eventually I lost the job anyway to layoffs and we
>> >> sold the house. Probably never should have bought the house. Anyway, I'm
>> >> off track. Need to get back on track.
>> >>
>> >
>> > The 2PD approach should help you. Would suggest you ask your doctor about it.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> You are welcome, Preston.
>
> A few words to the wise:
>
> If a "diet" comes with promises of "no hunger," requires the purchase of
> a book, and comes with recipes...
>
> ... run the other way and save your money, time, and health.

I wasn't on a diet. I changed my lifestyle. I purchased no book, save for
some vegetarian recipe (since I gradually became vegetarian when I lost
my original 150lbs., 18 of which I've gained back) books.

Preston

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