I Am Amazed

So I have written here before about my new healthy lifestyle quest after my quadruple bypass surgery in January. You would think I would have gone on this healthy kick before the surgery but sometimes you need a wake up call and let me tell you that was one hell of a wake up call. Anyway my blood test numbers have been getting a little better every time and today I get the best numbers ever, probably the best in my entire life. From the triglycerides (84) to bad cholesterol (51) to good cholesterol (34) to heart risk ratio (1.49) everything is amazing. While the good cholesterol is still lower than I want that is up from an anemic 18 so everything is moving in the right direction. Yes some of those numbers are helped by medication, including my excellent blood sugar numbers, but a lot of that movement has also been because I am eating what I should in the amounts I should and working out 6 days a week. I feel so much better and I never thought I would actually miss a gym but I do when I don't get there. I really wish it hadn't take my chest getting torn apart to realize how I should be living before, but believe me I get it now. I am also so happy that my daughter also gets it and will hopefully never have to go through what I went through from the teasing about weight to the massive surgery.