EGG WHITES - not all they're cracked up to be ...

ok, so yesterday, i found out that i am suffering from high cholesterol. not SUPER high, mind you, i'm like 238 and the cut off is 200 (i believe), but, high enough that i need to bring it down (sigh).

i found this out b/c i took a blood test at my doctors office and they MAILED me the results.

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ok, how impersonal is a MAILED medical report, with a hand-written note from my doctor saying, "hey, that's high", with an attached pamphlet on things to eat to bring down my cholesterol. i mean, i have insurance, she did get paid like $100 at least, and she only saw me for like 10 minutes, hell, she didn't draw my blood or anything, she just said "hey, let's test your blood". i mean, why NOT a call? was she that absolutely busy? i know that, she took time to glance at the report, so why not call while she's looking at it and say, "hey, eat some egg whites dummy!". i'm just saying ... a LITTLE bedside manner goes a long way ... but, back to my saga (and yes, i've decided that my life is a saga) ...
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ok, so like i said, on the pamphlet included with my test results, were instructions on how to try and bring down my cholesterol. one suggestion was allowing only two egg whites per week in my diet. so, i tried that this morning. instead of one whole egg, i ate two egg whites. scrambled. with salt and pepper (my sodium levels were normal). and uh, that was not so good.

now, i'm not sure if i missed the yolk itself, or the IDEA of the yolk (which, i think is the best part of a boiled egg) but scrambled egg whites were kinda yucky-bland.

and yes, there were other suggestions included on the handy-dandy pamphlet, however, i figured that i would start slowly and then work my way up to a cholesterol sensible diet.

geesh, like i don't have enough to think about already ...

to diet, or not to diet, that's the question ...

ok, about 3-4 weeks ago, i started the atkins diet. and i am ACTUALLY losing weight. no, unfortunately, it wasn't my "bright idea" to try atkins. a friend of mine went on it and spoke so HIGHLY of it, that i thought that i would give it a try.

she got all scientific with it and measured and weighed everything before and during -- i'm just kinda plodding through, very unceremoniously. BUT, although she's way cooler than i am, it's WORKING!

today, i am wearing a pair of pants that use to be snug, and now, they aren't. i can actually sit down and the pants don't do a stranglehold on my thighs (the ladies might know what i'm talking about. it's the phenomenon where your pants fit ok until you sit down and the spread of the thigh takes up all the room in the pant-leg ... ).

anyway, sure, i crave cupcakes and cake (i even had a food dream where i ate a cupcake and swallowed it, then realized i was on a diet -- i can't even DREAM about food. that's upsetting to say the least).

anyway, i'm pleased with the whole low carb/no carb diet.

well, the results, at least.

see what happens when you bow to peer pressure?