High Cholesterol - Weight Loss Moves

What happened to me over the past week was an eye opener. I finally decided, after four years, to go to the doctor. Last month was health month for me since I not only went to the dentist a million times to fix some teeth issues, but I went to see my primary care doctor for the first time ever. I've been living in Florida for about four years now and never went to see him. Anyway, the point is that I finally went and low and behold, I have issues. Sadly, they relate to my weight gain since I moved here. I have never had health issues before, but high cholesterol is definitely one of those issues I'm glad I know I have now. Why?

It is an even greater incentive to lose the weight I've been struggling to lose. I had been avoiding going to the doctor not because I thought something was wrong with me, but because of insurance issues. My husband and I both have insurance through his job, but he has needed it more than me, so I hesitated to use up my portion of the deductible so that he could use it if necessary. Lately though, he's gotten a little better and so I decided to take advantage of my portion. If you ever want to get an insurance comparison, let me tell you that I am very happy with my dental insurance under MetLife. I understand that it is the best there is out there. As far as health insurance goes, I had Blue Cross and that was awesome. Aetna isn't all that, but it's o.k. I do seem to be going into my pocket more than I expected.

Anyway, the bottom line of this blog is that I now know that I have high cholesterol and have to bring it down and quickly. I have already started towards that goal and will be going back to the doctor in six weeks. I hope he can tell me things are better then, because let me tell you, I'm not going to take medication. I have to do something so that taking meds doesn't become part of my routine. I feel less than 100% now that I've got a health issue, but I know it could be worse. That's it for now. I'll keep you informed.