What are you having for breakfast?

[Steel Icarus]

Two Weetabix, covered in milk and left until soggy
Two boiled eggs, not runny but not powdery. Sticky.
Two slices of toast (unfinished, disposed of by dog).

 

[sojourner]

Overnight oats made with oat milk, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, cherries, pecans and maple syrup.

 

[Aladdin]

Toast cheddar cheese & marmalade
Coffee

 

[Tankus]

Double egg banjo and a double espresso on the mountain, in the clouds.

 

[polly]

Still munching through the panettone, so a piece of that with tooth butter. When it's finished I will address my saturated fat consumption :/

 

[sojourner]

Still munching through the panettone, so a piece of that with tooth butter. When it's finished I will address my saturated fat consumption :/

Ha! Come on then, what was your total serum figure? And your LDL. Now that we are old, we will find it fascinating conversation

I did a fasted blood test on Xmas eve and the bastard total still came to 6.9! I have to do yet another, so am hoping the gargantuan amount of sat fat choccy I nommed over xmas will have receded a bit by the end of the month!

 

[polly]

Ha! Come on then, what was your total serum figure? And your LDL. Now that we are old, we will find it fascinating conversation

I did a fasted blood test on Xmas eve and the bastard total still came to 6.9! I have to do yet another, so am hoping the gargantuan amount of sat fat choccy I nommed over xmas will have receded a bit by the end of the month!

It's only borderline: total figure was 5.8 and LDL was 3.6.

When's your next one? How quickly does it react to diet etc? Cos I also really went for it over Christmas on the food and wine front Am hoping a couple of months of BAU will bring it under the limit.

 

[sojourner]

It's only borderline: total figure was 5.8 and LDL was 3.6.

When's your next one? How quickly does it react to diet etc? Cos I also really went for it over Christmas on the food and wine front Am hoping a couple of months of BAU will bring it under the limit.

Meh, that's nowt!

28th Jan. Bad news is that it can take 3 - 6 months for dietary changes to have any effect. What's BAU?

 

[polly]

Meh, that's nowt!

28th Jan. Bad news is that it can take 3 - 6 months for dietary changes to have any effect. What's BAU?

It's not high but I eat pretty well (apart from the butter thing) and don't usually drink much so I'm a bit put out!

Oh that's a bit soon. Are you taking anything for it? Bau is business as usual

 

[sojourner]

It's not high but I eat pretty well (apart from the butter thing) and don't usually drink much so I'm a bit put out!

Oh that's a bit soon. Are you taking anything for it? Bau is business as usual

Mate, everything I do and eat* is supposed to lower bad cholesterol and increase the good, so yeh, I get it!

I take a daily plant sterol. Really don't want to take statins. I've had high cholesterol for over a decade but just lately it's shot up. Thanks, menopause. Yet another gift.



*bar the weekend spliffage, obv

 

[polly]

Mate, everything I do and eat* is supposed to lower bad cholesterol and increase the good, so yeh, I get it!

I take a daily plant sterol. Really don't want to take statins. I've had high cholesterol for over a decade but just lately it's shot up. Thanks, menopause. Yet another gift.



*bar the weekend spliffage, obv

God it's so shit isn't it. Just the biggest injustice after a lifetime of being a slave to your hormones. Sending your arteries big healthy thoughts x