Okay...for quite some time now I have been eating whole grains, no sugar, no refined flour, lots of veggies - pretty much the whole foods way. Got my lab results in yesterday. HDL (good cholesterol) is 36 (should be 55-60 for women). I'm doing the treadmill at 2.3 MPH for 35 minutes 5 days a week. Everything that a person is supposed to do to get their HDL up I have already been doing. Medication is not an option. So....anyone else have this problem too? If so, what did you do to get this number up?
Also thrown in the mix is hypothyroidism which she is trying to get regulated but cannot seem to find the right dose for me. So, this in turn makes weight loss harder.
Also, it seems the scales are stuck for me right now. You can see my FitDay journal if you want to take a look to see if I'm missing something. I know there are times of plateaus, but this soon? I think I'm overlooking something and I'm getting frustrated. I do 1500 cal a day or less. I won't go below 1200, although the doctor that gave me the lab results wants me to do 1000. I already struggle to stay satisfied with 1500. Any tips or advice? I don't want to give up, and in the past this has been what has caused me to throw in the towel - not seeing results. I'm not about to go there this time, but I do want to resolve this as soon as possible.
Thanks, everyone. I appreciate you taking the time to read this. This isn't a "I'm depressed" post, but rather a call for help and advice to avoid falling into depression because I already know that won't take me anywhere but to the bottom. Not going there this time!