SteveRuff wrote:

In response to those that asked:

I do take the meds and that is the one thing I am disappointed about. My doctor, bless his heart, said that my numbers were SO good that he didn't see any reason to change anything!!! You can't win with him. Bad numbers get you on the meds...good numbers keep you on them!

I am taking Vytorin 10/40 for the cholesterol. My diet consists of mainly extra virgin olive oil and I usually spray that from a pump up spray bottle. If I must have butter I use Smart Balance Light in both the spray and the tub.

My breads are whole grain or whole wheat at the very least. I rarely eat a potato but I do have sweet potatoes every now and then. I eat brown rice instead of white. I have found that cooking it 45 minutes with 2.5 to 1 water to rice instead of 2 to 1 and 25 minutes like white rice makes it almost as tender.

I eat a lot of green vegetables...broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, fresh spinach. At least one and usually 2 with every main meal. We have a salad or soup before most meals. Breakfast is almost always a whole grain English muffin, with a spray of butter and sugar free preserves.

We eat fish, shellfish, or chicken/turkey for 80% of our meals. I try to have one nice steak a week, or sometimes one hamburger (94/6)on a Natures Own sugar free whole grain bun. Instead of fries I will usually fix oven "fried" zucchini rounds with fat free ranch dressing to dip them in.

I do a 45 minute weight lifting routine 3/4 times a week and try to walk at least 30 minutes the other days...I will use the treadmill if the weather is bad.