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09 November, 2010

More Water, Please

I'm having a glass of water for breakfast.

Yesterday, I had multi-grain Cheerios for breakfast, a tuna salad salad (tuna salad on a bed of romaine) for lunch, and dry honey nut Cheerios for dinner. Dinner, by the way was partly before Candlelight rehearsal and then as much as I could swallow before 7:00.

That's right, I have fasting blood work this morning. And yesterday's meal was a feeble attempt to skew the results. Some may call it cheating, but I think it's just good sense. Plus, I had those home-made ravioli the night before last, so it's not like I've been sensible for long.

I know from a non-fasting cholesterol test I had at work that Cheerios for breakfast significantly lowered my triglycerides. I have my fingers crossed that I'll be back in the normal range without pharmaceutical intervention. Wish me luck!

...and after the blood test? McDonald's for breakfast!

2 comments:

Amy said...

LMK how that worked for you. Joel has fasting blood work on Tues. I was told it didn't matter the days before but rather in the months before.

Jamie the ParkHopper said...

My follow-up is on Weds, so I'll let you know.

Work did free cholesterol/blood sugar tests a while back, and I didn't fast for it. As a result, some of my numbers were WAY high...except my triglycerides, which were lower because I had Cheerios for breakfast that day.

I'm just hoping the numbers go down enough that the doctor doesn't try to put me on another pill.