“Yep. I get that reaction from every statin on the market.
Guess what? Niacin works.”
me too. i started niacin and red rice yeast and it was slowly dropping. in march went on SPARKPEOPLE, really watched how much i ate (and snacked) and got at least 5 hours of biking, racquetball, walking, and/or yoga. i cook so i ate well but watched portions and did a lot of seafood and chicken and very little bread (because i didn’t want to waste my calories there). lost 22 pounds today amd my total dropped from 210 to 170 everything else went down a lot, hdl is in the 70s and i have a new way of eating that isn’t a diet and easy to sustain. shooting for 190 by thanksgiviing.
Can you comment?
I've combined Atkins and cardio (600 calories worth a day) and weight lifting 5 or six days a week.
I've dropped 20 or 22 lbs. since the Minnesota MS 150 ride in June.
Aiming for 200 as an initial goal, then stretch goal of 190 or 195.
It seems that my weight comes off in steps or plateaus: with each one, I level off, then *suddenly* I lose 3-5 pounds in a week. Almost as though each stratum of fat acts as ablative shielding against weight loss ;-)
Cheers!