Journal de DMark, 20 déc. 07

I wish you much luck DMark!! You can do it ... just remember to stay focused and talk yourself through tough moments or temptations. Be your own coach!! Remember, the longer you put off cheating, the less likely you are to do it!! 

This is your wake up call. You can ignore it and most likely shorten your life, or you can change your lifestyle and be healthy. This may be exactly the motivating factor that you need to get going. Whenever you are tempted by unhealthy foods just ask yourself if eating it is worth shortening your life. For me that answer is a big, fat NO!! Ask your doctor to allow you some time to try and fix this with diet and exercise (say, 3 months). If you still have the cholesterol problems after that amount of time you may want to consider taking a cholesterol lowering drug. Some folks just can't get their numbers where they should be with diet and exercise alone and need the extra help by taking the statins. Good luck, you really can do this!! 

That's what got me motivated too, I really want to be healthy. My CRP was high too this year for the first time ever. Hopefully this helps. 

Thank you all for the words of encouragment. I'm going ahead and setting my new start date for Induction. I'm not waiting for Jan 1st 2008. My plan is do exactly what slease recommended. I plan to loose 40 lbs by April 1st. This should automatically bring my cholesterol down and blood pressure under control. Again, Thanks... 

My cholesterol went from 237 to 187 after 3 months on Atkins. You can do it. Try some of the great recipes here to keep things interesting. My blood pressure also went from 140/90 to 120/85.