Starting Over

I wish I could say I was being dramatic with my title, but I don't feel dramatic at all. In fact I'm still pretty overwhelmed and emotional about it all.

 A few weeks ago I forced sent M in for his physical. This guy, I tell ya. What a pain in the butt he can be. It was his first doctor appointment in YEARS. And he fought me long and hard about going. But I'm praising God that he did. He went for some blood work and found out yesterday that his cholesterol levels are extremely high. For someone who's pretty active, not overweight and only 31, I was pretty shocked. Cholesterol is something I've heard my grandparents talk about....not people in my age group. We don't eat a lot of red meat. Infact, we barely eat it once a week. We're chicken people. And then add in the fact that the person who HAS the high cholesterol is my husband, my best friend, the father of my baby? I've been a hot damn mess.

So I researched stuff online and asked some friends and got some really awesome advice. Like really awesome. I honestly can't even tell Kelli & Melissa thank you enough. I was able to find 7 books at the local library to read through and get more information about high cholesterol and get recipes from the American Heart Association cookbooks. M was put on meds immediately and goes into the doctor for a followup after a couple months on the meds. 

So today, kinda starts our "starting over." I made a low sodium, vegetable tofu stirfry and am working on incorporating some of our other favorite foods into the menu as well. I haven't had my own cholesterol tested yet so that's in the future as well. Life is short as it is. I can't imagine not making it thru it just because I didn't make a few changes here and there when I could.