Originally Posted by
Bikey Mikey
As a diabetic, the threshold for cholesterol limit is significantly lower than non-diabetics. If I weren't diabetic, I wouldn't need to take meds for cholesterol, but I am and I do. I will say cycling got me off one of the meds and reduced the dosage of the other.
It's responsible for getting me completely off of blood pressure and cholesterol medication. My cholesterol level was high and my LDL/HDL and triglyceride levels were all in the toilet and I was 30 pounds overweight. I started taking the medications just about the time I got back into cycling and that's been just over three years ago. Because of cycling, I have been off the medications now for over a year. Losing 35 pounds now puts me in the middle of the weight range for my size. Everything is fine and the numbers keep getting better. However, along with the cycling, I did change what and how much I ate. I no longer eat at fast food places, like BK and MacD, and I quit drinking soft-drinks. When eating at home, I still eat everything I used to, just not as much. The easiest part through all of this was the cycling. The hardest was changing the eating habits.