I dig up old weight and blood profile data on myself- SHOCKING!

YEAR AGE WEIGHT COMMENTS
1968
1969 1
1970 2
1971 3
1972 4
1973 5 44 lbs height 46"
1974 6
1975 7
1976 8 ate TONS of ding dongs, ho ho's, pop, pasta, carbs as a kid!
1977 9
1978 10 82lbs height 57"
1979 11
1980 12
1981 13 130 height 65" Started high school- getting a little pudgy
1982 14
1983 15
1984 16 163
1985 17 193 started lifting weights- self esteem boost - grad high school
1986 18 drank lots of beer in college. had a few periods where I lifted weights
1987 19
1988 20
1989 21 205?
1990 22 210 became vegetarian-2 years graduated college
1991 23 236 became vegetarian-2 years Cholesterol 160 HDL too low
1992 24 260 I gained 50 pounds going vegetarian!
1993 25 245 exercising more, lost a little, jogged/stairs, cardio
1994 26 270
1995 27 280 july-Cholesterol 198 Triglyceride 150
1996 28 305 Remember thinking "if I ever hit 300 lbs. I'll quit eating!" Didn't do that though!
1997 29 315? Oct 97-pre weight loss doctor test results Cholesterol 171, HDL low 30 Triglyceride 156
saw weight loss doctor- medications, SSRI, low carb, lost weight (20-40 lbs?). Over time, medication less effective, and I dropped off. Should have realized the low carb is what was losing the weight, not the medication!
1998 30
1999 31
2000 32 gaining weight in these years
2001 33
2002 34 My highest weight? Don't know- stopped weighing myself
2003 35 Cholesterol 167, HDL 23 (ratio 7.3- BAD!) Triglycerides 131 (uric acid high, iron is low)

2004 36 360-down to 336 in june/july doing Atkins /lost weight on atkins over a month or two, then met my girlfriend. Went off low carb, gained back weight because new girlfriend talked me out of Atkins!

2005 37 336-360? gained back weight I lost. Don't know my highest weight

2006 38 360?-307 lost on atkins/paleo, estimated. Doctor's visit in spring- test results - blood profile not too bad, but blood sugar 134. Over 126 is indicative of diabetes. Also, blood pressure too high. Kind of blew this off, but started reading more about diabetes, and realized how serious this blood sugar reading was. Bought a meter, and started testing myself, and realized my blood sugar could be WAY higher! Sometimes it was over 200! In October I started back on Atkins and started walking every day. Lost weight and improved blood sugar big time. Went back to doctor 3 months later, and things had improved. I went from 338-307 in 2 months. I then got lazy again until April of 2007. I actually gained back 10 lbs between december 06 and april 07.

2007 39 340-277 lost on atkins/paleo, Period Nov 2006-July 2007.
From April 1-July 8, went from 318-277, doing my most paleo diet yet, and walking.
Weigh less now than I have in 12 years!

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It is believed that the triglycerides/HDL ratio is one of the most potent predictors of heart disease. It is generally considered that if this number is below 2 the person is generally at a low risk of heart disease. So, the lower your triglycerides, or the higher your HDL, the smaller this ratio becomes.

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Some physicians and cholesterol technicians use the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol in place of the total blood cholesterol. The ratio is obtained by dividing the HDL cholesterol level into the total cholesterol. For example, if a person has a total cholesterol of 200 mg/dL and an HDL cholesterol level of 50 mg/dL, the ratio would be 4:1. The goal is to keep the ratio below 5:1; the optimum ratio is 3.5:1.

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HDL levels have an inverse relationship with coronary heart disease. The ability of HDL to predict the development of coronary atherosclerosis has been estimated to be four times greater than LDL and eight times greater than TC. Treatment is recommended for those with a HDL level below 40 mg/dL. An HDL of 60 mg/dL is considered protection against heart disease.

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Ratio of total Cholesterol to HDL
Risk Men Women
Very low (1/2 average) <3.4 <3.3
Low risk 4.0 3.8
Average risk 5.0 4.5
Moderate risk (2x average) 9.5 7.0
High risk (3x risk) >23 >11

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The two most important are the HDL/Cholesterol and Triglyceride/HDL ratios. Generally the HDL ratio should be above 25 and preferably in the 30s. If it is in the 40s, that nearly guarantees immunity from heart disease. Whereas if it is below 15, and certainly below 10, a heart attack is inevitable. To calculate the ratio simply divide your TOTAL cholesterol by your HDL and multiply by 100 (move the decimal point over two places to the right). It is just a matter of when, not if, it will happen. The triglyceride ratio should be below 2.0.

I think he means divide HDL by total cholesterol?

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Protective Warning

Total Cholesterol / HDL Less than 4.2 4.3 and higher

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Triglycerides
Less than 150 mg/dL Normal
150 - 199 mg/dL Borderline
200 - 499 mg/Dl High
More than 500 mg/Dl Very high