Hi everyone, first post here. I'm Cara, 38, I work the front desk at a dental office and have two kids who treat vegetables like a personal insult. I've been counting calories on and off since my twenties, which is where the username came from, and after my last physical I finally decided to deal with the 30-ish pounds that crept on after my second kid. I mostly lurk and read right now while I figure out what to even ask my doctor about. Glad to find a place where people talk like actual humans instead of press releases.
Hi from Cara, counting calories since forever
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Welcome. My HDL fell 61→47 during a 20 lb loss, ApoB also dropped. Still not sure which change did what.
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Did your carb intake change much? Eggs and olive oil bumped my LDL, not my HDL.
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I saw the opposite: HDL stayed flat until I added easy cardio. Lifting alone didn’t move it.
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Same lab each draw? My HDL swings 5-8 points between tests, which is annoying.
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Not the same situation, but I’m 34 and 12 weeks into lifting plus walking. ApoB barely moved, triglycerides fell 140→95. I wonder if HDL is just a snapshot of fat flux. Did you lose the last 10 lb faster than the first 10?
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Trigs fell that much while ApoB stayed flat? Interesting.
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New here too. Six months of tracking everything, 18 lb down. Labs showed my HDL dipped around month 4, then it came back up by month 6.
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Came back with no changes? That makes single draws hard to trust.
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#10
What was your starting HDL? 58 to 44 is a big relative drop for 22 lb.
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Mine rebounedd too after a low-fat stretch. Once I added nuts and avocado it recovered. Just my log.
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#12
Low fat could explain it, but the olive oil and eggs make me doubt that.
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#13
Could be trianing volume. My HDL tanks when I do more than five sessions a week.
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I’ve logged this for two years and the only consistent pattern is HDL tracks with total weekly aerobic minutes, not diet. At 180 min/week it sits around 55; at 90 min/week it’s closer to 44. ApoB tracks more with saturated fat and fiber. Your lifting plus steps might not be enough zone 2 to hold HDL. What’s your weekly cardio minutes?
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That matches my experience. HDL only moved when I added two 45 min zone 2 sessions. Lifting alone did nothing.
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Do you have pre-weight-loss labs? Could definately be your baseline, not the lifestyle changes.
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#17
Welcome. Sleep was my missing variable. Under six hours and my HDL drops, even with good fats and cardio.
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