Forty-three

Lately, my laboratory tests revealed that my cholesterol level is way beyond normal for my age. This has triggered me to seek for medical attention. I readied myself for the consequences. I know I will have to take medications. I know I will have to be very careful with what I eat, which means; less meat, rice, sweets and all the oily stuff.  And of course the magic word for physical fitness---exercise!

I have to take this seriously, considering I have been suffering from headaches which I dispose as the usual migraine I have. But the frequency has been incomparable and the headaches have been coming from any part of my head unusual of the migraine I used to encounter. Well, reality confronted me and the frequent travels in the past months have been helping me gain more weight! 

So I have to be conscious of my health. Resist the temptation of CHOLESTEROL breeding food and shed some sweat everyday. Fastfood has to be minimized as well as sodas. And hello to the boring or should I say healthy foods! 

I never imagined to be in this condition. I am not even obese, just to make things clear.My only concern is the Cholesterol Level which impedes my delight for sumptuous meals. I could even remember way back in elementary, I used to be in the front row during feeding programs in Nutrition Month. This is because, I'm one of those in the borderline of severe and underweight category in our teacher's nutritional profile. Well, those were the years when I enjoy wearing small-sized tees. An now medium is even out of my size vocabulary. Sad.

But I have been, doing the best I could possibly exert in my busy schedule as a government employee, travelling at least 80 kilometers back and forth, everyday! That's like waking up for 5 AM and going home at  around 7 PM plus the stress in the office and on the ride with the country's inefficient transport system.

In the end, I still have to cope up with the changes I made. Next week, after undergoing medication for a month, I will have my another test and hopefully it has to be good now. Swear I will be very careful now. Forty-three pesos a day is too much for the meds alone.