You're kinda fat.

I'm kinda fat, just a little bit, enough to motivate me to get moving, again. I had a doctor appointment a couple months ago, and my blood was drawn to get some tests done for my annual visit. I was waiting to hear back for the results when I got a letter in the mail telling me the doctor's office didn't have my current phone number, call them. The last time I went and got a checkup before this most recent one was at least two years ago. Go figure.

I called assuming they would say I was on the high end of a healthy weight like they had before. Instead, they dropped the cholesterol bomb on me.

"Cut back on red meat, and eat more vegetables and fish. Take two fish oil pills a day."

There are a few of problems with this.

1. I love red meat. Burgers, sausage, bacon, ham, ground beef. It's probably fifty percent of my diet, hence the problem. The fifty percent might be an exaggeration, but you get the point. I likes the tasty animals.
2. I love fish, but the Mrs. is allergic, and we're not sure to what extent. We know she can't eat seafood, but can its mere presence be enough to give her hives and cause her throat to swell up? Not sure. What we do know is that I'm not allowed to kiss her on the lips after I eat shrimp because it could be a literal "Kiss of Death", and we know that if she eats something that has been cooked with the same kitchen equipment used to cook seafood, it can cause problems.
3. I hate swallowing pills. I can barely swallow an Advil if I have to. I can almost swallow an entire slice of pizza, but if you put that little pebble of medicine in my mouth, my throat tightens up to the size of a soda straw.

I do like salad, though. I plan on eating more of that. Luckily I'm a fan of honey-nut Cheerios, too. I'm sure if I just move more than my hands on a keyboard, it would help this problem even faster. Gotta be healthy for those twin boys. Oh, by the way, we had twin boys.