Did Someone Say High Cholesterol?

Check it out, I'm back to being a healthy me plus my typing is getting better though my Mom is ragging on me for not keyboarding properly. She's like typing all the time so of course she's good.

So my cholesterol is back to normal, I eat really healthy stuff all the time now and I don't even crave junk food anymore. I LOVE So Good milk, it's way better than regular milk and it doesn't make my throat all yucky either. We moved houses and now I have to walk to school so normally I just try and run there and back every day and the doctor is pretty sure the exercise is what is helping me. Also, I go for a walk or a run almost every single day. I'm trying to do it every single day right now because Mom and Dad said I might be able to get a toy poodle for a pet if I can prove that I won't miss one single day of walking him!! Two of my friends have toy poodles and so I discovered that I'm not allergic to that kind of dog. I'm really excited.

Okay, I'm way past bedtime. :) I love Sundays! Lator Gators.

Kids With High Cholesterol

I wanted to tell you that I'm a 9 year old with high cholesterol. When I found out my Mom and my Dad and me sat down and worked some things out. My Mom sure cried lots so that made me understand that it was a pretty important thing. Dad was calm but he fixes sick people in his job so nothing really bugs him Mom says. See, I don't always eat quite as good as Mom does (Dad eats whatever he wants) but really I'm not like most of the kids in my class because Mom makes most of my food herself. We changed some things with the Diet lady's help though. She says that high cholesterol is mostly genetic and that only 10% is helped by your diet and then 10% by exercising. The other 80% comes from your body on its own.

I'm almost normal after 6 weeks of flaxseed and oatmeal for breakfast every morning (yuck but I'm kind of used it sort of), plus no more margarine at all and no more deli meat at all either. Plus I had to give up french fries whenever we go to a restaraunt. That totally sucks.

I was only going on my run about once a week sometimes for a long time because Mom was away and I didn't think about it plus my asthma was getting really bad and I even got to go to the hospital twice. Mom says I haven't been in since I was 6. The only part I don't really like is the IV but the nurses say I'm very good and I drink more water than any kid they ever met including their own! The diet lady says I have to run at least 3 times a week for the rest of my whole life no matter what. The doctor thought that I should just walk because of my asthma but Mom says that's foolish because I only do a slow run anyway and I'm always prepared with my medication. Plus her or Dad go with me now to make sure I breathe okay. You know that your lungs can't get stronger if you don't exercise them?

So, I wanted to get on and tell everyone about my cholesterol because it is super important to get your kids checked out now. Don't feel like a bad parent if your child is high but you should feel bad if you don't help them fix it the diet lady says. I look really healthy and you probably wouldn't even think I had a problem if you saw me so don't be fooled if your kid looks normal. She says they start checking at 8 years old now.

Well, I get to watch TV today because I'm done my homework and I don't run until 445 today.

(Micheila typed and Mom editted)

Later Gators,

Bug

The Goal Is Mine

So I can run the big block all the way without stopping now. I've been doing it for about 2 weeks now. Plus I have 4 friends who like to run now too so I always have at least one friend to go with. My Mom lets me take the 2-way radio and if there are 3 of us we can go by ourselves. One of the girls is older than me and taller but we run the same speed. My Mom is really short and she's faster than Dad so she says height doesn't always count. Dad calls her the road runner. :) I'll probably be taller than her pretty soon but I'll be faster I think.

Well, I don't spend much time inside anymore and neither does Mom so sorry I haven't done an update in a long time. Thank you for all the kind words of help though.

Later Gators.

I've Been Running

The Run

I run pretty much most days except for Sunday now. I can do the small block without stopping all the time now. We will start doing the big block later this week. Mom says when I'm upto 1.5km I have to take 2 days a week off or else just do the little block once. I want to run all the time but she says you always have to take a break.

How I Feel

I do really good if I don't eat too soon before I run. Plus I learned to go pee just a couple minutes before I go running. Also I don't use my ventolin at all anymore which I like. I accidentally got a sun burn on one small part of my back because I couldn't reach to put my sunscreen there ('yes Mom I know to get someone to help next time'). My running top hurt so I used a tee shirt but it flaps in the wind and bugs me.

Other Stuff

I love being on summer vay, its so much fun. I never want to come in so Dad put up the tent so that DoeDoe and I can stay outside forever. Mom sleeps on the couch in the Living room like a 'guard dog' when we stay out there. It's good because she can get our stuff when we forget.

Later Gators

I Just Played

I just played with my friends tonight. I did do the monkey bars lots and I can do the swinging monkey bars now the whole way without falling off. My friend, MB, can do them and she looks like a lemur because she is so tiny that her legs come up to meet her hands when she swings.

DoeDoe ran with Dad but she giggled most of the way he said. She really likes the sports drink pouch so she doesn't miss a single run. ~smiles~

Later Gators, I'm really late for bed again. ~heehee~

Keep On Buggin'

Happy Father's Day Daddy!! :-) Plus for all the other Dads too.

The Run

I'm just running lots. I can run the whole short block without stopping most days. I like to go biking around the big block then the short block for cross training.

How I Feel

My asthma isn't bothering me much lately. Plus my legs aren't as sore anymore.

Other Stuff

Thanks everyone for all the nice comments. I really like reading them with my Mom. It's neat that lots of people are happy that I like to run.

Later Gators

All The Way Around

Bug actually typed half of this herself first time around but somehow Mom and the internet lost it. So here is Mom retyping from memory and I hope I get all her words right. (usually she sits besides me and dictates but she is in bed of course) :-) Mom

The Run

I RAN THE WHOLE WAY AROUND WITHOUT STOPPING. I did the short block. I even did it a second time with DoeDoe, who said no she didn't want to go until I got back and then she wanted to. My friend came with us too but Fidelle (the dog) waited on my porch again. I love running lots.

How I Felt

I felt very very good. I drank all my water plus my blue drink. DoeDoe wanted to drink one before she went the run, Dad says 'no sports, no sports drink' so that is why DoeDoe wanted to run with me the second time. I had to use my ventolin for the second time around the block.

Other Stuff

My Grandma is visiting in her motor home for DoeDoe's birthday party which is friday even though her real BD was on D Day. I love my Grandma. Plus Grandma is going to be DoeDoe's show and tell at school tomorrow. I got 41/40 on my wolf project at school. I got the extra point for putting the english part in too. I think I run faster when I'm really happy.

Later gators