Cholesterol Tourettes

In my life thus far (at the tender age of 27.5), no three words have aged me faster than these: “diet and exercise.”  That was what was written at the bottom of a blood workup report that found my cholesterol a tad too high.  Now a normal range for cholesterol is 99-199 or so, I was at 260.  There died my innocence, there wilted the flower of my youth, and there ended any notion of eating 5 Guys again.  But this was also a chance to start over, to pursue a healthy and more nutritious diet, and an opportunity to annoy everyone I talk to because I can’t shut up about my stupid high cholesterol.