Shrimp is a great protein, I’ll bet it’s the dairy and it sounds like that higher cholesterol is due to the weight loss and will correct itself. Don’t stress about it. You’ve Got This ❤

Thanks for sharing this. Knowing that being on these meds isn’t all rainbows and unicorns helps us all when we encounter a challenge. Sending good vibes that your dietary changes help your bloodwork. 🤞🏻

You got this life style change. Learning curve

The egg cholesterol situation confuses me because it’s actually been discovered that eggs are not as bad as they previously thought. I eat 3 to 4 eggs a day. I am on medication for high cholesterol- have been for probably 25 years. It’s hereditary, and my cholesterol is actually down as of two months ago before I started my weight loss journey. Used to love shrimp and ate it three or four times a week, but then I became allergic. 😢Hopefully your labs will improve and you will be able to stay on the Monjaro.

As always, I love that you're honestly sharing your experience, setbacks and wins alike. Good luck! Hope the next results are good.

No matter how hard you try, it's always something! Glad it was caught early. Good luck with this upcoming short term journey ❤❤❤❤

Cholesterol will be high if you are losing weight because that is how the body transports fat being emptied out of cells to the liver where it is metabolized (triglycerides). Also dietary cholesterol makes up a tiny amount of circulating cholesterol, your body makes 95% of the cholesterol and will down regulate the amount it makes if you happen to eat more.

I found that cutting down on sandwich meats and rotisserie chicken helped mine to lower substantially

I’m sorry you got these results but I’m glad you have a plan moving forward. Hopefully things will reset quickly. Love smoothies here and use unsweetened almond milk!

This was great honesty Ali.. good for people to know when they have a lot of weight to lose..😊

Hi Ali! So sorry you have to go through this. I hope everything gets fixed by your next bloodwork. Hang in there girlie!!! Thank you for all you do for us!!!!! ❤❤

Same thing happened to me on my blood panel. I never realized how much saturated fat I was eating. I was just trying to get my protein in. It’s a fine balance between getting enough protein and not eating too much fat.

OMG I am so glad u did this video. I had the same thing come back on my ALT. The Please look at Dr Tyna talk about this. It is definitely because of the lbs loss so fast.

I would personally recommend not taking nutrition advice from primary/internal medicine doctors as they are not trained in it… new research shows that total cholesterol really doesn’t matter, protein is always king, the foods you were eating were great, only thing is dairy could be aggravating your system. Dr. Berg is a fantastic resource on KZfaq.

A vegan diet has plenty of protein. It is not just fruits and veg. As someone else in comments said, Earth Chimp protein powder and Butler Soy Curls (Amazon) are great. (And no, soy is not unhealthy.) Another excellent protein powder is Birdman. Lenny & Larry Cookified protein bars are delicious, not sure if every flavor has peanuts, though. Anyway, BEANS, chick peas, lentils, will give you protein and lots of fiber. Tofu and Tempeh are very nutritious proteins. Whole grains like quinoa, oats, brown rice are healthy carbs with decent protein. Try the protein pastas popular these days. They're very good. Broccoli is a veg with decent protein. Mushrooms, too. Hope this helps.

Good to know!! Thanks for sharing.

I heard that heavy weight loss can raise you cholesterol as your body adjusts and you have been killing it in that department.

Hi Allie! Good luck with your next labs after your two weekvegan diet! I have given youshouts on my show the last two Mondays when giving myself my shot in the stomach. Tonight will be the third week in a row. I am trying to see if giving myself my mounjaro shot 4 weeks in a row in my tummy will help my food noise decrease and appetite suppression, after I saw how it greatly increased yours. I am probably ready to titrate up from 5 mg to 7.5, but wanted to try this first. I enjoy your videos! You always give us something to think about! Great advice to meet with your doctor every 3 months, while taking a glp1. I'll be kind and rewind! 😊

Thanks!

Always love your vids!! You got this!!❤

Vegan here with high cholesterol hx and also on tirzepitide. You can continue to meet those protein goals; Butler soy curls and earth chimp vegan protein shakes become your best friend. Hang in there. I feel your pain. I know how discouraging those labs can be! I can't eat any animal products without raising mine sky high. If I'm100% vegan I can drop my LDL below 70! Thanks for all the videos!

Alie prayers you can get it in order,so sorry hun,But i know you can do it.❤❤❤

hi Alie

I was put on zepbound because my dr said being on glp would help my liver. My liver labs have improved since being on it but then she also warned me to not lose more than a pound a week. I've been losing less than a pound a week. I'm a turtle. As a side note there were studies shown that glp help heal liver. Instead of going off the meds try going down in dose (I had to that temporarily)

Good luck Alli.lets us know what your eating in case we need to do it❤

I don’t crave coffee the way I used to. I was having trouble meeting protein goals. This morning I put 1 scoop of vanilla PP and skinny mocha syrup. Cafe mocha and not so sweet.

Hi....have you tried Fairlife Protein shakes? It's ironic since they make milk, but their shakes don't contain dairy and they taste great! Sam's Club carries them at the cheapest cost if you are interested.

Love the comments Allie from everyone look at the love and support you've received. I just wanted to say like everyone below you are going to get through this. Allie, are you taking vitamins and supplements I take a supplement called Milk Thistle as well as Omega 3's along with a daily vitamin. I know you will research and let me know what are your thoughts. What is your thoughts on intermittent fasting which gives the body's organs a rest along with renewed cells. After my recent colonoscopy I've done 24 -36 hours of fasting and I would like to say I felt so much better internally and mentally (black coffee, clear broth, water and clear liquids). I understood when you said due to all the weight loss your body is filtering stuff out and the liver maybe working a bit on overtime. Good luck with the journey you have our support.

I wish i knew the liver enzymes bit before i had a liver ultrasound. 😩 Im glad everything is fine, but still didnt know why my labs were so high. Hopefully it was just from the weight loss.

Good info. I eat A LOT of cottage cheese, and the yogurt drinks

Hi there Ali, Can you use Oat or almond milk with your Protein powder. I love both. By the way...yes I do coffee daily - was told to do so . Thank the Lord because I Adore coffee with a tablespoon of cream...in your case maybe almond milk? Good luck - you got this!

Sorry ‘bout your bad numbers Ali. 😕 But I generally don’t sweat bad cholesterol too much (not that mine’s bad anymore). Rather, it seems like *Triglycerides* are the bigger concern. Apparently your *TG:HDL ratio* is a much better predictor of CVD events than LDL is. 🤔 A ratio of 2.5-to-1 or less is allegedly what to shoot for. Pleased to report that 10 months of MJ/Zepbound and lifestyle changes have dropped my Tris from 172 to 71. 😍 On the liver stuff… slightly scary. You don’t have MASH/NASH/MASLD/whatever they’re callin’ it this week, do you? 😥

Omega 3 helped me also lots of nice plant protein powder for shakes are nice sorry to hear this

Ali, I have NASH and my ALT was high. I started taking DOSE for Your Liver and Fatty15 (C15:0). I don't know which, or maybe both, have brought my ALT back in the normal range. And the size of my liver came down a little with my last scan.

Yes,shrimp coz mine to go up. Too.😢😂😅

I didn’t know shrimp were high in cholesterol. I just never looked it up. I thought it was a very healthy food which it is but never thought to look at the cholesterol.

I never had alt issues so no experience there but did with cholesterol. The cholesterol going up is the weight loss usually, surprisingly my Dr told me that first test that went up and she wasn’t concerned, my triglycerides were low everything normal, she said the cholesterol was the rapid weight loss and it would eventually go down as the body stabilizes and that it takes time. I looked up why cholesterol goes up after weight loss and saw the explanations there in more details than the Dr explained. Pretty interesting Its been 20 mos since starting MJ and most has been lost so the cholesterol started getting better the last couple of tests. I have blood drawn every 4 mos now. Did you calculate your ratio HDL/LDL ratio? I was never worried because my ratio was always good. Drs usually wont mention that part.

I know you mentioned green tea possibly daily and yes you said in moderation (1x da) but I have just read that green tea can damage the liver if overused. So hard to win at this game😬 so maybe alternating with coffee days. Eesh! 🙄♥️ ps egg whites don't have cholesterol would they be bad because it's an animal protein??

Many of the things you are already doing is probably going to help with reducing cholesterol. Losing weight, soluble fiber, and exercise are all ways to reduce it. Did you get it checked before your weight loss journey? I ask because insulin resistance typically goes hand and hand with high cholesterol. OWN Protein shakes also has less saturated fat and cholesterol, they sell them at Sam's too. I just think they are kinda gross because they are sooo thick. Like drinking cake batter. But that might be your thing. 🙂

Are you taking Tylenol? I was taking tylenol PM for a couple weeks and in that time, had labs drawn, and my ALT was high. I stopped, and it's normal.

Share some recipes. I'm not sure why you associate caffeine with not being healthy though? Green tea is actually good for you

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Hoping this does the trick and your levels are better in 2 weeks! ❤

Eggs have gotten a bad rap, and the eggs and the shrimp are more then likely not what is causing the high cholesterol, look more at processed foods like the flour wraps that your wrapping around those shrimp. Also the artificial sweeteners are horrible, I know you’re diabetic, but just cut out the sweeteners all together. Also VEGAN is the absolute worst things to do, you are suppose to be eating high protein with being on GLP 1 medications. I eat no bread, or rarely, I eat more meat and little vegetables. Watch the processed protein bars. I am proud that you have lost so much weight, but seriously look into not doing Vegan, it is all full of gluten which is inflammatory and I personally know many who went Vegan and they gained a bunch of weight not lost weight.

This sounds absurd - veganism is not the answer. And how would getting off of mounjaro help cholesterol !?!