vavavroom,
Usually terrible. Subs / Pizza / Sandwiches, but no fast food. Lots of craft beer.
Because you also say that after eating clean for 6 weeks you were able to ace your lipid panel, I'd say you know what to do. In either content, eating generally clean, one poorly chosen meal will not throw off your lipid panel as long as you do a fasting lipid panel. Do not eat for at least 8 hours or better 12 hours before having blood drawn. Let's say you were to eat a lot of greasy/oily food right before a lipid panel without fasting, your triglycerides would be elevated while this one meal would not really affect your other cholesterol figures which change only slowly over time.
Unfortunately my circle of friends like craft beers, and one owns a brewery.
I'm not going to suggest you find new friends. If my friendships were based on people's nutrition and fitness I'd have no more than two friends. Just try to work around it. Your friends should understand if you limit, for example, beer intake, to one beer when you guys hang out.
I cleaned up for 6 weeks and now as im nearing the end, I am tired of the rabbit food diet.
Diets work great in the short run but diet fatigue is what gets in the way of every long-term diet. There may be people who care so little about food they don't care if they get enjoyment out their food but most people are driven by wants rather than needs. Eveyone should try to find a balance between eating mostly foods that are good for them and the occasional treat that allows them to keep going. That takes willpower.
Typically the triglycerides were elevated into the high range. By doing a clean diet in the past for 6 weeks I was normally able to ace the blood tests.
Triglycierides can be high due to a number of factors, with diet being the obvious one. Other potential factors should be explored with your doctor and include:
alcohol
metabolic disorders
thyroid problems
inflammatory conditions (labs like CRP, ESR, and CBC can show inflammation)
lack of exercise
lack of sleep
medications like beta blockers
And like I said, If you don't do a fasting lipid panel your triglycerides may read high. That's because your body stores excess dietary fat temporarily in your blood in the form of triglycerides.
