If you have a specific problem that is not listed here, discuss it with your doctor, nurse, or dietitian. To Monitor Your New Lifestyle Record your test results at each visit. Set realistic short-term goals and write them down. Review your goals during each visit with your health care provider. Share your goals with your family and friends.
Support is often the key to success.
If you find yourself unable to keep to your plan, write down all of the reasons that you think are responsible. Next, write down what alternatives you have if that situation happens again. If you prepare an alternate strategy in advance, you are more likely to stick to your plan and reach your goals. The goal of diet, physical activity, weight loss, and medicine is to keep your blood cholesterol under control. You need to continue your cholesterol-lowering therapy for life.