Welcome @donclemdds, It sounds like you have a similar plan to what I'm trying. That's really good advice to work with your PCP on a plan. My PCP also wants me to go on a statin due to my numbers even thought I've been working on weight loss with intermittent fasting, low carb and healthy fat diet plus 30 to 45 minute exercise daily also. I have an appointment in a couple of weeks and I'm sure we will have the conversation again but I'm not taking a statin at this point. My latest Triglicerides were 77, HDL 59, LDL 107, Non HDL-c 122. I also had them do a fasting insulin test and it was 7.4 and there's debate on what is good for that. The only positive thing I know is losing the weight will help my overall health.

I'm more worried about making my small fiber PN worse with the statins than I am about the possible effects of not being on a statin to lower my cholesterol when that has been shown that diet and exercise also works to lower your numbers.