Bill, I had the opposite results on this diet. My caloric intake is pretty similar (maybe more since I'm eating so much fat).
My cholesterol before I started had climbed up to the 220's, but my ratio (like yours) was still in the safe range. My LDL had gotten to be around 170. Now my total cholesterol is in the 170's, and my HDL is identical to yours (58).
I eat real butter, oil based dressings, GOOD steaks (ike ribeyes and NY strips), bacon a couple times a week, whole eggs every day (2-6), real cream in my coffee, lots of cheese. Of course I eat a bunch of veggies and protein sources as well, but my numbers all dropped. Triglycerides were in the 80's last time I had them tested. Glucose the same.
Maybe our unique chemical make-ups make me ideal for this style of eating, but perhaps for you not so much. When you come to the summit you can meet Alan Aragon in person and pick his brain over many beers.
