Kelly Stafford recently received some surprising health news — and explained her plan to hopefully turn things around.
Stafford, 35, completed an at-home blood work test which revealed her cholesterol levels were “extremely high,” she revealed on the Thursday, April 17, episode of her podcast “The Morning After.” The test indicated that Stafford “needs to seek medical attention.”
The NFL wife said her results could partially be due to “genetics,” but the levels can also be attributed to “sugar in your diet and processed foods.”
Stafford, who is married to Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, acknowledged her family has a history of high cholesterol — but said her own dietary habits aren’t helping.
“If you guys know me very well, I go to bed with 10 Swedish Fish in my hand every night, or hot chocolate, or something,” Kelly explained.
She added, “Compared to my father or my mother or whoever has high cholesterol, my sugar intake is more,” she said. Everything I tend to eat has sugar. And if it doesn’t have sugar, if I eat a little chicken and rice for lunch, I’ll pour a little Yum Yum sauce on top, which is filled with sugar.”
Rather than wallow or get concerned, Kelly decided to look at her results as a sign.
“I needed that, though,” she said. “I needed that kick in the ass.”
Kelly added, “From the outside, I feel very in shape. I feel like I’m somewhat in the best shape of my life. On the inside, those numbers say differently.”
However, Kelly said she still has one last sugar high on the horizon before she commits to her new lifestyle.
“I told Matthew, I was like, ‘Once we get back Spring Break,’” Kelly spelled out. “I can’t do it now because honestly, Spring Break I’m going to have to have my sugar. That’s my happy place, which is the problem.”
Kelly and Matthew share four daughters: twins Sawyer and Chandler, 8, Hunter, 6 and Tyler, 4.
“I’m going to spend like a month and get rid of all the sugar at night and go back in and test,” Kelly said. “Once I do that, I’ll let you guys know if it changes. If it doesn’t change, then I definitely think it’s just genetic and I’m going to have to figure out a way to work on it.”
