Triglycerides

So my husband Gordon doesn't do the "doctor" thing.  I'm an ICU nurse, and he doesn't do the doctor thing.  He's a smoker, overweight for his height, and doesn't exercise.  Can I just say that his whole "no doctor" thing really bugs me?  Much to my elation, right before our last baby was born (8 days ago), he decided to go in for a physical.  YAY!  Chest x-ray (clear), urinalysis (clear), blood pressure (normal), cholesterol/triglycerides...WHOA BUDDY!  His triglycerides were 210!  Now triglycerides are basically just the fats floating around in your blood and in the world of doctors, they want your number to be under 150, hence my roar about his number.  As of the moment he said 210, life as he knew it was OVER.  No more Taco Bell as a dietary staple.  Walking and core training are mandatory.  I'm not a bad wife.  I'm not a drill sarge, but good grief, this is the man I want to spend the rest of my life with...not the next 10 years before he has a massive heart attack and dies, and truth be told, I just had a baby (my 6th pregnancy in 7 years with three living children.  One miscarriage and two stillbirths) and I don't exactly NOT have some weight to loose.  I'll not only plan the attack on triglycerides, I'll lead the attack!  Pinterest lowfat, lowcal meals, here I come!  I'll (hopefully) be posting our progress and our plan as we go.
Here are our Monday and Tuesday meals and reactions:
Monday:
http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/pan-roasted-chicken-lemon-garlic-green-beans-10000000780291/index.html
To start, I didn't use all 6T of olive oil.  I used 3 and tossed the potatoes them with salt and pepper.  I didn't use the lemons or juice till the end.  I mixed the potatoes with the green beans.  I replaced the chicken with boneless, skinless chicken breast, placing them on top of the beans and potoatoes.  I trickled some lemon juice on top of the chicken, and topped them with sliced lemon.  The rest I followed, and all in all, I think the fam enjoyed it.  I'll be making it again.
Tuesday:
http://runsforcookiesrecipes.blogspot.com/2011/08/turkey-loaf-meat-loaf.html
I followed this recipe exactly...mostly.  I didn't have any applesauce, so I made some with one honeycrisp apple.  My family LOVED it!  We'll be having this again, for sure!

Feel free to comment on what has worked for you in getting and staying healthy.  There will be no crash diets here, either.  Just good old fashioned eat less, exercise more.

Starting Info:
Sara: Weight: 157   5'7" BMI: 24.6 (Normal, but HIGH normal)
Lab work to come, will be off due to recent delivery
Gordon: Weight: 204.5   6'0"  BMI: 27.7 (Overweight)
HDL 39 LDL 73 Tgl 210