Agree with everyone else: statins are bad news. Cause muscle pains, 2x risk of T2D etc.
One metric to measure that’s really easy: waistline. Much more important than scale weight. Skulpt to measure body fat/muscle would work too but does not sound like his style.
Great progress, wish I could have any influence on my dad! In my/wife’s family, seems like all the moms have gallbladders out and fathers are pre-diabetic 