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hello everyone
I would be telling u all a story of my crusade against my tummy.. I know, the end of the story...I would WIN.. I wanna give myself a bday present on March the 14th.. A total new look.... but the issue is can i manage to last that long.. I mean, a year or so. Its all about will power....and i thnk i have ample of that..
Lets see..
I have been using this forum for quite sometime. In the past 4 weeks, i have lost around 15 pounds, on an average of 3-5 pounds per week.
THINGS that i have tried---
My Breakfast-
Grilled chicken piece without any oil - 100 cal
Coffee ( Soy milk + Sugar free Sweetener)
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SLIMFAST powder+ Soy Protien milk+ Coffee + fiber = 200 cal..very filling
Lunch- fat free Milk for taste + Cheerios( small pack)= 150 cal
Or Salad with no dressing or homemade dressing of vinegar_garlic -ginger
Heavy Snacker
Tuna Sandwich ( low cal bread -80 + tuna and lots of veggies)
or tortilla with chicken/tuna/veggie Burritto
I have been trying to maintain around 800 cal per day Diet. Sometimes i do rotate salads / fried veggies / egg whites/ veggie soup/homemade tortillas with wheat bran. I have been avoiding JUNK food/ prefer vegandiet +Low carb diet.
latest thing that i have tried
Dried Shrimp- protein with no or low carb and fat ( works great with a soup)
Sprouted alfaalfa and fenugreek (u wud get it in an asian store) and brocolli in sandwich
Homemade Burrito with Gaucamole sauce ( add Cilantro as a filler)
Lots of Soy products(tofu) as a substitute for cream and milk.
When I started off, i was weighing 224 lbs ( jan 2007) two mths back. Since then, i have cancelled out my binges. My goal is to attain around 160 lbs in the coming mths.
My current weight is 195 lbs.
1st goal- reach 175 lbs. I am expecting to lose it within 2mths with low carb 800 cal diet.( 6-8 weeks).
2nd goal is to reach 155 lbs with exercise ( anaerobic exercise -weight lifting +/- Crash aerobic 15 mins on treadmill) + diet 1200 -1400 cal diet (4 mths).
for the past 4 weeks i have been consistently losing weight. In past 4 weeks, 15 lbs loss is really good.
One thing that freaks me out is stretch marks. Is there any solution for it, please let me know.
i wud keep u all posted on my progress..
Last edited by nevedaw; May 8th, 2007 at 01:23 AM.
As for stretch marks, as long as you don't lose a massive amount of weight too fast .. you should not get them. If you do still get them, you can treat it with cocoa butter or something like that which may help (though not make them disappear).
6th may--ouch.. too soy protien shakes so far...with slim fast powder.
2 (100+100)=400
would be adding lintel soup+spinach- 300
+ kellogg protien bar- 90 cal
looks good till now..
studied- 4 hrs
watched heroes e21 + southpark+ sapranos-- 3 hrs in drain--ouch..need 2 work on that...
A 29-year-old man is referred for evaluation of hematuria and proteinuria. Frequency of micturition had been noted when he was 3 years old, and urinalysis at that time revealed microscopic hematuria (25 to 50 erythrocytes per high-power field) and hyaline and granular casts. Excretory urography was normal. Annual examinations revealed persistent microscopic hematuria and 24-hour urinary protein excretion of 80 to 150 mg. At age 7 years, he became inattentive at school and was found to have bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. At age 13 years, microscopic hematuria was noted again. The 24-hour urine protein had increased to 600 mg, with a creatinine clearance of 160 mL/min/1.73 m2.
Physical examination now showed a blood pressure of 150/86 mm Hg, and ophthalmologic evaluation revealed anterior lenticonus and white punctate opacities in the periphery of the retina. The remainder of the physical examination was normal. Laboratory findings were as follows: blood urea nitrogen (BUN), 26 mg/dL; serum creatinine, 1.3 mg/dL; total proteins, 5.4 g/dL; albumin, 3 g/dL; creatinine clearance, 92 mL/min/1.73 m2; and 24-hour urine protein, 5.6 g.
The patient’s 26-year-old brother had end-stage renal disease necessitating regular hemodialysis, and he subsequently received a cadaveric renal transplantation. Following transplantation, he had an anti–glomerular basement membrane nephritis. His 52-year-old father was healthy, and no renal disease was apparent on the paternal side of the family. The patient’s mother was healthy at age 51 years but had microscopic hematuria during pregnancy and on two other occasions.
The most likely diagnosis in this patient is:
IgA mesangial nephropathy (Berger’s disease)
(B) Thin–basement membrane disease
(C) Fabry’s disease
(D) Alport’s syndrome
(E) Polycystic kidney disease
Participants in the four conditions lost an average of 10.0 ± 3.7 kg during the first 8 weeks and 14.3 ±
5.8 kg by Week 17 (the last week of the 925-kcal/day diet). Average losses increased to 16.5 ± 6.8 kg
at Week 24 but decreased to 15.1 ± 8.4 kg at Week 48. Analysis of covariance revealed that there
were no significant differences in weight loss among conditions at any time (see Table 2 ). Changes
from Week 8 to Week 17 were significant, t (111) = 13.34, p < .001, as were those from Week 17 to
Week 24, t (105) = 7.61, p < .001, and from Week 24 to Week 48, t (98) = 4.86, p < .001. Thus,
participants gained a small but significant amount of weight during the maintenance program.
The data were reanalyzed to include only those participants in the exercise conditions who had
attended at least 67% of possible exercise visits at Weeks 8 and 24. These analyses, which were
conducted to maximize the likelihood of detecting differences between exercisers and nonexercisers
(i.e., the diet-alone condition), resulted in the deletion of only 2 participants at Week 8 but a total of
19 of 86 (22.1%) participants at Week 24. Deletions were distributed evenly across conditions. These
analyses, however, did not change the weight loss findings. There were no differences among the
conditions at any time, and mean weight losses for these "exercise completers" were only 0.1 to 1.5
kg greater than those for the full sample of exercisers.
Changes in Fat and FFM
Participants in all four conditions showed very favorable changes in FFM and fat (see Table 2 ).
However, contrary to expectations, there were no significant differences among conditions at any
time on either variable. At Week 8, 82.1% ± 22.9% of participants' weight loss (across conditions)
was derived from fat; values at Weeks 24 and 48 were 91.9% ± 22.0% and 83.8% ± 27.2%,
respectively. As with the weight loss data, analysis of only the "exercise completers" did not change
the findings or the conclusion that exercise did not significantly affect short- or long-term changes in body composition. Participants with more body fat at baseline had greater reductions on this measure
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at Week 8 ( r = .31), Week 24 ( r = .47), and Week 48 ( r = .32, all p s < .003), whereas those with
more initial FFM lost more lean mass at each of the three periods ( r s = .31, .39, and .42,
respectively; all p s < .001).
Changes in REE
During the first 8 weeks, REE fell an average of 153.1 ± 125.7 kcal/day in participants in the four
conditions, with no significant differences among conditions (see Table 2 ). At Week 24, however,
significant differences were observed among groups, as determined by analysis of covariance, F (3,
102) = 3.06, p < .03. Participants in the aerobic condition had significantly smaller reductions in REE
than did those in the strength condition (as determined by Tukey's honestly significant difference
[HSD]). There were no other significant differences among conditions at this time, although
participants in both conditions that included aerobic training had smaller reductions in REE than did
those in the diet-alone and strength-training alone conditions. There were no significant differences
among conditions at Week 48, although participants in all the three exercise conditions had smaller
reductions in REE than did those in the diet-alone condition. None of these findings changed when
the data were reanalyzed including only the "exercise completers." Partial correlation analyses,
controlling for the effects of treatment condition, revealed a positive relation between baseline REE
and changes on this measure at Week 8 ( r = .47), Week 24 ( r = .48), and Week 48 ( r = .42, all p s
< .001). Thus, higher baseline REE values were associated with greater reductions on this measure at
all periods.
good morning everyone. ( its almost evening here)
yesterday was good.. was able 2 keep on low cal diet without any headaches
todays eating menu- 2 protein shakes- ( 400)
tuna with veg frys ( 100) oilfree
whole glass of equate fiber therapy( 300) to keep my bowels rolling.
study goals.- finish nephrolog(kidney--- 12 hrs required) wish me luck everyone.. 8 30 pm to 830 am..wud fight...
TV goals- stay away from AI n other channels..
already wasted an hr on surfing.. i wud improvemyself
weighed t0day- 194.9 lbs. ( 0.4 lbs loss over the 3 days).. i guess iam drinking lots of water...lets be optmistic..
I will defo be a healthy, fit and at the right weight by then, and the thought excites me!!!
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