Guest guest Posted May 3, 2002 Report Share Posted May 3, 2002 If you are getting leaner, fat inches going down (like your waist), muscle inches going up or " appearing " , getting stronger and scale weight not changing much, then you are losing fat and gaining muscle. The tape measure doesn't lie. Brett > HI Everyone, I am new to the group and have just been reading posts and I am confused how > can you tell when you loose fat and gain muscle? Betsy Thiele Webmaster North West > Florida Daily News Ext 432 http://www.nwfdailynews.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2002 Report Share Posted May 3, 2002 Hi Betsy, and welcome to the group! You can figure out how much bodyfat/muscle you lose/gain as long as you have your bodyfat measurement numbers and you get progress checks done. Here's an example: Female Starting weight: 150 lbs Starting BF: 25% Fat mass: 37.5 lbs. (25% of 150 lbs) Fat-free mass: 112.5 lbs *Calculate your lean mass by taking 150 total lbs - 37.5 fat lbs = 112.5 fat-free mass (which includes water, lean muscle, skin, organs, bones, etc.) Female 4-week weight: 146 lbs 4-week BF: 22% Fat mass: 32.0 lbs. Fat-free mass: 114.0 lbs If you compare your starting numbers with your 4-week progress numbers, then you will see that your fat mass went from 37.5 lbs to 32.0 lbs for a net loss of 5.5 lbs of BF. Your fat-free mass went from 112.5 lbs to 114.0 lbs for a net gain of 1.5 lbs of lean mass. Hope that makes sense! Jen B. C7W5D5 " No excuses! " > HI Everyone, > I am new to the group and have just been reading posts and I am confused how > can you tell when you loose fat and gain muscle? > > > Betsy Thiele > Webmaster > North West Florida Daily News > Ext 432 > http://www.nwfdailynews.com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2002 Report Share Posted June 6, 2002 Hey Tim Glad to see you here. Feeling good and taking care of your bod go hand in hand. Welcome to your body for LIFE! Tell us more about your current challenge...stats, week, pix, goals. We'd love to hear and it keeps you in track. Dianne > Just thought I would say Hello! > > My name is Tim and I have only been on BFL for a short time. I really > enjoy it and am feeling better about being in shape. Just thought I > would say hi. > > Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2002 Report Share Posted June 6, 2002 Hey Tim Glad to see you here. Feeling good and taking care of your bod go hand in hand. Welcome to your body for LIFE! Tell us more about your current challenge...stats, week, pix, goals. We'd love to hear and it keeps you in track. Dianne > Just thought I would say Hello! > > My name is Tim and I have only been on BFL for a short time. I really > enjoy it and am feeling better about being in shape. Just thought I > would say hi. > > Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2002 Report Share Posted June 12, 2002 > I am new to the BFL program and to this group. I was wondering if any > one did more cardio or weight training than the book reccomends? If you're new to the BFL program, don't. And > also, on our free days, can we drink alcohol?? Yep. I believe once or twice a week on your approved food days you can have a glass of wine with dinner as well. That is something the > book is not very clear on, esp. diet sodas and crystal light? Any > advice??? On the site www.bodyforlife.com , they say use your discretion. Thnks a bunch, Welcome aboard, ! Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2002 Report Share Posted June 12, 2002 I emailed one of the Grand Champions.. i forget which.. i did a search on Google for his name, and some corporate website came up. Had an email listed. It was in the same city as the Bio on the EAS profile for him, so I gave it a shot. Well, it was him. (michael something.. i think.. dont remember). So, I asked him some questions. On of which was.. how much cardio did you actually do? He said that for the actual 12 week CONTEST, he did cardio MUCH more than the book said. He said he was in the gym 2x a day doing cardio at least 5 days a week. For aerobic classes, running, whatever he could get his hands on, so to speak. PLUS the weight training. (we didnt talk much about that) He was a MAJOR fat loss specimen.. He also told me, that if I planned to do the 12 week challenge, get started before the actual 12 weeks, give yourself maybe a good month of warmup/trial error/getting used to lifestyle change, before taking the before pics. This is my recommendation if you are planning to do the contest. Many people here aren't doing the contest... and if you are NOT, I would suggest sticking to the book verbatim. Unless your in a rush for fast fat loss or something.. But the book gives you much more substance to build a new lifestyle, so you dont fall off, or get bored to easily. Hope that helps a bit. . > >Reply-To: bodyforlife >To: bodyforlife >Subject: new to group >Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 03:37:13 -0000 > >I am new to the BFL program and to this group. I was wondering if any >one did more cardio or weight training than the book reccomends? And >also, on our free days, can we drink alcohol?? That is something the >book is not very clear on, esp. diet sodas and crystal light? Any >advice??? Thnks a bunch, > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2002 Report Share Posted June 13, 2002 didnt you already post this? just curious. It's great info, but I just wanted to find out if I was going crazy:) leigh fl > I emailed one of the Grand Champions.. i forget which.. i did a search on > Google for his name, and some corporate website came up. Had an email > listed. It was in the same city as the Bio on the EAS profile for him, so I > gave it a shot. > Well, it was him. (michael something.. i think.. dont remember). > So, I asked him some questions. On of which was.. how much cardio did you > actually do? > > He said that for the actual 12 week CONTEST, he did cardio MUCH more than > the book said. He said he was in the gym 2x a day doing cardio at least 5 > days a week. For aerobic classes, running, whatever he could get his hands > on, so to speak. PLUS the weight training. (we didnt talk much about that) > > > He was a MAJOR fat loss specimen.. He also told me, that if I planned to do > the 12 week challenge, get started before the actual 12 weeks, give yourself > maybe a good month of warmup/trial error/getting used to lifestyle change, > before taking the before pics. > > This is my recommendation if you are planning to do the contest. > > Many people here aren't doing the contest... and if you are NOT, I would > suggest sticking to the book verbatim. Unless your in a rush for fast fat > loss or something.. But the book gives you much more substance to build a > new lifestyle, so you dont fall off, or get bored to easily. > Hope that helps a bit. > . > > > >From: " zetakell2000 " <kelly070@a...> > >Reply-To: bodyforlife@y... > >To: bodyforlife@y... > >Subject: new to group > >Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 03:37:13 -0000 > > > >I am new to the BFL program and to this group. I was wondering if any > >one did more cardio or weight training than the book reccomends? And > >also, on our free days, can we drink alcohol?? That is something the > >book is not very clear on, esp. diet sodas and crystal light? Any > >advice??? Thnks a bunch, > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2002 Report Share Posted June 13, 2002 didnt you already post this? just curious. It's great info, but I just wanted to find out if I was going crazy:) leigh fl > I emailed one of the Grand Champions.. i forget which.. i did a search on > Google for his name, and some corporate website came up. Had an email > listed. It was in the same city as the Bio on the EAS profile for him, so I > gave it a shot. > Well, it was him. (michael something.. i think.. dont remember). > So, I asked him some questions. On of which was.. how much cardio did you > actually do? > > He said that for the actual 12 week CONTEST, he did cardio MUCH more than > the book said. He said he was in the gym 2x a day doing cardio at least 5 > days a week. For aerobic classes, running, whatever he could get his hands > on, so to speak. PLUS the weight training. (we didnt talk much about that) > > > He was a MAJOR fat loss specimen.. He also told me, that if I planned to do > the 12 week challenge, get started before the actual 12 weeks, give yourself > maybe a good month of warmup/trial error/getting used to lifestyle change, > before taking the before pics. > > This is my recommendation if you are planning to do the contest. > > Many people here aren't doing the contest... and if you are NOT, I would > suggest sticking to the book verbatim. Unless your in a rush for fast fat > loss or something.. But the book gives you much more substance to build a > new lifestyle, so you dont fall off, or get bored to easily. > Hope that helps a bit. > . > > > >From: " zetakell2000 " <kelly070@a...> > >Reply-To: bodyforlife@y... > >To: bodyforlife@y... > >Subject: new to group > >Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 03:37:13 -0000 > > > >I am new to the BFL program and to this group. I was wondering if any > >one did more cardio or weight training than the book reccomends? And > >also, on our free days, can we drink alcohol?? That is something the > >book is not very clear on, esp. diet sodas and crystal light? Any > >advice??? Thnks a bunch, > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2002 Report Share Posted June 13, 2002 I use diet drinks occasionally, but I have heard that aspartame makes you crave carbohydrates. I don't know if it is true and I haven't experienced it personally. I don't do more cardio or weights than the book recommends. It is the quality of the training that counts. More is not necessarily better. Andy > I am new to the BFL program and to this group. I was wondering if any > one did more cardio or weight training than the book reccomends? And > also, on our free days, can we drink alcohol?? That is something the > book is not very clear on, esp. diet sodas and crystal light? Any > advice??? Thnks a bunch, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2002 Report Share Posted June 13, 2002 I use diet drinks occasionally, but I have heard that aspartame makes you crave carbohydrates. I don't know if it is true and I haven't experienced it personally. I don't do more cardio or weights than the book recommends. It is the quality of the training that counts. More is not necessarily better. Andy > I am new to the BFL program and to this group. I was wondering if any > one did more cardio or weight training than the book reccomends? And > also, on our free days, can we drink alcohol?? That is something the > book is not very clear on, esp. diet sodas and crystal light? Any > advice??? Thnks a bunch, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2002 Report Share Posted June 13, 2002 I read this is true as well. Also, aspartame can convert to neurotoxins. Do a search for " sweetener " in the archives and you will find the post I did with a Web site that tells about various sweeteners. Jeff > > I am new to the BFL program and to this group. I was wondering if > any > > one did more cardio or weight training than the book reccomends? > And > > also, on our free days, can we drink alcohol?? That is something > the > > book is not very clear on, esp. diet sodas and crystal light? Any > > advice??? Thnks a bunch, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 I am new to this too and am in the process of figuring out how to handle the different aspects of BPD. The one thing my therapist told me to do when my Mom (still can't bring myself to call her NADA) sends me emails, calls me, etc. is to stick with " light " conversation and " kill her with kindness " . My Mom just emailed me a nasty email and I simply replied that I loved her and that when things calm down everything would be fine. My therapist said to tell her that things will be fine even though I know until she gets help they won't. When she " corners " me on the phone I just say, " Mom I love you and I need to go make dinner right now " and hang up. > Hi I have found my way to your group via reading Stop Walking on Eggshells. > I live in England and am not quite sure what your terminology means. Is nada > this group's word for mothers? Why nada? It means ''nothing' in Spanish? Just > wondering. > > I am here because my mother now 73 years of age has in the last year been > given a tentative diagnosis of BPD having for the last thirty years of so been > labelled as manic-depressive. The psychiatrist also said something about > narcissism too. So I thought I had better try and find out what he was talking > about and what it meant in terms of my mother. I found that the book and > various things I have looked at on the net have described stuff that in common > I guess with many people I thought only applied to me and my family. So I am > really just trying to take it all in right now. Of course my mother doesn't sit still > while I am trying to refigure my head around all this. Today I received an 18 > page letter by post, mainly about my father's failures when they were married > and followed up by a fax this afternoon demanding that I find a new home for > her as she doesn't like the nursing home anymore. Last week she said she > considered the nursing home as her home and she was happy there. She has > physical problems too, and has been in hospital twice in the last month with > respiratory failure, possibly caused by not taking various drugs she has been > prescribed. I wonder what you all do when you get letters, do you reply? And > what do you reply to someone whose thoughts are all over the place, who > 'splits' within one paragraph, who starts off saying they never want to hear > from you again and then asks at the end when you are coming to see them? > > Does anyone know of people in England who work with non BPDs to help > them work through this sort of thing? > > Hope this is OK as a first message. > > > Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 I am new to this too and am in the process of figuring out how to handle the different aspects of BPD. The one thing my therapist told me to do when my Mom (still can't bring myself to call her NADA) sends me emails, calls me, etc. is to stick with " light " conversation and " kill her with kindness " . My Mom just emailed me a nasty email and I simply replied that I loved her and that when things calm down everything would be fine. My therapist said to tell her that things will be fine even though I know until she gets help they won't. When she " corners " me on the phone I just say, " Mom I love you and I need to go make dinner right now " and hang up. > Hi I have found my way to your group via reading Stop Walking on Eggshells. > I live in England and am not quite sure what your terminology means. Is nada > this group's word for mothers? Why nada? It means ''nothing' in Spanish? Just > wondering. > > I am here because my mother now 73 years of age has in the last year been > given a tentative diagnosis of BPD having for the last thirty years of so been > labelled as manic-depressive. The psychiatrist also said something about > narcissism too. So I thought I had better try and find out what he was talking > about and what it meant in terms of my mother. I found that the book and > various things I have looked at on the net have described stuff that in common > I guess with many people I thought only applied to me and my family. So I am > really just trying to take it all in right now. Of course my mother doesn't sit still > while I am trying to refigure my head around all this. Today I received an 18 > page letter by post, mainly about my father's failures when they were married > and followed up by a fax this afternoon demanding that I find a new home for > her as she doesn't like the nursing home anymore. Last week she said she > considered the nursing home as her home and she was happy there. She has > physical problems too, and has been in hospital twice in the last month with > respiratory failure, possibly caused by not taking various drugs she has been > prescribed. I wonder what you all do when you get letters, do you reply? And > what do you reply to someone whose thoughts are all over the place, who > 'splits' within one paragraph, who starts off saying they never want to hear > from you again and then asks at the end when you are coming to see them? > > Does anyone know of people in England who work with non BPDs to help > them work through this sort of thing? > > Hope this is OK as a first message. > > > Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 I am new to this too and am in the process of figuring out how to handle the different aspects of BPD. The one thing my therapist told me to do when my Mom (still can't bring myself to call her NADA) sends me emails, calls me, etc. is to stick with " light " conversation and " kill her with kindness " . My Mom just emailed me a nasty email and I simply replied that I loved her and that when things calm down everything would be fine. My therapist said to tell her that things will be fine even though I know until she gets help they won't. When she " corners " me on the phone I just say, " Mom I love you and I need to go make dinner right now " and hang up. > Hi I have found my way to your group via reading Stop Walking on Eggshells. > I live in England and am not quite sure what your terminology means. Is nada > this group's word for mothers? Why nada? It means ''nothing' in Spanish? Just > wondering. > > I am here because my mother now 73 years of age has in the last year been > given a tentative diagnosis of BPD having for the last thirty years of so been > labelled as manic-depressive. The psychiatrist also said something about > narcissism too. So I thought I had better try and find out what he was talking > about and what it meant in terms of my mother. I found that the book and > various things I have looked at on the net have described stuff that in common > I guess with many people I thought only applied to me and my family. So I am > really just trying to take it all in right now. Of course my mother doesn't sit still > while I am trying to refigure my head around all this. Today I received an 18 > page letter by post, mainly about my father's failures when they were married > and followed up by a fax this afternoon demanding that I find a new home for > her as she doesn't like the nursing home anymore. Last week she said she > considered the nursing home as her home and she was happy there. She has > physical problems too, and has been in hospital twice in the last month with > respiratory failure, possibly caused by not taking various drugs she has been > prescribed. I wonder what you all do when you get letters, do you reply? And > what do you reply to someone whose thoughts are all over the place, who > 'splits' within one paragraph, who starts off saying they never want to hear > from you again and then asks at the end when you are coming to see them? > > Does anyone know of people in England who work with non BPDs to help > them work through this sort of thing? > > Hope this is OK as a first message. > > > Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Thank you for the reply. I manage to be light for a while and then my anger takes over, or I get PMT and am less able to be light, or even see the funny side of things. My area of responsibility not my mother's! I guess I do a lot of what is called in the book SWOE 'intermittent reinforcement' and that I have to work on being much more consistent. Hard in the face of such inconsistency from my mother. I do have support from my sister but sometimes we end up bouncing the latest 'problems' back and forth, until one of us 'does something' either visits, calls her doctors, whatever. So we end up putting pressure on each other and so on. The value of being able to reality check with her though is enormous. The trouble is we do it too much sometimes. At periods of high activity, there can be so many calls that the rest of life disappears. We both have caller display so we can see when she calls us and ansaphones but I find it very hard when I get six messages saying call me to just ignore them until I feel ready to ring. So between us we sort of manage and have done for a long time now, but we both need to find new ways of thinking and behaving, we can't change her behaviour no matter what we do can we? But I will try the short replies, affirming that I love her more frequently. Thanks again. jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 M- I have recently stumbled on the " diagnosis " of my mother as BPD with the recommendation of the book SWOE. It has been an eyeopener- a great relief to have a label, to put the awful behavior in perspective and give me tools to change my relationship. You asked about forgiveness. This is what the forgiver does not the what the forgiven does. The forgiven may or may not repent. The forgiver can live a much freer life if she forgives. This is far different than boundary setting. It simply means that we do not carry the burden of the wrongs done to us. We do not let them weigh us down anymore. This is biblical. We can only change ourselves not others. In my experience forgiving can be short but at times it is an ongoing process due to the size of the hurt and how long it has been part of us. Prayer for healing can change things faster. I hope this helps. BPD can overwhelm you even from far away. I happen to live close by but keenly remember how controlling she was when I was on the other side of the world during 9th grade. So two keys: Forgive her every time she messes up. Remember and become more and more separate from her. Hear her wishes and desires but respond as an observer and not as a child tangled in her web. All the best and prayer changes things in mighty ways. M > Cheers, > M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 I'd just like to briefly introduce myself to the group. I manage my sister's practice and one day stumbled onto something called IMP. It turned out that the things that I was telling my sister to do were mostly the same things advocated by IMP. I am hoping to be able to share ideas with the group. We use Amazing Charts EMR, we tried out Instant Medical History (she didn't like it), and I am currently starting to plan for an attempt to use AppointmentQuest Online Scheduling. I'd like to give a special thanks to hockeyref () and Dr. Lynn Ho for directing me to this group. Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 welcomeYeah that and that Ho they are pretty good stuff. :)where are you located? I'd just like to briefly introduce myself to the group. I manage my sister's practice and one day stumbled onto something called IMP. It turned out that the things that I was telling my sister to do were mostly the same things advocated by IMP. I am hoping to be able to share ideas with the group. We use Amazing Charts EMR, we tried out Instant Medical History (she didn't like it), and I am currently starting to plan for an attempt to use AppointmentQuest Online Scheduling. I'd like to give a special thanks to hockeyref () and Dr. Lynn Ho for directing me to this group. Wayne -- If you are a patient please allow up to 12 hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address.Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/ MD ph fax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 We're located in NYC. About a block from Penn Station. Part of what is known as the "Fashion District" I think. Re: New to group welcomeYeah that and that Ho they are pretty good stuff. :)where are you located? On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Wayne Coghill <cwayne59verizon (DOT) net> wrote: I'd just like to briefly introduce myself to the group. I manage my sister's practice and one day stumbled onto something called IMP. It turned out that the things that I was telling my sister to do were mostly the same things advocated by IMP. I am hoping to be able to share ideas with the group. We use Amazing Charts EMR, we tried out Instant Medical History (she didn't like it), and I am currently starting to plan for an attempt to use AppointmentQuest Online Scheduling. I'd like to give a special thanks to hockeyref () and Dr. Lynn Ho for directing me to this group. Wayne-- If you are a patient please allow up to 12 hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address.Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/ MD ph fax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Hi Wayne, Nice to see you here too. As he says we know each other from the AC side of things. We have been swapping Practice Management notes for a long while now as we attempt to implement positive change for the ladies we represent. Welcome Aboard! paul New to group I'd just like to briefly introduce myself to the group. I manage my sister's practice and one day stumbled onto something called IMP. It turned out that the things that I was telling my sister to do were mostly the same things advocated by IMP. I am hoping to be able to share ideas with the group. We use Amazing Charts EMR, we tried out Instant Medical History (she didn't like it), and I am currently starting to plan for an attempt to use AppointmentQuest Online Scheduling. I'd like to give a special thanks to hockeyref () and Dr. Lynn Ho for directing me to this group. Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Good point! Go Rangers! ... and, of course, Go Knicks!For those not acquainted with NYC, Madison Square Garden, where both Rangers and Knicks play, is above Penn Station. So that's how this (hopefully) short tangent relates.Welcome Wayne. By the way, what's your sister's name?TimOn Fri, August 8, 2008 8:52 am EDT, Bleiweiss wrote: Let's Go Rangers!!! (He's a Block away from my NY Rangers) Re: [Practiceimprovemen t1] New to group welcomeYeah that and that Ho they are pretty good stuff. :)where are you located? On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Wayne Coghill cwayne59verizon (DOT) net> wrote: I'd just like to briefly introduce myself to the group. I manage my sister's practice and one day stumbled onto something called IMP. It turned out that the things that I was telling my sister to do were mostly the same things advocated by IMP. I am hoping to be able to share ideas with the group. We use Amazing Charts EMR, we tried out Instant Medical History (she didn't like it), and I am currently starting to plan for an attempt to use AppointmentQuest Online Scheduling. I'd like to give a special thanks to hockeyref () and Dr. Lynn Ho for directing me to this group. Wayne -- If you are a patient please allow up to 12 hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address.Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/ MD115 Mt Blue Circle ph fax ---------------------------------------- Malia, MDMalia Family Medicine & Skin Sense Laser6720 Pittsford-Palmyra Rd.Perinton Square MallFairport, NY 14450 (phone / fax)www.relayhealth.com/doc/DrMaliawww.SkinSenseLaser.com-- Confidentiality Notice --This email message, including all the attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and contains confidential information. Unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, disclose, copy or disseminate this information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments.---------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Alice Coghill. Please visit us at www.doctorcoghill.com Re: [Practiceimprovemen t1] New to group welcomeYeah that and that Ho they are pretty good stuff. :)where are you located? On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Wayne Coghill cwayne59verizon (DOT) net> wrote: I'd just like to briefly introduce myself to the group. I manage my sister's practice and one day stumbled onto something called IMP. It turned out that the things that I was telling my sister to do were mostly the same things advocated by IMP. I am hoping to be able to share ideas with the group. We use Amazing Charts EMR, we tried out Instant Medical History (she didn't like it), and I am currently starting to plan for an attempt to use AppointmentQuest Online Scheduling. I'd like to give a special thanks to hockeyref () and Dr. Lynn Ho for directing me to this group. Wayne-- If you are a patient please allow up to 12 hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address.Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/ MD ph fax ------------ --------- --------- --------- - Malia, MDMalia Family Medicine & Skin Sense Laser6720 Pittsford-Palmyra Rd.Perinton Square MallFairport, NY 14450 (phone / fax)www.relayhealth. com/doc/DrMaliawww.SkinSenseLaser. com-- Confidentiality Notice --This email message, including all the attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and contains confidential information. Unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, disclose, copy or disseminate this information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments.------------ --------- --------- --------- - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 I grew up outside NYC I have been in penn station a million times Went to madison sq garden for t he cirus as a kid I did not know they were in t he same place!! How embarassing.It was all a mystery to me I only saw Radio city music hall also from the inside come up thorugh the train station who knows what these places look like outside! Same thing for the planetarium and museum of natural hisotry You get on the LiRR and you never goo utsdie! Good point! Go Rangers! ... and, of course, Go Knicks!For those not acquainted with NYC, Madison Square Garden, where both Rangers and Knicks play, is above Penn Station. So that's how this (hopefully) short tangent relates.Welcome Wayne. By the way, what's your sister's name?TimOn Fri, August 8, 2008 8:52 am EDT, Bleiweiss wrote: Let's Go Rangers!!! (He's a Block away from my NY Rangers) Re: [Practiceimprovemen t1] New to group welcomeYeah that and that Ho they are pretty good stuff. :)where are you located? On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Wayne Coghill cwayne59verizon (DOT) net> wrote: I'd just like to briefly introduce myself to the group. I manage my sister's practice and one day stumbled onto something called IMP. It turned out that the things that I was telling my sister to do were mostly the same things advocated by IMP. I am hoping to be able to share ideas with the group. We use Amazing Charts EMR, we tried out Instant Medical History (she didn't like it), and I am currently starting to plan for an attempt to use AppointmentQuest Online Scheduling. I'd like to give a special thanks to hockeyref () and Dr. Lynn Ho for directing me to this group. Wayne -- If you are a patient please allow up to 12 hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address.Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/ MD115 Mt Blue Circle ph fax ---------------------------------------- Malia, MDMalia Family Medicine & Skin Sense Laser6720 Pittsford-Palmyra Rd.Perinton Square MallFairport, NY 14450 (phone / fax)www.relayhealth.com/doc/DrMaliawww.SkinSenseLaser.com -- Confidentiality Notice --This email message, including all the attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and contains confidential information. Unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, disclose, copy or disseminate this information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments.---------------------------------------- -- If you are a patient please allow up to 12 hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address.Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/ MD ph fax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Ah, yes, another advantage of growing up outside of NYC in the northern suburbs. From Westchester, the Metro North goes to Grand Central. And from there I always wanted to walk outside so I could pass the lions at the library a couple blocks away (now I like to stop at Park but in my youth it was better to avoid it... much nicer now). Otherwise, south to MSG but with a quick glimpse of Empire State Bdlg, or north up 5th ave to Central Park/St Pat's ... now I know why I liked Grand Central more than Penn Station, more central location.But, Radio City without going outside?? No Christmas memories of Rockefeller Center ice rink, St Pat's, 5th Ave with the smell of roasting chestnuts and the store window designs? No walking up to FAOSchwartz? Etc?Wow, you have a vacation to plan!Wayne, nice website. It's always great to know about more IMPs in NYC where it just seams the specialists run the whole show.TimOn Fri, August 8, 2008 10:59 am EDT, wrote: I grew up outside NYC I have been in penn station a million times Went to madison sq garden for t he cirus as a kid I did not know they were in t he same place!! How embarassing.It was all a mystery to meI only saw Radio city music hall also from the inside come up thorugh the train station who knows what these places look like outside! Same thing for the planetarium and museum of natural hisotry You get on the LiRR and you never goo utsdie! Good point! Go Rangers! ... and, of course, Go Knicks!For those not acquainted with NYC, Madison Square Garden, where both Rangers andKnicks play, is above Penn Station. So that's how this (hopefully) short tangentrelates.Welcome Wayne. By the way, what's your sister's name?TimOn Fri, August 8, 20088:52 am EDT, Bleiweiss wrote: Let's Go Rangers!!! (He's a Block away from my NY Rangers) Re: [Practiceimprovemen t1] New togroup welcomeYeah that and that Ho they are pretty good stuff.:)where are you located? On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Wayne Coghill cwayne59verizon (DOT) net> wrote: I'd just like to briefly introduce myself to the group. I manage my sister'spractice and one day stumbled onto something called IMP. It turned out that thethings that I was telling my sister to do were mostly the same things advocated byIMP. I am hoping to be able to share ideas with the group. We use Amazing Charts EMR, we tried out Instant Medical History (she didn'tlike it), and I am currently starting to plan for an attempt to use AppointmentQuestOnline Scheduling. I'd like to give a special thanks to hockeyref () and Dr. Lynn Ho fordirecting me to this group. Wayne -- If you are a patient please allow up to 12hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address.Rememberthat e-mail may not be entirely secure/ MD115 Mt BlueCircle ph fax 207 778 3544 ---------------------------------------- Malia, MDMaliaFamily Medicine & Skin Sense Laser6720 Pittsford-Palmyra Rd.PerintonSquare MallFairport, NY 14450 (phone / fax)www.relayhealth.com/doc/DrMaliawww.SkinSenseLaser.com--Confidentiality Notice --This email message, including all the attachments, isfor the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and contains confidential information.Unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient,you may not use, disclose, copy or disseminate this information. If you are not theintended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by reply email and destroyall copies of the original message, including attachments.---------------------------------------- -- If you are a patient please allow up to 12 hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address.Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/ MD 115 Mt Blue Circle ph fax ---------------------------------------- Malia, MDMalia Family Medicine & Skin Sense Laser6720 Pittsford-Palmyra Rd.Perinton Square MallFairport, NY 14450 (phone / fax)www.relayhealth.com/doc/DrMaliawww.SkinSenseLaser.com-- Confidentiality Notice --This email message, including all the attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and contains confidential information. Unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, disclose, copy or disseminate this information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments.---------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Thanks for the complement. I wouldn't call us an IMP. I believe a doctor has to have specific non-medical skills to make that work. My sister doesn't have those specific skills. But with some proper business planning and by using some techniques that IMPs use and playing to her strengths.I can turn her practice into being quite profitable, or so I belieive. The "standard insurance" model usually used for practices today play specifically to her weakness and can result in her skill as a doctor being overshadowed or nullified by me trying to get her to see 25-30 patients/day. It has been a disaster. We did get up to 17, but if sustained for any length of time, she can't keep up w/ the charting AND we are stressed and irritalbe and still need to hire a 2nd MA. Once I got her using the EMR things started really changing. Then we got the lab interfaces---another big improvement. I think I can reduce the MAs workload (and mine for when I have to cover phones or correct her mistakes) by using a little more automation. Like letting patients book their own appts online (AppointmentQuest), and maybe signing up for one of those virtual PBXs like OneBox. Thjis means the MA can work more on things we need her to, and we won't have to hire a second one. Then I need to shift her to patients with a higher fee/visit so that she can REALLY be profitable on just 10-12 patients per day. I have alot of the ideas set up. Just need to fine tune them and implement them. I think. But 10 patient /day with conventional overhead just wont pay the salary or the bills. Re: [Practiceimprovemen t1] New togroup welcomeYeah that and that Ho they are pretty good stuff.:)where are you located? On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Wayne Coghill cwayne59verizon (DOT) net> wrote: I'd just like to briefly introduce myself to the group. I manage my sister'spractice and one day stumbled onto something called IMP. It turned out that thethings that I was telling my sister to do were mostly the same things advocated byIMP. I am hoping to be able to share ideas with the group. We use Amazing Charts EMR, we tried out Instant Medical History (she didn'tlike it), and I am currently starting to plan for an attempt to use AppointmentQuestOnline Scheduling. I'd like to give a special thanks to hockeyref () and Dr. Lynn Ho fordirecting me to this group. Wayne-- If you are a patient please allow up to 12hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address.Rememberthat e-mail may not be entirely secure/ MD115 Mt BlueCircle ph fax ------------ --------- --------- --------- - Malia, MDMaliaFamily Medicine & Skin Sense Laser6720 Pittsford-Palmyra Rd.PerintonSquare MallFairport, NY 14450 (phone / fax)www.relayhealth. com/doc/DrMaliawww.SkinSenseLaser. com--Confidentiality Notice --This email message, including all the attachments, isfor the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and contains confidential information.Unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient,you may not use, disclose, copy or disseminate this information. If you are not theintended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by reply email and destroyall copies of the original message, including attachments.------------ --------- --------- --------- --- If you are a patient please allow up to 12 hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address.Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/ MD ph fax ------------ --------- --------- --------- - Malia, MDMalia Family Medicine & Skin Sense Laser6720 Pittsford-Palmyra Rd.Perinton Square MallFairport, NY 14450 (phone / fax)www.relayhealth. com/doc/DrMaliawww.SkinSenseLaser. com-- Confidentiality Notice --This email message, including all the attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and contains confidential information. Unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, disclose, copy or disseminate this information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments.------------ --------- --------- --------- - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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