Guest guest Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 Rob: an excellent post. Your .02 is worth a million bucks. on 11/7/2003 3:00 PM, mrbosco77 at mrbosco77@... wrote: > Hi Melinda > > I congratulate you on doing a good thing. > > I am no stranger to trying to lose weight, and no matter what type of > diet I have tried, I have lost weight—and then gained it back right away. > > What I have found about the CRON " diet " , is that I don't think of it > as a diet, but rather just " the way I eat now. " This seems to make it > easier for me to stay the course, and I don't feel like I'm depriving > myself. I've only been doing this for about 2 months, and I'm still > many pounds above where I need to be, but I feel much better in many ways. > > I would encourage you to view this as a lifetime thing. I think that > 600 calories is far too few. Either start with more like 1200 (and > make them all nutritionally count), or just change what you eat and > don't worry so much about the calories. Either way, you will lose > weight. Read Walford and the excellent files on this site. If it > turns out after a couple of weeks you are not losing at 1200, drop to > 1100 and repeat. There's no big hurry. And I believe the odds of > success are higher for those who take it more slowly. > > For myself, I spent $50 and bought the computer program at > www.dietpower.com. I then told it I wanted to lose 1 pound per week > (somewhat brisk, but I think it is ok for a while), and let it set my > calorie goals. I certainly don't want to lose faster than that. > Believe it or not, if I eat the right things (which is at least as > much my focus as calories), I often have to work at getting enough > calories. I don't want to lose the weight too fast, for several > reasons (some of which Walford mentions in his book). > > Once I am down closer to my set point, I will decrease my rate of > weight loss to closer to a pound per month. One nice benefit of the > program (or probably any good program) is that it gives me an estimate > of my metabolic rate based on what I have eaten and what I weigh. > When I get near my set point, I will know how many calories I need to > maintain that weight. > > But honestly, I think it is less about calories and more about quality > in eating. If the quality is there, the calories will sort themselves > out. Especially if you keep up with the exercise. > > Just my $.02 > > Rob in Alaska > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Hi Loribeth, Welcome to the group. I hope that your results of your MRI show that you have some minor cervical thing going on!! If you do have a cervical herniation and have had a lumbar surgery in the past, the cervical surgery (to me) is a piece of cake. Of all the things I have had done the neck surgery was the shortest hospital stay, shortest recovery period, and least amount of pain. I didn't have any swelling when my cervical disc herniated, but I did have the tingling and numbness. I also thought something was going on with my shoulder and/or rotator cuff because it hurt so incredibly bad, but it was all the disc that had herniated. I think it is awesome that you have had a discectomy so long ago and were able to be out skiing! I wish you the best of luck and hopefully they will figure out what is going on soon. Barb > > Hi Everyone, > > I just wanted to introduce myself. Currently, I'm waiting to get an approval so I can have a c-spine and brain MRI, to rule out either a herniated cervical disc or Multiple Sclerosis. Hopefully by next week my insurance will give the go ahead. > > I was in the mountains skiing last weekend and my legs became so weak I could barely make it down the mountain. By that evening I couldn't feel my arms and I was so swollen my hands looked like little sausages. I was able to see a neurologist on Wednesday to access the situation. > > I've been having problems with my arms and hands for years thinking it was carpel tunnel or just over use. The muscle weakness and tingling was a whole other beast I'm not used to in the upper half of my body. > > I'm 32, at 24 I had a L5-S1 discectomy from a prolapse or ruptured disc. I had my first serious spinal injury at 14 years old. I had several other minor herniations in the lumbar spine that weren't bad enough operate on. By the time of my surgery I just about crawled onto the operating table I was in so much pain. 10 out of 10. I couldn't walk or hold myself up. I would look at the clock and time how long I could stand for. To make my sons lunch for preschool I would crawl around the kitchen and then hang his lunchbox around my neck and crawl back to the living room and wait for someone else to take him. It was a terrible time. > > So needless to say, I'm a little disheartened to be needing another MRI for something spine related. > > Loribeth > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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