Guest guest Posted September 13, 2002 Report Share Posted September 13, 2002 Hi , Welcome! Your results are very impressive! I would be interested in how your WO routine because I have a bowflex also. Right now, I am using just free weights. BTW, this is a great board with great support and solutions :-) darlene > Hello everyone! > > I just joined this group and would like to introduce myself. > > I'm 29 years old and in week 11 of my first challenge. At 5'10'' I > am currently 162 pounds 15.5%BF (started at 175 pounds and 20%BF). I > work out at home using a bowflex following the BFL plan. > > I have followed the eating plan pretty closely. I eat six times a day > and use Designer Whey as a protein suppliment. > > I am happy with my current results but would like to add more muscle > mass and hopefully reveal more of my stomach muscle during the second > challenge. > > I look forward to sharing with everyone in the future. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2002 Report Share Posted September 13, 2002 Hi , Welcome! Your results are very impressive! I would be interested in how your WO routine because I have a bowflex also. Right now, I am using just free weights. BTW, this is a great board with great support and solutions :-) darlene > Hello everyone! > > I just joined this group and would like to introduce myself. > > I'm 29 years old and in week 11 of my first challenge. At 5'10'' I > am currently 162 pounds 15.5%BF (started at 175 pounds and 20%BF). I > work out at home using a bowflex following the BFL plan. > > I have followed the eating plan pretty closely. I eat six times a day > and use Designer Whey as a protein suppliment. > > I am happy with my current results but would like to add more muscle > mass and hopefully reveal more of my stomach muscle during the second > challenge. > > I look forward to sharing with everyone in the future. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2002 Report Share Posted September 13, 2002 Hi , Welcome! Your results are very impressive! I would be interested in how your WO routine because I have a bowflex also. Right now, I am using just free weights. BTW, this is a great board with great support and solutions :-) darlene > Hello everyone! > > I just joined this group and would like to introduce myself. > > I'm 29 years old and in week 11 of my first challenge. At 5'10'' I > am currently 162 pounds 15.5%BF (started at 175 pounds and 20%BF). I > work out at home using a bowflex following the BFL plan. > > I have followed the eating plan pretty closely. I eat six times a day > and use Designer Whey as a protein suppliment. > > I am happy with my current results but would like to add more muscle > mass and hopefully reveal more of my stomach muscle during the second > challenge. > > I look forward to sharing with everyone in the future. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2002 Report Share Posted September 13, 2002 Thank you Darlene, I have Bowflex Power Pro with the Leg Extension. I have been happy with it. I also upgraded the power rods since I need it for some of the leg exercises. I follow the BFL routine so I have two different exercises per muscle group each workout (except for the calves since there is not another exercise available). This is a list a typical UPW and LBW routine. The first exercise is the one I do for 5 sets and the second listed is the one I do at the end for 1 set: UBW: Chest: Decline Bench Press / Chest Fly Shoulders: Seated Shoulder Press / Lying Shoulder Press Back: Lying Lat Pulldown / Seated Row Triceps: French Press / Triceps Kickback Biceps: Standing Bicep Curl / Concentration Bicep Curl LBW: Quads: Leg Press / Leg Extension Hamstrings: Leg Curl / Standing Hip Extension Calves: Seated Calf Raise Abs: Leg Raises / Ab Crunch I hope that this helps, > Hi , > > Welcome! Your results are very impressive! I would be interested in > how your WO routine because I have a bowflex also. Right now, I am > using just free weights. > > BTW, this is a great board with great support and solutions :-) > darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2002 Report Share Posted September 15, 2002 Thanks, ! I'm printing this so I can keep it handy. My memory is not so hot anymore darlene > > Hi , > > > > Welcome! Your results are very impressive! I would be interested > in > > how your WO routine because I have a bowflex also. Right now, I am > > using just free weights. > > > > BTW, this is a great board with great support and solutions :-) > > darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 Hi and welcome! I just joined the group as well. Great group here and very knowledgeable. I have been using the Bowflex Ultimate since May 2002 when I started my first challenge. I love the machine and have since added the extra 100lbs for a total of 410lbs. Sounds like you have some great results so far. Keep up the good work! Carmine > Hello everyone! > > I just joined this group and would like to introduce myself. > > I'm 29 years old and in week 11 of my first challenge. At 5'10'' I > am currently 162 pounds 15.5%BF (started at 175 pounds and 20%BF). I > work out at home using a bowflex following the BFL plan. > > I have followed the eating plan pretty closely. I eat six times a day > and use Designer Whey as a protein suppliment. > > I am happy with my current results but would like to add more muscle > mass and hopefully reveal more of my stomach muscle during the second > challenge. > > I look forward to sharing with everyone in the future. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 Hi and welcome! I just joined the group as well. Great group here and very knowledgeable. I have been using the Bowflex Ultimate since May 2002 when I started my first challenge. I love the machine and have since added the extra 100lbs for a total of 410lbs. Sounds like you have some great results so far. Keep up the good work! Carmine > Hello everyone! > > I just joined this group and would like to introduce myself. > > I'm 29 years old and in week 11 of my first challenge. At 5'10'' I > am currently 162 pounds 15.5%BF (started at 175 pounds and 20%BF). I > work out at home using a bowflex following the BFL plan. > > I have followed the eating plan pretty closely. I eat six times a day > and use Designer Whey as a protein suppliment. > > I am happy with my current results but would like to add more muscle > mass and hopefully reveal more of my stomach muscle during the second > challenge. > > I look forward to sharing with everyone in the future. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 What height/weight did you start at? I lost 22 lbs on my first 2 challenges and could just see the abs poking through. It can depend on genetics and water retention as well. Also, the fat around the abs can be the most stubborn and the last to leave. Sounds like you are doing great so far. Andy > Hello everyone. My name is Jeff and I just joined the group. I am a > soldier currently stationed in Friedberg, Germany. I am just > starting week 10 of my first BFL challenge. So far I have lost 18 > pounds. It's all scale wieght because I have no where to go to check > my body fat percentage. I am really surprised to know that I could > lose that much weight and still not see my abs. I have signed up in > other BFL groups but have yet to find one with this much > participation. I am impressed. It sounds like everyone here is > motivated and I wish all of you great success. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 What height/weight did you start at? I lost 22 lbs on my first 2 challenges and could just see the abs poking through. It can depend on genetics and water retention as well. Also, the fat around the abs can be the most stubborn and the last to leave. Sounds like you are doing great so far. Andy > Hello everyone. My name is Jeff and I just joined the group. I am a > soldier currently stationed in Friedberg, Germany. I am just > starting week 10 of my first BFL challenge. So far I have lost 18 > pounds. It's all scale wieght because I have no where to go to check > my body fat percentage. I am really surprised to know that I could > lose that much weight and still not see my abs. I have signed up in > other BFL groups but have yet to find one with this much > participation. I am impressed. It sounds like everyone here is > motivated and I wish all of you great success. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Hi everyone - it's about time I stop lurking and introduce myself. I've been reading the listserve for quite a while now, and am in awe of the generosity of information and support provided here (and I'd like to be part of that). So here's the brief introduction: >Born and raised in Los Angeles. Med school USC, residency Internal Med at Beth Israel in Boston. >Back to LA for private practice (with my Clinical Medicine instructor and several others) for 13 years. >Left after earthquakes and 9/11 caused us (wife Jill and myself) to rethink priorities. >Hospitalist in Medford, OR since 2002. >Opened Meducation, PC summer 2007 in Ashland, OR (website: www.meducationpc.com). Goal of the practice is to provide " uniquely collaborative care " for folks who want a personal medical consultant, who are interested in and invested in making their own healthcare decisions, and who value the extra time, access, education, and attention that is hard to find elsewhere. Meducation is structured as a hybrid between an IMP and a concierge internal medicine practice, with a fee schedule based on an a la carte approach: no up front membership, but folks understand that time spent on preventative and comprehensive care may not be covered by their insurance. My wife Jill was a professor of marketing in her prior career, and has been invaluable in this effort. I am the sole practitioner, and I have one employee, a non-clinical office assistant. I have a bit too much office space, but sublease to my wife (a psychotherapist) and a chiropractor. We have a comfortable waiting room/library which rarely gets used - people are almost always seen on time. We are growing slowly mostly via word-of-mouth. I am still working about half-time as a hospitalist to pay our mortgage, but Meducation has been paying for itself for the last year (alas, some but not enough take-home). It's a slow, overworked, tough transition; but we expected that. Support-wise, using Amazing Charts EMR (based on recommendations of this group); previously had used Soapware (ASP model) and fed up after too much data loss. Using Office Ally (also recommended by this group) after finding AltaPoint support very weak. We use Ring Central as a virtual PBX to handle incoming fax and voice mail. Currently dropping Medem, which I tried for secure email - too few people will jump the hurdles; most are happy with insecure email. We strive to be paperless. Oh, and this year we decided that we could splurge on a Blue Cross insurance policy for ourselves and our office manager. I noted that IMP camp (which I could not attend last year) will be in our part of the country this August, and I'd very much like to join you! OK, I feel better, no more anonymous partaking in your generosity - I'm ready to channel the positive energy. Steve Hersch -- L. Hersch, MD, FACP Meducation, P.C. 499 Chestnut Street Ashland, Oregon 97520 Telephone: E-Mail: meducation@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Hi Marti Z. What is POTS? > > Hello, > My name is Marti (too!) And I live north of Houston. I am a 48 year > old female with CFIDS/ME/Fibro, etc, etc. Diagnosed with adrenal > insufficiency. I have very low blood pressure and low temps. > > I have been studying and learning and have a few questions. I started > on Armour but didn't feel anything. So I kept ramping up then > finally, I had heart palpitations. I had start bio-identical > progesterone at the same time. Didn't feel anything from that either. > Then I did a little HC. Felt some relief from that. I am on > unrefined sea salt and have some relief from low blood pressure. I > have been taking my temps, blood pressure and glucose for 30 days now. > I believe I also have POTS from doing a poor mans tilt table test. > > My question is this: Is there a particular order to start things? Is > it hormones, then cortisol then thyroid? > > Here are my recent labs (did not know enough to ask for Free T3 > Reverse T3) > > Cortisol 8am - 27 13-24 nM > Noon - 9 5-10 nM > 4pm - 1 3-8 nM > MidN. - 2 1-4 nM > Cortisol Burden 39 23-42 > DHEA 5 3-10 ng/ml > Free Test. 17 8-20pg/ml > Estriodol 10 5-13 pg/ml > Estriol 8 14-38 pg/ml > Progesterone 64 65-500 pg/ml > TSH 0.004 0.45-4.5 > Free T4 1.61 .61-1.76 > > Thanks for any input! > Marti Z. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, I think. > >> > Hello,> > My name is Marti (too!) And I live north of Houston. I am a 48 year> > old female with CFIDS/ME/Fibro, etc, etc. Diagnosed with adrenal> > insufficiency. I have very low blood pressure and low temps.> > > > I have been studying and learning and have a few questions. I started> > on Armour but didn't feel anything. So I kept ramping up then> > finally, I had heart palpitations. I had start bio-identical> > progesterone at the same time. Didn't feel anything from that either.> > Then I did a little HC. Felt some relief from that. I am on> > unrefined sea salt and have some relief from low blood pressure. I> > have been taking my temps, blood pressure and glucose for 30 days now.> > I believe I also have POTS from doing a poor mans tilt table test.> > > > My question is this: Is there a particular order to start things? Is> > it hormones, then cortisol then thyroid?> > > > Here are my recent labs (did not know enough to ask for Free T3> > Reverse T3)> > > > Cortisol 8am - 27 13-24 nM> > Noon - 9 5-10 nM> > 4pm - 1 3-8 nM> > MidN. - 2 1-4 nM> > Cortisol Burden 39 23-42> > DHEA 5 3-10 ng/ml> > Free Test. 17 8-20pg/ml> > Estriodol 10 5-13 pg/ml> > Estriol 8 14-38 pg/ml> > Progesterone 64 65-500 pg/ml> > TSH 0.004 0.45-4.5> > Free T4 1.61 .61-1.76> > > > Thanks for any input!> > Marti Z.> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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