new to this

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group!! This is a really cool place with tons of cool people.

Don't worry we'll all get there together.

Jenni

[Guest guest]

Welcome Honeybear!

I hope you find the support and motivation that you need here.

I look forward to hearing more from you!

[Guest guest]

> Hello all. I have been reading all of your comments, but I haven't

gotten

> around to posting yet. I am very heavy. I had a baby, and got very

fat.

> Now, 9 1/2 months later, I still look pregnant. I have been doing

Tae-Bo off

> and on. I work crazy hours, so it is hard. I have not seen an

improvement.

> I am very frustrated, and geting more and more depressed. I am out

of my

> military weight standards, and that is hard to cope with as well. I

have

> always had a weight problem, and I have an eating disorder which I am

trying

> to overcome. Hearing all of you makes me a little more motivated.

Thanks.

Honeybear,

Welcome to our group! Hopefully, we can help you get back on track

with tae-bo and you will find the support you need. Pregnancy weight

is hard to lose....the most important thing that you have to have is

patience. I know that's hard because we want the weight off yesterday,

but it really is important to take it off slowly. It took me a full

year to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I know how frustrating

the weight loss thing can be and it can definitely make you feel

depressed, if you let it. Alot of us here are starting a few 21 Day

Challenges on January 3rd. Why don't you pick one or more of them and

join us? There is a " Tae-bo 21 Day Challenge " where you have to do

some form of tae-bo for 21 days straight. It can be any form of

tae-bo...even the 8 minute or instructional, just so you do tae-bo

every day for 21 days in a row. The idea is that once you do something

for 21 days in a row, it will become a habit and thus, a permanent part

of your life. Plus, you will gain an incredible sense of

accomplishment knowing that you commited to something and followed

through with it. There is also a " healthy eating 21 day challenge "

where you try to eat healthily for 21 days straight. The rules with

this one are a little less structured. You can make it more personal

for your own individual goals. Some people are going to try not to eat

after dinner. Others may try getting in more vegetables or just make

smarter, healthier decisions....eat less fat, eat more protein, etc.

You know what it is that you need to work on, so you can set your own

goals for this one. There is also a " Drink more water 21 day

challenge " where, I think, everyone is trying to drink at least 64

oz.(or more) of water a day. I already do that, so I'm going to try to

increase my water intake to a gallon a day. (I only drink water so

this isn't too much of a stretch for me...it's just adding one more 32

oz. bottle). And the last challenge is a " focusing on sucking in your

abs during the day 21 day challenge " where you really try to contract

your abs and hold them tight throughout the day, whenever you think

about it. This will really help you walk taller and stronger and feel

more confident.

Anyway, you can pick one or all of the challenges to do...we would love

to have you join us. It will be a great way to start off the new year

and get yourself back on track. Try not to get discouraged. I promise

you if you commit to tae-bo and a healthy way of eating, you will see

results. Stay here with us and we will help you on your journey. Just

talk to us when you start to get discouraged and we'll try to help you

stay motivated.

Glad you decided to join us, honeybear!

[Guest guest]

honeybear389-@... wrote:

original article:/group/tae-bo_on/?start=5325

> Hello all. I have been reading all of your comments, but I haven't

gotten

> around to posting yet. I am very heavy. I had a baby, and got very

fat.

> Now, 9 1/2 months later, I still look pregnant. I have been doing

Tae-Bo off

> and on. I work crazy hours, so it is hard. I have not seen an

improvement.

> I am very frustrated, and geting more and more depressed. I am out

of my

> military weight standards, and that is hard to cope with as well. I

have

> always had a weight problem, and I have an eating disorder which I am

trying

> to overcome. Hearing all of you makes me a little more motivated.

Thanks.

Hi HoneyBear!

Welcome to the group! I think consistancy is one of the main things

you need to work on. You need to make exercise a priority, something

that can't be easily pushed aside for something less important. Decide

how many days a week that you can do it..maybe 3 for a start, and stick

with it. You will start seeing results. There is a link to an artical

about this in the vault that may help.

Quite a few people are going to start a 21 day challenge...you will

get alot of motivation from doing that.

Good Luck! And keep us updated.

[Guest guest]

Hi

My name is Brandee. I have a 27 month old who has not officially

been diagnosed b/c the therapist I work with don't believe in

diagnosing/labeling before age three. I thought I agreed with this,

but now realize that I do not. If I had to " label " , I feel Hannah

would be PDD-NOS. After her 18 month vaccinations she lost her

language and sociability, among other things. I have been working

with her myself and that seem to be helping. I also started her on

the gfcg diet have seen pretty dramatic results in a hurry (we've

been on the diet 3 weeks now). I am waiting on a referral to Texas

Children's...in the meantime, I came across Dr. Volpe(in Houston) as

a DAN practitioner. I am considering paying him a visit and was

wondering if anyone had any comments regarding his services. I feel

that dietary intervention is a big part of Hannah's improvements and

would like to continue this path. But, I don't want to leave any

stone unturned, so I am looking at any and all avenues! I live in

, TX which is pretty much 2 hours from Houston,Austin,Corpus

Christi,San . Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Brandee

[Guest guest]

Hi Brandee,

My son received the same services before and after receiving his official asd

diagnosis (a little after his third b-day) which were not enough. He was

totally gone and in his own world in my opinion. He has been GFCF, low soy, low

sugar and low phenol for almost four years. Since he is pretty much on the

SCDiet (www.pecanbread.com) with the exception of the Goat Yoghurt, I am now

changing his diet. During the past six months he has become a real carb addict

and has not been eating any meat or vegetables, I think the carbs are only

feeding his yeast problem. I do not want to keep using nystatin so I will

restrict

his carbs to carbs that supposedly are readily digestible (medium chain and

short chained as opposed to long). I am just learning so I will probably make

a lot of mistakes.

My son also lost his speech and became asd at about 18 months. I have not

ruled out the weakened live viruses in the vaccines as causing some of his

problems and have been thinking of seeing Dr Randall in Austin TX. Dr

Megson's research on EFA helped my son (www.megson.com). As did Dr Horvath's

(Univ of MD in Baltimore) research on secretin.

If you need for me to find Dr s website info, let me know. Hope

> My name is Brandee. I have a 27 month old who has not officially

> been diagnosed b/c the therapist I work with don't believe in

> diagnosing/labeling before age three. I thought I agreed with this,

> but now realize that I do not. If I had to " label " , I feel Hannah

> would be PDD-NOS. After her 18 month vaccinations she lost her

> language and sociability, among other things. I have been working

> with her myself and that seem to be helping. I also started her on

> the gfcg diet have seen pretty dramatic results in a hurry (we've

> been on the diet 3 weeks now). I am waiting on a referral to Texas

> Children's...in the meantime, I came across Dr. Volpe(in Houston) as

> a DAN practitioner. I am considering paying him a visit and was

> wondering if anyone had any comments regarding his services. I feel

> that dietary intervention is a big part of Hannah's improvements and

> would like to continue this path. But, I don't want to leave any

> stone unturned, so I am looking at any and all avenues! I live in

> , TX which is pretty much 2 hours from Houston,Austin,Corpus

> Christi,San . Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

>

> Sincerely,

> Brandee

[Guest guest]

Hi Hope,

Thanks so much for your email. I have been weeding through so much information

that I was just able to read some info from Dr. Megson's website. It was very

interesting! So far, all we have done is gfcf diet. I was informed that Texas

Children's Hopsital can't see us until mid January! Ugh! In the meantime, I set

up and an appt with Dr. Arturo Volpe in Houston. He can't see us until October

15th! I hate waiting! I was recently infomred of a doctor here in , TX

that practices " alternative " medicine. He has been helping a mother and her son

who have had similar experiences as we have had. I am trying to gather as much

info as possible before going to him this Thursday, so that I know what he is

talking about. I wish like anything I had that DAN Protocol, but I am hoping my

research will assist us!

Who is Dr. and is he a " DAN " doctor? IF so, I would be very interested,

as AUstin is only 2 hours from here.

Are there any particular tests that you think I should ask the doctor about when

we meet on Thursday?

Also, how is your son doing? Do you feel all your efforts have made the

difference? Did you guys have ST, OT, ABA......?

Sorry for the very long email! I am just so saturated with info, but still have

so many questions!

Thanks again!

Brandee Simmang

simmang@...

Re: new to this

Hi Brandee,

My son received the same services before and after receiving his official asd

diagnosis (a little after his third b-day) which were not enough. He was

totally gone and in his own world in my opinion. He has been GFCF, low soy,

low

sugar and low phenol for almost four years. Since he is pretty much on the

SCDiet (www.pecanbread.com) with the exception of the Goat Yoghurt, I am now

changing his diet. During the past six months he has become a real carb addict

and has not been eating any meat or vegetables, I think the carbs are only

feeding his yeast problem. I do not want to keep using nystatin so I will

restrict

his carbs to carbs that supposedly are readily digestible (medium chain and

short chained as opposed to long). I am just learning so I will probably make

a lot of mistakes.

My son also lost his speech and became asd at about 18 months. I have not

ruled out the weakened live viruses in the vaccines as causing some of his

problems and have been thinking of seeing Dr Randall in Austin TX. Dr

Megson's research on EFA helped my son (www.megson.com). As did Dr Horvath's

(Univ of MD in Baltimore) research on secretin.

If you need for me to find Dr s website info, let me know. Hope

> My name is Brandee. I have a 27 month old who has not officially

> been diagnosed b/c the therapist I work with don't believe in

> diagnosing/labeling before age three. I thought I agreed with this,

> but now realize that I do not. If I had to " label " , I feel Hannah

> would be PDD-NOS. After her 18 month vaccinations she lost her

> language and sociability, among other things. I have been working

> with her myself and that seem to be helping. I also started her on

> the gfcg diet have seen pretty dramatic results in a hurry (we've

> been on the diet 3 weeks now). I am waiting on a referral to Texas

> Children's...in the meantime, I came across Dr. Volpe(in Houston) as

> a DAN practitioner. I am considering paying him a visit and was

> wondering if anyone had any comments regarding his services. I feel

> that dietary intervention is a big part of Hannah's improvements and

> would like to continue this path. But, I don't want to leave any

> stone unturned, so I am looking at any and all avenues! I live in

> , TX which is pretty much 2 hours from Houston,Austin,Corpus

> Christi,San . Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

>

> Sincerely,

> Brandee

[Guest guest]

Brandee,

Unless things have changed dramatically at Texas Children's Hospital over the

past year or two, I'd highly recommend finding a different group/doctor to

see for your child's diagnosis. Everyone I know who has seen them (including us

many moons ago) have been extremely disappointed with many being given

extremely negative prognosises that later turned out to be unfounded. Even

though

they are listed as developmental pediatricians, their developmental testing is

not very thorough (unless it has changed a great deal -- they completely

missed glaring motor issues with my son), they do no biomedical testing and

typically only give you the contact numbers for a few schools and the autism

society

as their recommendations.

Dr. Gail Sheeley or Dr. Guitstein -- both psychologists -- come to

mind as a good place to start in Houston for a general diagnosis and more

appropriate help. If not them, the county MHMR group can refer you (and usually

covers the cost) to other doctors who can do developmental testing and give a

diagnosis. Look for the phone number for MHMR in the phone book under Health

and

Human Services, call and ask for the paperwork to get a service coordinator.

The wait is usually a bit long with them as well but you can be doing many

other things if your child is showing signs of autism without a firm diagnosis.

Also for your own info, you can go to the Autism Research Institute's website

www.autism.com/ari and request their checklist for autism (I think it's the

E-2 form but I'm not sure). They'll send this comprehensive list of questions

to you to fill out and then score it to show whether your child would fall into

the spectrum or not. It's the only firm answer we ever got in my son's 8

years of diagnosis fun. You should also be able to get the info to order a copy

of the DAN protocol from that site as well.

Another site that might be helpful is www.neuroimmunedr.com. This is the

site of Dr. Goldberg in Calfornia who believes many of the kids

diagnosed

in spectrum have immune system dysregulation that leads to viral infections,

yeast buildup, allergies, intolerances, etc.

Best wishes,

Gaylen

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/20/03 1:53:06 AM Central Daylight Time,

simmang@... writes:

<< During the past six months he has become a real carb addict

and has not been eating any meat or vegetables, I think the carbs are only

feeding his yeast problem. >>

Hope,

Carbs can be a real craving in yeastie folks but they can also be a sign of

seratonin imbalance. In addition to the yeast issue, you might want to do some

searches to see if some of the symptoms of low seratonin fit your child. You

can bump up the tryptophan in his diet in other ways like turkey or the

supplement 5-HTP.

Gaylen

[Guest guest]

<<<<<< I was informed that Texas Children's Hopsital can't see us until mid

January! Ugh!

Just a word of caution. Don't place so much hope on TCH. They are not in

touch of what's the latest with treating Autism. They may suggest doing

tests such MMR and EEG, and prescribe some psychotic drugs, and ask about

your school district. They could give referral to speech and occupational

therapies, but your pediatrician could that. The Bridges school could be

beneficial but only if you live in Houston nearby the medical center. They

use the Floor time approach by Stanley Greenspan. You could google on it

and find more info.

Check into Verbal Behavior. A great resource is www.behavioranalysts.com.

They have online training classes for parents.

HTH,

[Guest guest]

I've heard several people in this group weren't happy with TCH. I just

wanted to say we are extremely happy with the developmental pediatrician our

son sees through The Meyer Center. She seems to really care about .

My friend said we got so much more in the way of testing done than she was

ever able to get through her daughter's doctors. She even did the ADOS test

for us since our insurance wouldn't cover it (she couldn't do the psych.

stuff, obviously). They do always seem to have a waiting list and it can

take a while to get in. We'd gone in March to get the " official " dx, after

all the testing, although we all knew has autism. The next

appointment I could get was for Jan. 14! She put me on a list to have me

called if there were any cancellations. She told me if I didn't have an

appointment for sooner than January by the end of June to call her and she'd

take a vacation day, if necessary, in order to see sooner. There has

never been mention of medication for . Maybe we lucked out but we've

had a good experience.

Pam

Re: new to this

<<<<<< I was informed that Texas Children's Hopsital can't see us until

mid

January! Ugh!

Just a word of caution. Don't place so much hope on TCH. They are not in

touch of what's the latest with treating Autism. They may suggest doing

tests such MMR and EEG, and prescribe some psychotic drugs, and ask about

your school district. They could give referral to speech and

occupational

therapies, but your pediatrician could that. The Bridges school could be

beneficial but only if you live in Houston nearby the medical center.

They

use the Floor time approach by Stanley Greenspan. You could google on it

and find more info.

Check into Verbal Behavior. A great resource is www.behavioranalysts.com.

They have online training classes for parents.

HTH,

[Guest guest]

Thanks Gaylen. I'd never read this before.

Lori

In a message dated 8/20/2003 10:39:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Googahly writes:

> Carbs can be a real craving in yeastie folks but they can also be a sign of

> seratonin imbalance. In addition to the yeast issue, you might want to do

some

> searches to see if some of the symptoms of low seratonin fit your child. You

> can bump up the tryptophan in his diet in other ways like

> turkey or the

> supplement 5-HTP.

> Gaylen