Big loser!!!

Lost 2.8 pounds this week. Need I say more?????

I did it by doing cardio every day, weights every other and staying slightly low carb. Yippee!

Proudly,

Gerri Nisi

Exciting changes!

Just wanted to report that adding the weight training is creating exciting changes in my body. I am starting to see a lot of muscle definition I haven't seen in a very long time. So exciting!!

Are we losing mmomentum? Except for Gerri ,who is doing well, anyone else losing? I didn't weigh in this morning,will do so tomorrow,but haven't lost any up till now. I was at the gym this weekend and I am kinda liking it. Doing circuit weights. My goal is to strengthen and tone. I am making progress.

Nithya and team leaders: can we get numbers on weight loss Per team?

Gail DeLasho

Still losing

I am losing approx 1.5 pounds per week which I am very happy about. I just did 13 miles on the bike and half an hour of strength training. At this rate, I will be at goal by July, two months before a very significant birthday. Yay!

Gerri Nisi, LCSWR

how are we doing?

Will there be updates on the weight loss (monthly?) . Would be nice to know how the teams are doing.
Knowing how our team stands might help keep us going.

Adding weight training

Ok, this weekend I am stepping things up. I am adding weight/strength training to my exercise routine. I already have weights at home in varying sizes from my "fit and fabulous" days, so I am doing upper body today, lower tomorrow. 

Fit and fabulous, here I come (back)!

Gerri Nisi

weight creep

I'm new to posting but have been on team Trimtastic for several weeks.

A few pounds of weight gain over the years (some after having kids, some after moving to the suburbs and not walking everywhere) has added up to about 13 extra pounds at my heaviest. Working at the Ridge Hill location has made it super easy to eat low fat, low carb. I'm using Arbonne Vanilla protein powder with unsweetened almond milk, frozen organic berries and a tbs of almond butter for a yummy sustaining breakfast and eating food for lunch and dinner.

Yesterday was Dr. Cohen's birthday and Dr. Janeway treated us to Deli to welcome our newest collegue, Veda Tyson, but I stuck to my eating plan (salmon, spinach salad, brown rice), and did not feel deprived. There will always be another cake, there will always be another deli day. I like that my smaller sized clothes are starting to fit again. Go team!

Melinda Massoff

Making Progress-
Despite dinners last weekend with foodie friends have tried to stay on the straight and narrow.
Have avoided bread, pasta and rice except for a taste here and there. Lots of veggies. Sharing main dish at restaurants and veggie sides. Weight down to 170.6. More amazingly - cholesterol down this week to 169 from 225 last year- just due to diet.
Have a great weekend.
Dr Meix

Dr. Shapiro's Journey Continues: The Tortoise Will Always Defeat the Hare!

Slow, but steady progress with Ideal Shape protein smoothies (fruit or vegetable) twice a day. Exercise up to four days a week, alternating cardio and circuit. At least one bad treat per week. Down 13 pounds, settling in at about 2.5 pounds per week. Definitely more tortoise than hare.

Barry Shapiro

Doing well

I have been losing a pretty steady 2 pounds per week, which is exactly the pace I wanted to establish. I am on the stationary bike every day: on weekends I can do an hour each time and on weekdays, I do anywhere from half an hour to 45 min. In terms of food, I am tracking on a great App called iTrackBites so I can keep tabs on what I am eating. 

Proud of myself!

Dr. Finegold's latest update.

Monday 2/09/15 weigh in: 162.0.  It's been frankly a struggle given the 50th bday celebration one weekend followed by the Superbowl (wings, Italian Hero, home made cookies)...hoping to get back on the wagon after return from mid winter vacation.

On WVOX radio’s “United on Health” show on January 21^s,  Dr. Patricia Calayag, an OB/GYN with WESTMED Medical Group, discussed with host Maria Gordon Shydlo the importance of maintaining a healthy weight to avoid weight-related diseases. Dr. Calayag is also one of the leaders of WESTMED’s “Doctors Diet,” a 90-day diet challenge with 3 teams of WESTMED doctors in healthy competition using different diet plans.  Those interested can join in and can follow their blogs, describing their ups and downs.

Was doing pretty well on the diet down 2 lbs by increasing the exercise-getting to the gym 4-5 days/week but got derailed by snowstorms.  Not good to be at home staring at the refrigerator all day!  My husband can eat everything and anything he likes without putting on an ounce so he'd come home and open up great wines to have with dinner on the snowy nights and my will poser just faded.  So now, only down 1 lb!  Have to get back on the wagon-It sure is much easier to put it on than to take it off!

Lori Tindel-Kahn

10 days into my Contrave medication I have decided to stop it. I initially had fogginess boardering on dizziness. When I increased to the twice daily level, I had nausea that was getting worse. I did not take my doses yesterday and today and already feel better. Was the point of the medication to make you nauseated and therefore not eat? I just couldn't get through my day like that.
I am frustrated with the weather. It is not reasonable/unsafe to run where I live, so I have not done so in 2 weeks. I finally went to the gym to get aquainted with the machines and will go tomorrow to work out.
With the reduced exercise I will have to decrease caloric intake more. Sigh!
Maybe we should have started this in April when running outside would be easier!?
Gail DeLasho

Road to Fitness

Two weeks since starting Mission Slimpossible (and simultaneously beginning a weight loss competition with my wife, double the motivation, double the results?) and things are moving in the right direction. So far, down 7 lbs with a target weight loss of 20 lbs.  Started with motivation to return to the weight when I ran the NYC Marathon in 2009 (using the picture above as my screen saver on my cell phone serves as a constant reminder of my goal).  I must admit that I am not following a specific diet but rather following some general guidelines to lose weight and eventually maintain a healthy weight going forward.

Some general changes which have helped me thus far:

• Exercise: Running 3x/week for 25 minutes
• Avoiding carbs
• Eliminating diet soda (seems counterintuitive, but feel much less hungry)
• Avoiding eating late at night (no food past 8pm)
• Eating nuts (Kindbars) for snacks as needed
• Loading up on proteins and fish at meals
• High fiber foods (beans, oatmeal, fruits) help me feel full without too many calories
• Drinking lots of water

Best of luck to all teams!

-Dr. Mattern