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What follows here below is an
on-going series of e-mails between myself and any others who have committed
themselves to a program of weight reduction.
Check back here regularly for
updates in my communications with these york '52 people about their
commitment.
...Bruce**********
---e-mails will
always be posted here below --- organized by participant --- with the
most recent always on top---
Punky Stevens,
York '52:
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----- Original Message -----
From: "H. Bruce Downey" <>
To: "Punky Stevens '52" <>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:14 PM
Subject: Fw: Weekly Report
> That's great Punky. Good progress on what's to be a
very long road for both > of us. > And you are to be congratulated
for these 4.8 lbs you don't need! > > ...Bruce********** >
_____________________________________________________ > ----- Original
Message ----- > From: "Ralph Stevens" <> > Sent: Thursday,
April 22, 2010 11:19 AM > Subject: Weekly Report > >
>> Bruce >> It's been seven days since I started the new
venture to loose weight and >> to jump start a new lease on better
living for a longer and healthier >> life. My new electronic Taylor
scale read 206 on April 15 and this morning >> it was 201.2 but some
of that 4.8 pound decrease in one week may be from >> slightly
different clothing. I'm nearly three pounds lighter when >>
stepping out of the shower. >> Another measurement I decided to track
is my waistline and it is 41 >> inches. No wonder my size 36 pants
feel snug most of the time. >> Energy level seems to be increasing and
I'm feeling good. Thanks for your >> inspiration. >> In
the future, I'll continue to report weight weekly but girth on a >>
monthly basis. >> Punky >>
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Stevens
To: Bruce
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Subject: Long life-Get Moving
Bruce It's interesting that lately I'm noticing more
articles about diet an exercise being the keys to long life. Here is one in
today's paper expressing that living to 100 is doable if you treat your
mind and body properly. http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_14870196?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com
A
prescription for long lifeBy Melinda
Sacks
Correspondent Posted: 04/17/2010 12:00:00 AM PDT
Walter
Bortz, 80, doesn't waste time. Up at 5 a.m., he starts his day with reading
(three books a week, science-related non-fiction) and writing (his latest book,
"The Roadmap to 100," is due out this month). Two days a week he runs three
miles. On his third running day, he does 10 miles. Then there are the lectures
on healthy aging, his consulting, fundraising, his Web site and spending time
with his wife of 57 years, Ruth Anne, at 79 also an accomplished long-distance
runner.
The schedule is rigorous enough to make someone half his age
feel tired.
But Bortz is on a mission. He wants everyone to get fit and
realize their human potential, which he believes means living to be 100 years
old for many people.
"It's never too late to start moving," says Bortz,
who is preparing to run his 40th marathon Monday in Boston, "but it is always
too soon to stop."
Bortz has made it his career to study, write and teach
about the potential of the human body to thrive to the age of 100. He knows not
everyone his age is capable of running a marathon, but he is convinced that
being fit represents a 30-year age offset when it comes to health. A fit person
of 70 is biologically similar to an unfit person of 40, Bortz argues, irrelevant
of genes or medical care.
"Age has a bad rap," he says.
Bortz
blames inactivity as people grow older for many of the symptoms associated with
aging, including muscle and bone weakness, a compromised immune system,
narrowing of the arteries and frailty and decline of the central nervous system
and metabolism. While lack of exercise isn't the only thing that contributes to
poor health in elderly people, it is a key, Bortz says.
Bortz talks
about his ideas while relaxing in front of the picture window in his Portola
Valley family room. Outside stands a majestic oak, beyond which is a view of the
San Francisco Bay. Beneath his red crew-neck sweater, khaki shorts show off
tanned runner's legs.
Bortz began running some 40 years ago while
dealing with grief after the death of his father, an internist and president of
the American Medical Association.
"I got interested in healthy aging
because my father was a great man, and medicine was in my umbilical cord," he
says. "I was a hot whippersnapper with four little kids, and I went to work in
my father's hospital. I was running big NIH grants. When he died, I
crashed."
He moved to California and became the geriatrician for the Palo
Alto Medical Foundation. Over time, Bortz built a booming geriatric practice. He
joined the staff at Stanford Hospital and is still clinical associate professor
of medicine at the Stanford School of Medicine.
The idea that old age is
a disease that needs to be medically treated rankles Bortz, who is a member of a
fitness group he describes lightly as "a bunch of old farts running around a
track. I've been trying my whole life to get old people to take a walk," he
says. "Old people need to take a walk; they don't need to take a
pill."
His assertions are backed up by a plethora of research.
A
number of recent studies point to a correlation between physical fitness and the
absence of central nervous system degradation, such as Alzheimer's and
Parkinson's diseases.
An extensive NIH study showed that leg strength,
not age or disease, was the single best predictor of later need for placement in
a nursing home.
A study at the University of Hong Kong demonstrated that
lack of physical activity had a high correlation to risk of dying. This same
study showed that 20 percent of deaths in people 35 and older could be
attributed to lack of physical activity.
A large study by the American
College of Sports Medicine and the AMA reported that those between 50 and 70 who
undertook a walking-based exercise program reduced their risk of death 27
percent by walking 30 minutes per day, five days a week. The study found those
in the same age group reduced their risk of death 32 percent by exercising
vigorously just 20 minutes a day, three days a week.
A long-term
research project at Stanford University followed 500 older runners for more than
20 years, beginning when their mean age was 59. The risk of dying among runners
putting in 25 minutes every other day at mean age 78 was only 15 percent, in
contrast 34 percent among non-runners at the same age.
(More research
studies are cited in Bortz's book, "The Roadmap to 100: The Breakthrough Science
of Living a Long and Healthy Life.")
So what can the average person do to
protect against what have long been considered the inevitable ravages of age?
"Get moving!" Bortz says. "Non-movement is not an option. I go back to
the Paleolithic times if you didn't move, you died."
Bortz hopes
his work will lead to a move away from the idea of aging as a disease. "I want
to be chief of preventive medicine," he says. "We need to change the
world."
Exercise trumps diet when it comes to health.
All kinds of
exercise, including housework, walking and even fidgeting contribute to
fitness.
Warm up before any vigorous exercise to reduce the chance of
injury.
Walk, no matter what your age. Walking has been proven beneficial
for all ages and for fighting obesity.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Stevens
To: H. Bruce Downey
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: Intra-day and Inter-day weight variations
Bruce---See RED
comments Punky
At 04:35 PM 4/17/2010,
you wrote:
Punky:--- I believe that if you follow the
low-carbohydrates NO SUGAR NO GRAINS diet, by definition your daily intake of
calories will always work out to be less than what your Taylor scale says you
may eat to maintain your daily weight. Because of this, you
can continue to count calories if you care to, but since
the answer will always be the same, you'll soon stop doing so.
I now consider calories as a guide only and
probably won't tally the total intake per day ever again---too much
trouble. My intra-day
weight can vary by as much as 3 lbs. And I've noticed too that upon
arising, my weight is always the lightest I will ever be throughout the
remainder of the day. And another thing. That early morning
reading I take will always be 3 lbs lighter than it is when I get on the scale
just before bedtime. For me, that's just the way it is. I also
follow this general rule before I take any readings at any time during any
day:--- Clothing (except for shoes) always adds 3 lbs to my weight...so
I always try to have on pretty much the same kind of clothes before I step on
the scale at any anytime during the day, or for that matter between
days. Yes, I understand the clothing issue
as extra baggage when steppping on the scale. If you're recording your weight in a
ledger, then in comparing one day to the next, I'd always use that reading
just after arising every morning. No other intra-day weight readings
matter. That early morning reading is what's consistent from one day to
the next--- provided you're wearing similar clothing from day to day...like
say long pants, belt, a shirt, and socks, or whatever fits the California
climate. . Were you wear shorts one day and long pants the next, there
would be daily variations just due to that variance alone...especially since
we're talking about measuring weight in tenths of a lb. My ledger includes a +/- statement and when
it doesn't relate or is inconsistant, I circle it as a reminder.
Yestereday we had dinner with friends and although I didn't eat much, WHAT I
ate was the killer---small BBQ, french fries, chili beans, sherbert and
cookie---BAHHHH. My sensitive Taylor scale read 204.4 this morning (+2.6
from previous reading) BAHHHHH Please tell me by e-mail each time you want me to reflect the
cumulative effect of exactly how much weight you've lost--- right now at our
website it still reads 3.2 lbs since April 15th--- for I would like to keep
"The York '52 Weight
Room" as current and up-to date as possible,
Me? I've only lost 5 lbs total since April 6th, so my changes posted at
"The York '52 Weight
Room" are both less frequent and less dramatic
than yours--- but that's just the way it is for no two people are ever the
same. I don't think recording data every day
or even 3-4 days is time/effort effective for what we're doing. I'll
send my weight reading on a weekly basis and you can take it from there.
Since I started recording on tax day 4/15, I'll send an update on 4/22.
As always. I'm open to suggestions. Keep at it, Punky, for you are to
be admired by all for your perseverance. And credit is due to Sandy as
well, for it is she who keeps you on the straight and narrow, just as my Nancy
does. In our case, both Nancy and I are following this same diet.
Makes it easier to do the shopping and prepare the meals. I'm no cook
and never have been. You should add
Nancy to "The York '52 Weight Room" statistics. As for Sandy,
she needs to seriously gain weight, but her interest in eating more doesn't
support her needs. Brownies and fresh bread are her staples. and her exercise
is nil. Punky's PS; My
Mother's day gift will be a couple of downloaded audio books. I've never
done it but our library system here in San Jose is fantastic. More
later
Bruce's
P.S. In case you hadn't noticed, I've been posting our exchanges of
e-mails at "The York '52 Weight
Room". To find them, first go to the main
page @ http://www.majordomoers.com/Docs/TheYork52WeightRoom.html
Then look for the various categories of e-mail tracking I'm doing at the top
of the screen...and when you find the one with your name on it, point to and
click the "here" that you find beside it. ...Bruce************
---- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Stevens
To: H. Bruce Downey
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Answers to your nutritional questions are always
found at "The York '52 Weight Room" --- Just try me
Bruce
With my inquisitive mind, I just had to know what calorie
intake I was eating so Sandy helped me find all of the numbers. The second
day on "the diet", I ate approx. 2000 Calories. Since my Taylor scale indicated
that I need to eat 2700 to maintain 206, it appears that I'm destined to lose
weight. The scale is proving it to be true since my weight this morning
was down to 201.8----and that's hard for me to believe. I had an "err"
signal and I re-weighed several times and it bounced from 201.6 t to 202.7 which
is still remarkable since this is only my third day.
It's now about 8
hours since I weighed myself this morning and the scale reads 205.2. Do
you have that much fluctuation in your weight during the day?
Yes,
I do notice what others in the grocery line are eating----and it typically fits
their physique including their small children. If I ever get my size 36 pants to
feel comfortable again, I'll be a happy guy.
Thanks for your inspiration
to go through with this.
Punky
----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Stevens
To: H. Bruce Downey
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: Kenj emil
After vacillating and playing with the scale (trying different
activity levels) I officially started the diet on tax day April 15th. My
ledger entry for 4/15 at 6:10AM is 206 lbs. The food intake list includes a
double breakfast, my usual of oatmeal and a second with Kelle and Zachary
who stay with us occasionally depending on their schedule. The one 8"
waffle and syrup and 2 slices of bacon crashed the diet for the day----or so I
thought. I also had much more water than usual---5 eight ounce
bottles.
This morning at 6:15AM the scale read 202.8 and I attribute
this low number to the vigorous 1 1/2 hour of line dancing followed by a
long walk around a golf course. I've decided to only weigh myself in the
early morning before breakfast since shortly after the second breakfast, the
scale measured 207.6-----indicating I needed to get serious. The half cup of
oatmeal followed by waffle may be history soon.
So how are you
doing?----and others?---or should I be checking with "The York'52 Weight
Room"?
Punky
----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Stevens
To: H. Bruce Downey
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Pass the Butter Please
I think the Ezekiel bread is quite good and after I get some
no-sugar jam, it will be even better. I may try light butter with canola
oil also. Punky
At 02:03 PM 4/15/2010, you wrote:
Interesting e-mail of
yours on the difference between margarine and butter, Punky--- but remember
this:--- If we're not eating any flour and no bread in this
diet...what's to put either butter or margarine on? So instead, I'm
eating flourless Ezekiel
Bread for it's the only thing coming close to even
looking like the bread I once knew. So what's there to put on this
Ezekiel Bread of ours? Olive
oil is what's recommended in the weight watcher's
diet...but I couldn't possibly do that...so I cheat. I eat 'Land-O-Lakes light butter with canola oil'
and sometimes SMUCKER'S NO SUGAR JAM on my Ezekiel
Bread. ...Bruce***********
----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Stevens To: crow@vt.edu Sent:
Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:12 AM Subject: FW: Pass the Butter
Please
This is interesting information from a chemistry professor
friend of mine at Texas A & M----Punky
- Subject: Fw: Pass the Butter Please
-
- And We are feeding this to our kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
- Pass The Butter ... Please.
-
- This is interesting
. .. .
- Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten
turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had
put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they
put their heads together to figure out what to do with this
product to get their money back.
- It was a white substance with no food appeal so they
added the yellow colouring and sold it to people to use in place
of butter. How do you like it? They have come
out with some clever new flavourings....
-
- DO YOU KNOW.. The difference between margarine and
butter?
-
- Read on to the end...gets very interesting!
-
- Both have the same amount of calories.
-
- Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8
grams; compared to 5 grams for margarine.
- Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by
53% over eating the same amount of butter, according
to a recent Harvard Medical Study.
- Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients
in other foods.
- Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has
a few and
- only because they are added!
-
- Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can
enhance the flavours of other foods.
-
- Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has
been around for less than 100 years .
-
- And now, for Margarine..
-
- Very High in Trans fatty acids.
- Triples risk of coronary heart disease ...
- Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad
cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good
cholesterol)
-
- Increases the risk of cancers up to five times..
-
- Lowers quality of breast milk.
-
- Decreases immune response.
-
- Decreases insulin response.
-
- And here's the most disturbing fact.... HERE IS THE PART
THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!
-
- Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being
PLASTIC... and shares 27 ingredients withPAINT
-
- These facts alone were enough to have me avoiding margarine
for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means
hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of
the substance).
-
- You can try this yourself:
-
- Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it open in your
garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you
will notice a couple of things:
-
- * no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will
go near it (that should tell you something)
- * it does not rot or smell differently because it
has nonutritional value ; nothing will grow on it. Even
those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to
grow. Why?
-
- Because it is nearly plastic . Would you melt your
Tupperware and spread that on your toast?
- Share This With Your Friends.....(If you want to butter
them up')!
- Chinese Proverb:
- When someone shares something of value with you and you
benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share
it with others.
- Pass the BUTTER PLEASE
----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Stevens
To: H. Bruce Downey
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: Opps--- those pancakes that came with the
scale?
I use Krusteaz Wheat and Honey pancake mix---just add
water
Yep, it contains flour an lots of other things. Corn syrup
was listed down near the bottom.
Guess I'll limit pancakes and waffles to
when Zachary visits. Punky
----- Original Message -----
From: H. Bruce Downey
To: Punky Stevens '52
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:11 AM
Subject: Opps--- those pancakes that came with the
scale?
Opps--- those pancakes that came with the Taylor
scale? Nancy says that Taylor-made recipe contained no HFCS, for they were
home-made. Still they contained flour...and flour is out...at least in the
diet I am committed to.
...Bruce**********
----- Original Message -----
From: H. Bruce Downey
To: Punky Stevens '52
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 5:56 AM
Subject: Fw: Answers to your nutritional questions are always found
at "The York '52 Weight Room" --- Just try me
Thanks, but no thanks, Punky. I can't eat
pancakes. Remember: All baking mixes contain
HFCS. Besides,
pancakes are grains, and
I'm a hunter and a food gatherer, and not seeking these agricultural products we
find on the shelves of our grocery stores--- not now anyway--- not before I lose
my 20 lbs. Generally speaking I shop for what's available around the
perimeters of these food stores--- and not what's so prominently displayed in
the middle of them.
And then too, you bring up a point here that I
hadn't focused on before. If you follow the weight watcher's diet that I
have spelled out in some detail at "The
York '52 Weight Room" you won't find the word
"calorie." And why
not? Because we're
not counting
calories in this diet--- we're simply concerned with
what we eat--- and not
concerned with how much or how little of what we eat in constant fear
of "too many
calories." We do have some limits, and even
minimums--- like the number of times we are expected to eat fish per week---
that would be 5--- but there is no upper limit when it comes to fish in our
diet. And the daily limits within the
whole fruit category are there to limit --- not calories---
but in recognition of the natural sugar content inside all whole
fruits. And ours is basically a low-carb, NO SUGAR NO
GRAINS diet. Stay away from those and you don't count calories.
All other diets are basically low-calorie diets. Even our Taylor scales
tell us how many calories we may eat that very day to maintain our current
weight. EAT ANYTHING YOU
WANT --- and if it's less than that set-in-stone amount of
calories everyday--- you'll lose weight. But by concentrating instead on
WHAT WE EAT during these
"diet days" of ours makes
for a healthier you. Case in point, there are no HFCS's in the weight
watchers diet, whereas there well could be if you're simply counting calories
and eating/drinking whatever you want by simply substituting one HFCS product
for another inside your calorie counting. Remember my golden rule:---
Eat this, not that,
and you'll be healthier during these "diet
days" --- healthier than say the guy standing
next to you in the check-out line at your favorite food store--- as a slight
smile begins creeping across your face upon looking at what food he bought
in his shopping cart.
...Bruce************
----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Stevens
To: H. Bruce Downey
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: Answers to your nutritional questions are always found
at "The York '52 Weight Room" --- Just try me
Bruce You continue to provide good
information---thanks
Did you see the blueberry pancake recipe in the
Biggest Loser booklet that came with the scale.? I can't believe that four
pancakes are only 140 Calories Punky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Stevens" <>
To: <Bruce>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 4:15 PM
Subject: New Scale
> Bruce > > This Taylor Model 7544BL electronic scale has
lots of bells and whistles. > > It also read 5 pounds heavier than
the doctor's office visit last > Friday but decreased 0.4 lbs from two
hours ago---perhaps I didn't > have my fat wallet on during the last
reading. > > I changed my activity level from 2 to 3 and the
calorie count (to > maintain the 207.6 lbs level) went from 2426 to
2712. My BMI (body > mass index) is 28 which is only two away
from an "obese" rating. BAHHH > > I think I'll start keeping track
of what I eat and the calorie > content---as close as I can.
Obviously I need to shy away from many > beloved items and that may take
some doing. > > Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Bruce
and I look > forward to feeling more comfortable in my 36 waist
pants. > Punky > > PS: Tomorrow I'll officially start the
weight program and weigh my > self early before breakfast, water intake
and without shoes and > pocket stuffings. Keeping a daily ledger will
help keep me focused---hopefully. > > Punky
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----- Original Message -----
From: H. Bruce Downey
To: Punky Stevens '52
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:29 PM
Subject: Fw: On the commitment you have made to yourself
Remember this, Punky:--- Your diet is whatever you
make it to be. You can "cheat" by spreading
honey on one slice of Ezekiel bread and pure butter on the other--- either
routinely, continually, or maybe just once in a while. Your scale
will always be honest with you. You're either losing the weight you want
to lose...or you're simply maintaining your beginning weight and that's
about it. FYI Nancy has since discovered a new spread for my
Ezekiel Bread at breakfastime --- Smuckers now makes
not simply "Low Sugar" jam, but
"Sugar-free" jam. Look for it in your food store
right there with all the other jellies and jams. This product comes in
various flavors to your liking...but it won't taste quite the same as you're
used to. Just a tad different, but you'll get used to it soon
enough.
For breakfast, you NEED protein to preserve muscle
throughout your diet...and oatmeal is NOT by itself enough protein--- only 5
grams. Oatmeal is also a grain. The diet I am following is basically a NO
SUGAR, NO GRAIN diet. While Ezekiel Bread is a combination of 4
grains AND 2 legumes (lentiles and soybean), these grains and legumes are
harvested--- not in the usual way but as sprouted grains--- and these sprouted
grains and legumes make for more protein (2-slices of Ezekiel Bread = 8 grams of
protein). One serving of oatmeal is 150 calories. So too are 2
slices of Ezekiel Bread. But notice the step-up in protein delivered by
the Ezekiel Bread in comparison to one serving of Oatmeal. And just as I
do in eating my Ezekiel Bread for breakfast, should you choose to continue
eating oatmeal for breakfast, you and I both need to ADD some additional protein
to our breakfasts---like say cottage cheese, an egg or two (1 egg=7 grams of
protein), or fat-free, plain yogurt--- these categories of breakfast
food.
This all gets a tad complicated because none of us
are nutritionists...hence we know absolutley nothing about the very food we
eat. We just eat it. What a crazy state of affairs it all is.
That's why before embarking on any diet, you need to do so under an MD's
supervision. He/she may well refer you to a nutritionist who can go over
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner specifics and WHY far better than I--- a
non-professional.
As for the others in our Class of York '52,
there were only a handful that expressed any interest. You elected
to commit yourself to make some changes in what and/or how much you eat in order
to lose weight. In contrast, Ken Jones told us what he regularly eats---
not that he is eating it to lose weight...just what he eats...which he
refers to as his "diet." That leaves only three
others who are apparently "interested" in what I
have to say on this subject...but not interested enough to commit to
any program for their own purpose of losing weight. So who am I talking to? Except for you,
Punky, "I'm taIking to the
wind." Bottom line--- you won't need any help you
can't get in attending that 65th York '52 Reunion.
...Bruce**********
----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Stevens
To: H. Bruce Downey
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: On the commitment you have made to yourself
Bruce My first morning slices (2) of Ezekiel bread were no problem so
switching from Sandy's home made wheat bread should go easy. (Oops, I did use
honey on one and butter on the other.) Now I must address my usual fruit (2
tangerines) and 1/2 cup of oatmeal with fat free milk and pack of Equal.
I'm soon hoping to see a few more comments from our York '52 class
who decide to join your health project. As mentioned several times, I plan
to attend the 65th York'52 Reunion and I'll need all the help I can
get. Punky
----- Original Message -----
From: "H. Bruce Downey"
To: "Ralph Stevens"
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: Taylor Scale
> Ours is a 7544BL Cal Max Scale--- subtitled "The Biggest
Loser". It cost > $39.95 at Bed Bath and Beyond. Nancy said
when she bought it that there > were other even more expensive
scales...perhaps with more memory? Ours has > the feature of
creating different users, each with their own user number > beginning
with Number 1, followed by Number 2, etc. etc. You enter specific >
personal data pertaining to each user--- personal data such as height, age,
> gender, and an activity level selection. The scale remembers each
user's > personal data in memory. When you select a user number and
get on the > scale, your weight is displayed as well as a calculation of
the maximum > calories that you can afford to eat that day to remain at
that very same > weight then being displayed, as well as your related BMI
at that exact > weight. That info is then stored in memory until
the next time that user > gets on the scale. Then when another day
comes, before reselecting your > user number, you can instead go into
memory mode, select that same user > number, and the scale will display
the last recorded info just as > before...at which point you then have
two choices...(1) either get on the > scale without selecting a user
number or the memory mode for any user, and > without identifying who you
are, simply get on the scale and see how much > you weigh--- there will
be no calculation of calorie count to maintain that > weight and no
display of the equivalent BMI for that weight. In other > words,
your memory bank remains as it was the LAST time you were on the > scale
and is not updated. That's the way I use it...I can always go to >
memory mode and pull up my last recorded weight which always remains as it
> was on April 6th (Weight 221 lbs, Calorie Count of 2,900, and BMI of
27. > By never re-selecting a user number, the memory bank remains just
as it was > when I first stepped on my scale back on April 6th. OR
(2) An alternative > use of the scale would be to reselect your user
number, then step of the > scale and that read-out of Weight, Carorie
Count, and BMI will REPLACE what > was in memory before and that new
reading is then what is stored in memory > as your LAST weight. The
choce in using your Taylor scalevis yours on > whether (1) you use the
select feature for updating the memory each time you > use the scale OR
(2) leave the memory as it LAST WAS (your Day 1 reading) > without
updating that data as you daily progress through your diet. If you
> simply get on the scale withoug selecting either SELECT or MEMORY mode,
and > see the results of just your WEIGHT ONLY, then get off the scale---
well > there will be no memory of what you weighed TODAY. That;s
how I use my > Taylor scale. > > Remember too always weigh
yourself at the same time every day...and upon > waking each
morning...that's the lightest you'll weigh for the remainder of > your
waking hours. You may get on the scale several times a day, but the
> range in INTRA-DAY readings could vary by as much as 3 lbs.
You'll find > out. > > Taylor may well make better scales---
with say more memory than the model we > bought. Ours will only
remember one reading--- the very last time you got > on the scale.
But you can control this by using that memory only once--- so > the last
time is always the first time which will confirm your weight, > calorie
count to maintain that weight, and BMI on ONLY that very first day. >
> Like I said before, its important that what you get is any electronic
scale > that displays results in tenths of a lb. Even tenths of a
lb are important > to us. > > Hope this helps. >
> ...Bruce************* >
>_________________________________________________________________________
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ralph Stevens"
> To: Bruce > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:00 PM >
Subject: Taylor Scale > > >> Bruce >> Please
send the model number of your Taylor scale. I've located a couple
>> that say "Electronic Cal-Max" with one being about $10
cheaper than the >> other but from different stores (Bed Bath and
Beyond and Target) >> >> I'd like to purchase the exact scale
as you have so we can compare notes >> on on the various
features. >> >> Punky >>
>____________________________________________________________________
----- Original Message -----
From: H. Bruce Downey
To: Punky Stevens '52
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 1:20 PM
Subject: On the commitment you have made to yourself
Thank you for this, Punky. And so I see that you too
have more at stake in our "York '52 Weight
Room" than just a passing interest. Accordingly, I
have added a section to our "York '52 Weight
Room" so that I can post your progress,
comments, and struggles for all to see on the Internet should you care to do
so.
For e-mails
to/from those committed to a diet they too are currently following to lose
weight, point to and click here
Such a commitment as yours to better
health through weight loss and eventual weight maintenance at a level which
you decide makes for a "healthier you" should not go unnoticed--- for yours is a
road ahead that is just loaded with sacrifices to attain a sustainable goal at
whatever weight you now want to be. So congratulations, Punky. And I
am so happy that whatever diet you now undertake, it has your own MD's guidance
and blessing. That's important, for we're all a tad different, what with
the medications we take and why we take them. Me? I take blood
pressure medication and have for a very long time. But just between you
and I you and my cardiologist who I next see come August, 2010, I'm looking
forward to the day when I can come off that blood pressure medication
altogether, because in my case I truly believe that my high blood pressure has
been caused all along by the extra lbs I carry around. When I get down to
say 200 lbs (my actual weight should be 197 lbs to get to a BMI of 24 which is
"right" for my height). There is a formula for figuring out BMI's which I
shall try to find, then post to "The York '52 Weight Room" .
I already have a chart of different
heights and weights that came with my new Taylor-made digital scale with its
memory chip and I shall try to post that chart to "The York '52 Weight Room" as well.
I recommend you getting a digital scale as
well, for its gradations are in tenths, and in this business of weight loss,
even tenths of a lb. become important. Another thing you should do is
this. When checking your weight on a scale, you should do so at the same
time of day as you did the last time you checked your weight.
Reason? It's been my experience that I can weigh say 3-lbs more in the
evening after supper than I do in the morning before
breakfast.
Best of luck to you, Punky on this weight-loss adventure
you're undertaking.
...Bruce************
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Stevens" <>
To: <H. Bruce Downey>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 1:56 PM
Subject: Weight Room
> Bruce et al > I thought I'd "weigh in" on your
recent project to reduce weight, > belly rolls and feeling better and
will start by saying I had a blood > test and meeting with our doctor
regarding the out-of-range > results. Here are the OOR
results: > > HDL Cholesterol was 37 (range is > or = 40) >
Hemoglobin A1c is 6.5% which is considered "diabetic" with new >
test parameters (Range for non-diabetic is < 6.0%) > Glucose is
107 (Impaired range is 100-125) > TSH was discussed quite a bit and
my 5.91 is High and is possible > under-active thyroid (Range is
0.40-4.50) > Platelet Count is 118 (Range 140-400) > Eosinophils is
7 (Range 0-6%) > Absolute Eosinoophil is 728 (Range is 15-500) >
Cholesterol is 104 (Range is 125-200) > > From the above, the
doctor recommends diet (similar to what you > prescribe) and more
exercise with a follow up blood test in three months. > > The
journey begins today and I'll buy some Ezekiel bread but will > also
check the ingredients of Sandy's home made wheat bread and her >
brownies. These two items are always present in our house as she > bakes
them every other day. > > Congratulations on your 2 lb loss since
April 6th. FYI- I used to > loose that much during a strenuous
evening of fast dancing, but it > came back quickly. I'm sure your
two pounds are gone forever. > > Punky
----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph
Stevens
To: H. Bruce
Downey
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: Ezekiel Bread
Our local Whole Foods store had it and the first young lady clerk
I asked escorted me to the frozen section where many Ezekiel items were
located. At $3.79 for the original loaf, it's about $1 higher than
the Orowheat 100% wheat bread we normally get.
Another friend sent the
following web site that determines the amount of mercury you eat when eating
different fish. It's an interesting calculator. http://www.gotmercury.org/article.php?list=type&type=75
Enter
your weight, the type of fish you eat ------ or plan to eat, and the
portion in ounces
The result is the amount of Mercury and it's health
level.
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----- Original Message -----
From: H. Bruce Downey
To: Ralph Stevens
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: Ezekiel Bread
Look in freezer section where your food store has
"natural food". You won't find this on any shelf. It comes frozen---
then you always keep it in the refrigerator once its thawed out. I just
know your food chain has Ezekiel Bread. You just don't know where to look
for it...and apparently neither do they.
...Bruce************
----- Original Message -----
From:
Ralph
Stevens
To: H. Bruce Downey
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 12:55
PM
Subject: Ezekiel Bread
Bruce
I didn't find any Food for Life Ezekiel products in four
stores and have emailed the company to find out if they are in in my area.
Several clerks I asked know nothing about flourless bread.
In the
meantime, here is what Sandy bakes every other day
Wheat
Bread Water, Wheat flour 1-1/4C White flour 3/4C Sugar
1T Salt 1/2t Powered Skim Milk 1T Butter 1T Yeast 1-1/2
t
Brownies Flour 3/4 C Butter 1/2C Cocoa
5T Sugar 1C Eggs 2 Vanilla 1t Baking Powder 1/2t Salt
1/2t
I'll try my best to not consume occasional snacks of these
items----but no promises. I'll ask that she bake every 4-5 days.
BTW--she is a believer in not what you eat but how much you eat. Punky
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