Posts by marc42968

Alli disrupts one of the enzymes responsible for the breakdown of fat.  It is not a complete block, however.  As a result, if you eat 10 grams of fat, about 6 il be absorbed.  It's what happens to the stuff that isn't absorbed that causes the side effects.  The leftover fat stays in the colon acting as a lubricant, moving the stool along faster, resulting in the explosive diarhea.

So it's main purpose is not to block the absorption of fat, but to make you not want to eat that much fat, and hence lose weight.  If a normal diet contains 60-70 grams of fat, you need to be taking less than 40 grams to avoid the complications.  It is also recommended to take a vitamin supplement to account fo decresed aborption of the fat soluble vitamins A,D,E,K

A friend of mine didn't realize you had to willingly cut your intake, and he ended up with a nice big gatorade orange spot on his trousers.

If they are staring to improve with local care only, then they are probably just simple blocked pores with normal bacteria.  If you are getting alot of them regularly in the armpits, then seeing a dermatologist about the possibility of Hidradenitis is important.

Large or recurrant boils elsewhere should be seen by a doctor since a new drug resistant form of staph (CA-MRSA) is becoming more common.

Got mine at Best Buy at opening time.  They had 30 pre-orders and only about 10-12 on top of that.

The aerobic activities were fun, the games as well, the yoga OK, but the strength activities need alot of room.

Spent half of my time doing the bubble float, just clenching my toes makes me move the bubble.

Team 2

Start - 228   Week 1 - 223    Week 2 - 223

Week 3 - 220

Out of town next week, won't likely be weighing in.

Drop me a message if you have any other questions

Team 2

Starting 228

1st week 223

2nd week 223

Out of curiosity, what are the top 5 specialties you think you would like to do once done with medical school?

First thing, don't focus just on biology.  Everybody and their nephew thinks you have to be a biology major to get into med school and that's wrong.  I just reviewed some of my first year classmates and here were their prior activities

Paramedic, Army officer, Teacher, Pre-law, Engineer, animal husbandry, biophysics, philosopy, anatomy, and in my case physiology.

Remember, there are more applicants than positions, and even once obtained, not everyone makes it through the entire four years, so make sure whatever your major is, is something you like and can apply to the real world or to further training.  In my case my backup plan was teaching.

Then once you decide the major, look at the colleges you think will help you in that area and how they rank among med school applicant success.

Original Post by doc_c:

While there is debate about the science behind the eat right for your blood type diet, my mom's been on it for a year and half.  She's lost about 70 pounds and gotten off her cholesterol and high blood pressure meds.  She needed a frame to work with, and this works for her.  I resist (ignore) all of her efforts to get me to follow her path, but it's working for her, her doctor is thrilled, she's 75 and looks 60, so whatever works, right?

I'm sure that if you were to plug in her intake and output in CC like everyone else you would find that the reason her diet worked was that she burned more than she ate.

I suspect they were all a little dehydrated for the final weigh-in

Team 2

Start March 30 228

April 8 - 223

A quick way to estimate body fat % is here. 

http://www.bmi-calculator.net/body-fat-calcul ator/

It sounds like you want to be in the fitness range for females of 20-25% body fat.

If you maintain your weight for a year, then you should see all of whatever skin springback you are going to see.  Increasing muscle mass may hide some of it but after a year, that's it.

Surgery is only recommended right off the bat if there are complications from the excess skin such as recurrent infections.

It's just extra calories, not something that makes you retain more.  Used sensibly, there's no problems with using them unless you have an intolerance for the source protein (eg whey)

eli - I am quite aware that there are people who do have certain intolerances for specific types of sugars, but giuliet's journals state that she has an allergy to sugar, not intolerance, that in addition to her prior (now deleted for eating disorder promotion) posts, suggest that she does need help regarding her health.

I do not make light of true medical conditions, but statements like, "I am allergic to sugar" only propagates inaccurate information and hampers those with true medical conditions like your friend from getting correct information and health care.