Tomorrow Thursday May 28, 3 pm Eastern US time, I will be speaking with Brett Salisbury, a Certified Sports Nutritionist, about weight and health.
Several times people have told me that they need to take off some number of pounds in order to give a kidney to a loved one, or in order to lower their risk factors for diabetes. It's not easy -- I know that first hand!
I lost 60 pounds in order to give a kidney to my son. It was not easy, and the edict from the transplant team was "No Stupid Diets!" I worked extremely hard (including three hours a day of walking or working in the gym), made my goal, and felt great. However, once I went back to my very busy job (80 hours a week and traveling one-third of the time), I woke up one day and realized it was back -- with interest.
Brett has been researching this very problem for the past 23 years and feels he has a plan that's better than Dr. Oz. He calls this the plan Oprah ought to be on!
Please join me tomorrow and ask all your questions about weight loss AND health maintenance. He sounds good, it should be an interesting conversation, and I would be delighted to have you with me.
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Trouble losing weight?
- By joyceg98
- Posted May 27, 2009 at 2:09 pm · 5 replies
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- By Ieva
- Posted May 28, 2009 at 4:34 am
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I was a normal kid till I matured and one day my mom said: "If you dropped a couple of kilos and learned to waltz, you could participate in a beauty contest." I (178 cm) went from 68 kg to 30 kg. Fortunately I had enough brains to stop, but since then I am constantly hungry. Of course a great deal of blaim can be put on cavernous malformation in thalamus, but it is inoperable. I have tried all kind of advice-eating a lot of proteins, but got only acid reflux, then complex carbs, but they make me even more hungry.....Well wy weight is almoust normal- about 68-70 kilos (maybe a couple more kilos of muscle), but thus HUNGER. I try to drink as much as possible, but it does not go, because og anticonvulsants- I loose to much sodium.
- By joyceg98
- Posted May 30, 2009 at 11:20 pm
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It sounds like you need to speak with a nutritionist who can look at your complete medical picture and give you some advice on how your personal body chemistry works and how to control it.
You should not be hungry all the time. Some foods will cause cravings, others will last longer.
Most people need 6-8 glasses of water a day. Sounds like your medication changes that for you. Other people may have kidney issues that might affect that recommendation.
In any complex situation like you describe, it is always wisest to get an expert nutritionist helping you make a personal plan.
Best wishes,
Joyce
- By Ieva
- Posted May 31, 2009 at 8:27 am
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Well, I myself believe that this hunger can be result of eating disorders: I stopped starving me to death but still cannot enjoy food . Anyway it seems that the only way out is try to express my emotions in any other way than eating. So I have for example started to comment TV programs loudly- excalmations "Oh, what a cutie!" or "F... idiot" may sound stupid, but they help to some way.....
- By joyceg98
- Posted June 1, 2009 at 5:41 pm
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If anybody listened to the interview with Brett, I will appreciate your feedback -- here or privately, as you choose.
Thank you,
Joyce Graff
director@vhl.org
- By AZ-Patricia
- Posted June 3, 2009 at 2:27 pm
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Hello Joyce,
I listened to the Brett Salisbury's interview and discusion of "The Transform Diet" book on Powerful Patient.
I really enjoyed your interview and was very interested in his philosophy and opinions. I was most pleased with the medical experts data that he provided. I'm looking for tools to help me reorganize and assist in my wellness program to promote healthy eating and exercise. Brett is known as a professional athlete, model and nutritionist; and though I don't enspire to be that, I do want to be healthy.
I've had many surgeries in less than a year due to my newly diagnosed VHL, and now have the ambition to loose weight for my health and not for my image. Due to some complications after my last surgery, I was put on total parenteral nutrition (TPN) -- nutrition maintained entirely by central intravenous injection and then to a fat-free diet. I lost 20 lbs, but as soon as I was allowed to eat without restrictions, I saw the weight slowly gaining back. My urologist suggested that I eat healthy and maybe adopt a diabetic diet.
I appreciate that you had Brett Salisbury in your show and very interested to read his book.
Thank you!
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