Baher Basta, MD, FACP

Fellowship

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:00:00 -0400

Happy to announce I will be Specializing in Kidney disease for next 2 years as I was accepted to a Nephrology fellowship.

Yaaay :)

More Weight loss

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:58:17 -0400

Long walks for 1 to 2 hours. Lost prob 3 or 4 more pounds.

Total about 17 pounds.

Lost interest in weight loss for a while. I kept on checking weights daily though. Happy to say I...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:30:38 -0400

Lost interest in weight loss for a while. I kept on checking weights daily though.

Happy to say I still maintained pounds lost. Time to start again with the weather improving to walk daily. Stats will follow check back.

Photo

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:21:22 -0500

Hope for a new weight loss medications

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:56:52 -0500

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/10/health/mice-weight-loss-drug/index.html?hpt=he_c1

and another 2 gone

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:04:00 -0500

Lost 2 more pounds, total lost 15 pounds.

Made use of good weather yesterday and gone out twice for a long walk

2 more pounds

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:58:00 -0500

Lost 2 more pounds in the past 2 weeks. Going very slowly since I stopped exercising. Will try to start again but generally not bad, total lost 13 pounds so far.

Still

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:22:27 -0500

Still applying all techniques I have listed in my earlier posts. Do not forget to check them out. Weight updates coming soon :)

Fluctuations

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:19:39 -0400

Fluctuations in weight are going to happen from day to day and from day time to night time. Do not let it upset you. It is the reason some say you should only check you weight once a week in the morning. I find it better to accept those fluctuation and check it every day as long was the weekly trend is down.

Wow.

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:06:23 -0400

184 calories a day for 30 days, that is 5200 calories (almost 2 pounds a month) :)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/oct/29/horror-movies-help-burn-calories

Back on track

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 05:04:23 -0400

Lost total 10.5 pounds

Small frequent meals. More vegetables. Less carbohydrates (bread, pasta, sugar)

Impulse Buying

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:08:32 -0400

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/10/impulse-buying-isnt-entirely-your-fault/

At the Mediterranean

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:00:45 -0400

At the Mediterranean

Not so bad after all.....

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:47:16 -0400

After I gathered all my courage and stepped on the scale, turns out I am at X-8.

X is originial weight

8 pounds total lost

Bad news

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:15:02 -0400

Ok as you might have figured out by now. My diet is a mess after a trip abroad and tons of favorite food items.

Lesson learned be careful on vacation. Have to work on a new plan.

Excercise

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:26:00 -0400

We need to also develop it as a healthy habit. If you start an excercise program make sure to create a trigger for the even and a reward after finishing.

A trigger can be setting an hour aside every morning. A reward can be identifying the good feeling that follows or could be a small treat like a small piece of chocolate that is up to 50 calories or preferably less

Habit

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:25:13 -0400

Eating is a habit. Habits are usually a vicious circle. The reason why it is so hard to resist stopping by starbucks when we see one.

A habit is usually started by a trigger, then we go through a routine to end with a reward.

Unless the cycle is broken the habit persists.

Week 6

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:28:21 -0400

Ok There no change again.

I trended back to some errors in diet.

Exercise exceeded 5 hours

Wil keep you updated will restart diet plan

Week 5

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:43:06 -0400

Unfortunately no change

Week 4

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:16:00 -0400

7 Hours of exercise out of 7 goal.

More food than average

End Result up 1 pound :( = X*-5.5

* X is staring weight