Welcome to our -2 degree icebox! I'm the guy driving around with all the frosty Gator stuff on my car ; )
Go Gators!! -Sean On Jan 13, 2009, at 6:17 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Is this Chicago Mark? We're in Des Plaines right now. It is FRIGID > up here. > > > > On Tue 13/01/09 9:17 AM , [email protected] sent: > > I use to run 45-50 miles a week(before the patella tendinitis) but > still had no > trouble gaining weight if I didn't watch what I ate. > > GoGators!!! > Mark > > Quoting Oliver Barry <[email protected]>: > > > Think about this. Jerry eats every two hours and has about 1/4 cup > of food. > > > > I eat every 2 hours and eat anything I want. I consume about > 2500-3000 > > calories a day. > > And, once you get used to it, running is FUN! > > Oliver > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Gatornet Admin > > Sent: Sun 1/11/2009 1:54 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Wedding, Harvin's injury and some other > random game > > thoughts. > > > > > > > > > > Run? I have a Ford F150 and a motorcycle. Why run? ;-) > > > > Randy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Oliver Barry" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 2:33 PM > > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Wedding, Harvin's injury and some other > random game > > thoughts. > > > > > > Dr. Barry says let's go for a run!! :-) > > Oliver > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Gatornet Admin > > Sent: Sun 1/11/2009 12:59 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Wedding, Harvin's injury and some other > random game > > thoughts. > > > > > > Hmm... drugs, huh? I'm game! I'll talk to my dr and see what he > says. He may > > nix it cuz I don't have any health problems other than being > fat. :-( > > > > Randy > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jerry Belloit <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 11:33 AM > > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Wedding, Harvin's injury and some other > random game > > thoughts. > > > > > > The basic formula is simply that I eat significantly less. I try > to avoid > > fried foods or at least eat a small portion. I also try to eat > something > > about every two hours. It might be just an orange or a bowl > (small) of > > cereal, a little dried fruit or a few almonds. I try not to let > myself get > > hungry. > > > > > > > > It has not been all will power, however. I have also been taking a > drug > > called Byetta. It is a drug to control blood sugar. However, it > works very > > differently than most diabetes drugs. Instead of making you gain > weight > > like actose and several other diabetes medications, Byetta does > not have > > this reaction. Instead it tends, in most people, to cause some > very minor > > stomach discomfort leading to reduced appetite. In higher dosages, > it often > > causes nausea. In fact, the recommended dosage for most is 10 mcg. > Neither > > my wife nor I can tolerate that dosage. The 5mcg dosage is > adequate for us > > both. I am not diabetic, but I am (was) getting close. My wife, > who is > > diabetic, has been losing weight for several years since she began > to take > > Byetta. She has been able to cut back significantly on her other > diabetes > > medicine as well. Both my wife and I share the same internal > medicine > > doctor. In fact, we both see her at the same time-my wife for her > diabetes > > and me for my follow-up from thyroid cancer (going on 13 years as a > > survivor!). Last summer when my blood work showed a creeping level > of my > > blood sugar to the high side of normal, I asked the doctor if I > could try > > Byetta. She said that it has not yet been approved for weight loss > but > > since my levels were rising, we might try to get it by the insurance > > company. We did and 45 pounds later, she had no problem with > renewing my > > prescription. > > > > > > > > Two important points. First, the Byetta does not cause you to > loose weight. > > It does however, help you have the will power to reduce your > portion control > > and make healthier food selections. Second, and this is the most > exciting. > > We were gone from Dec. 10-Jan. 10. During that time we were on a > cruise for > > seven days eating very good food entrees and even better deserts. In > > addition, I had 24/7 access to the yogurt ice cream machine which > I managed > > to visit several times a day (with just a small portion, however). > After > > that, we chowed down on fried shrimp, fried soft-shelled crabs, > BBQ, etc. I > > also had cheese grits just about every morning. I did not worry > about my > > diet except for trying to control my portion size (except for the > cheese > > grits and soft-shelled crab). The bottom line after eating what I > wanted, I > > only gained 3.6 pounds. (I expected at least double that.) I might > also > > add that I ran out of Byetta for the last week + of the trip and I > was still > > able to control myself. > > > > > > > > One more point. I have NOT increased my physical activity. This > weight > > loss was not due to exercise. I know that I should do more and > that I would > > be much healthier, but I have not been able to discipline myself > to make > > time. I hope to do better this year, but in the meantime, I want > to lose > > about another 20 pounds. > > > > > > > > This was probably a bit more of an explanation than you might have > wanted, > > but my experience might offer some encouragement. If I can do it, > many > > others can as well. > > > > > > > > Blessings on you all and happy new year! > > > > > > > > Jerry > > > > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Gatornet Admin > > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 8:04 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Wedding, Harvin's injury and some other > random game > > thoughts. > > > > > > > > How? Inquiring minds want, no, NEED to know! :-) > > > > > > > > Randy > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Jerry Belloit <[email protected]> > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 6:06 AM > > > > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Wedding, Harvin's injury and some other > random game > > thoughts. > > > > > > > > So far about 45 lbs. > > > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of [email protected] > > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 11:17 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Wedding, Harvin's injury and some other > random game > > thoughts. > > > > > > > > Beautiful pictures, Jerry! > > > > Congratulations to the whole family and also to you for.... > ummmm....have > > you lost weight? :-) > > > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Jerry Belloit > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I am sorry if this has been posted before, but I am still on the > road and > > have limited access to the internet. I have over 300 messages on > GatorTalk > > I haven't been through, so this may have been posted. > > > > > > > > Percy Harvin's injury was not a high ankle sprain as reported (or > at least > > not just one). It was actually a hairline fracture. Percy > disclosed that > > this morning in Miami. > > > > > > > > This makes his effort more impressive and the actions of that > mindless > > defender who grabbed his ankle after the play more grievous. > > > > > > > > I had to watch the game in a hotel in Virginia and thankfully the > clerk > > avoided putting anyone on either side of me. My wife said she was > afraid my > > yelling and cheering might bring an unwelcome call from the front > desk. God > > is good! > > > > > > > > I am heading home and will be back on Saturday evening. This has > been the > > longest vacation I have taken since my parents drove to California > and back > > during the LBJ administration. > > > > > > > > I have attached three pictures of my wife and I doing the wedding > for my > > daughter. > > > > > > > > Go Gators! > > > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > < font> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
