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I was about 190 lbs. at the time of my accident,
5 ft. 8 and worked out regularly at a gym. I had a pretty rockhard
stomach but the first moment I sat in a wheelchair gravity played a nasty trick
on my stomach. My doctor told me to get used to it and all of the exercise
in the world would not change it much.
T. Houston
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Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:04
PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] LOSING the Quad
Gut!!!!!!!!!
You are exactly correct Houston... the spinal
doctors told us that MOST quads will have a quad gut because stomach muscles
no longer work and gravity.They told me no matter how much weight I lose
the quad gut will still remain. They said there are a few exceptions---such as
being very thin before accident and some peoples metabolism. SO______ Wear
your quad belly with pride LOL
;-) Dan
c-6 8.8 years post.
Houston809 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Which is true. why do some
Quads not have quad guts? Ive seen quads no stomachs. It seemed as if all
the quads in murderball didnt have guts. I guess its like everything else
each quad is different.
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From: tahouston <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Brien <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:18 PM
Subject:
Re: [QUAD-L] LOSING the Quad Gut!!!!!!!!!
Quad belly or Quad gut
has hardly anything to do with diet. It is the result of nonactive
stomach muscles not able to hold firmly your stomach, intestines, and
other inner organs. Your stomach becomes very pronounced when
sitting in the chair because the weight of your upper torso pushing down
on your muscle less stomach causing your midsection to
expand.
T. Houston
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From: Brien <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Houston809 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; quadlist <mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:04
PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] LOSING the Quad
Gut!!!!!!!!!
You may benefit from Dr.
Pericone's book, The Pericone Weight Loss Diet. The
book treats nutrition at the cellular level and offers convincing
evidence and strategies that developing health at the cellular
level will provide a healthy platform for overall health.
http://www.nvperriconemd.com/
I have completely changed what I thought
WAS a healthy diet and added all the recommended supplements to my
diet. With moderate exercise including free weights and
using a hand cycle to crank my heart and cardio rate up (this
is the best device to substitute for using our big leg
muscles to get cardio rate
up!!!!!!!!!)
On Apr
18, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Houston809 wrote:
I like
2 eat & I drink beers. Coronas is my preferred beer. Now Im
drinking Budweiser Select since being in STL. Ive tried
dieting or eating less seemed like I was continuously tired
& hungry. But nothing happened 2 stomach. :(
On
4/18/06 2:59 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
You
have to really eat light. I eat 2% cheese and open face
sandwiches with lettuce and tomatoes. I drink Slim fast twice
a day and just eat a regular meal in the evening. I
don't really eat very much beef, only occasionally. I
mostly eat turkey, chicken, fish, and I like lean cuisine
dinners occasionally. They have a great macaroni and cheese
lasagna in dark turkey with green beans. When I wear it
really feel like I want some comfort food, I eat the cream
beef with the gravy like mixture over light whole-wheat bread.
I don't eat a lot of bread or potatoes, but a lot of fruits
and vegetables and a lot of salads with light dressing which
helped to fill you up . I do eat sweet potatoes with just
promise, but I just found another, that was a little more healthy (I
will have to look at that for you) . I just started eating
Activia yogurt, which is really good and taking
acidophilus everyday . I I was being bloated, but that
has has taken most of it away. I thought I had gained a
lot of weight, but it makes my makes me fairly flat, although
I have gained some weight I am sure. Another thing that
helps with bloating is gas x or one of the many similar
products. I take there a lot of vitamins. I
usually buy things that are reduced fat. I do eat chips,
trail mix , Kentucky fried chicken and other things that are
not low in fat, but I eat in moderation, which is the key .
When I go out to eat, I usually eat seafood, turkey or
chicken, although I sometimes feel like a backyard burger or
veggie pizza with thin crust. I really love the lower calorie
popcorn, although I also buy the kettle corn in individual
bags, which is not low calorie. I don't get to the hospital
that has a scale very often that you roll onto, but you must
keep track of the weight of your chair. I had gained 5
pounds last year. It's always much easier to try to lose
in the summer, as I don't get as hungry. I also get those
weight watcher cheesecake , South Beach peanut butter cookies,
snacks to eat if I'm hungry. I also like light cream
cheese and light and peanut butter spread very thinly over
fat-free saltine crackers. I also love ice cream and a light just
doesn't taste as good. Ha ha Baskin-Robbins does not
come in light unfortunately, so I have to splurge a few times
a year .
I look forward to getting
ideas from other quadlist persons that battle the quad
gut.
the never ending battle that we must face, because we
don't have stomach muscles.
It would be so fun to
just eat anything you wanted all the time, wouldn't
it?
Dana
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