It seems that your sensible approach is working very well so far. I'm continuing to follow your thread and your progress here, it is helping me to stay motivated for my weight loss program. I agree 100% about your using the nutritionist for this program, I have given a lot of credit for my 66 lbs loss, so far, to my primary care physician and to the American Kidney Association's web site and a recipe book I found they put out. I was at 212 last night, on 22 July 2012 I was at 278 when I got the kidney disease/failure diagnosis. When I took my first flight physical for the USMC I was at 209, in 1975, it will be a nice feeling to drop below that level.

I'll be interested to hear any lab numbers on your blood and/or urine tests for your critical functions and things like cholesterol levels, both HDL and LDL. The improvements I have seen in my numbers, across the board, has amazed me the most. No added drug prescriptions that just give me side effects have been used, I have actually gone from 12 different pills each morning to only 3 now. The BP prescription may be the next to go if the PCP says that is safe for me.

How are your HR and BP looking so far? I imagine you are seeing a drop in the BP, you most likely had a low resting HR already since you have been cycling before you began the dietary control. Hope things continue to go well for you, the dietary measures and my riding have made a tremendous difference for me.

Bill