excessive weight loss

[robert birchell]

A question about climbers who cut 10-15 lbs off normal body
weight. Do you think it would show up in blood work
as low levels of protein, albumin, and globulin????
Bob

[powen01]

Depends on how you cut it, wouldn't it? What do you mean by normal body weight?

[dustonian]

I doubt it. Paging Dr. Lurk for a consult....?

[the lurkist]

probably not. depends on what your weight was prior to the 10-15 lbs. If you were already at lean body mass, thin, fit, muscular guy and you shed 15 lbs, you would be loosing muscle mass. To do this you would most likely have to starve yourself. When you say excessive wt loss to an internist, we think illness, cachexia, possibly malignancy, malabsorbtion- crohns, inflammatory bowel disease, anorexia- but fundamentally caloric and protein malnutrition. So for you, provided you were already thin without undue body fat, there might be telltale blood chemistry data that would indicate malnutrition- like you said, albumin might be low, total protein might be low. Mostly healthy people have a difficult time fucking themselves up like this, though. Anorexic young women, yes, cancer patients/ chronically ill patients, yes, concentration camp prisoners, yes, climbers, probably not.
You might be able to loose 15 lbs if you have fifteen lbs of fat to loose (like most Americans) and there would be no change in blood tests.

[Andrew]

Since when was 10 pounds excessive weight loss. Maybe if you only weigh 50 pounds.

[robert birchell]

Thanks to the Lurkist
You nailed it. (already thin)
I'll just increase my protein in take and cut back on some carbs.
Bob

[Andrew]

Height and weight bob. Lets see if you can beat me.

[robert birchell]

Andrew
6 feet
148 lbs
Chol/HDL ratio is 2
33 years climbing (64 years old)
never dropped anyone
always wear helmet
Goal=be the best belayer around
By the way I purchased some climbing holds from
Teknik because you said you liked them.
I got the flaps and like them.
Good luck to you.

[One-Fall]

6 foot 148lbs!!!!!!! Now THAT is a good goal for me. You tha man, Bob.

Im 6 foot, weighed 200, now weight 176. So a few more to go!

[pigsteak]

wow..am I super fat....almost 5' 11" and 190 lbs....

but I am down off of my winter high of 196 and shooting for 175 by fall...