"John A. Weeks III" wrote in message
news:john-924FBF.07293106102008@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
> In article ,
> Magda wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:37:08 -0500, in rec.travel.europe, "John A. Weeks
>> III"
>> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>>
>> ...
>> ... What good does a diet do? Millions of people have spent millions
>> ... of person-days on diets. If diets worked, we would be a nation
>> ... of thin people. The mere fact that as more and more time is spent
>> ... on diets, while people continue to get larger, seems to suggest
>> ... that most diets simply cause overall weight gain.
>>
>> I went on a diet last May; by August I had gone from size 8 to size 4
>> (US).
>> If it works
>> for me, why can't it work for them? (Granted, my diet didn't include tons
>> of
>> sugar and
>> starch *daily*...)
>
> If you are only talking a few months here, you haven't waited long
> enough to see the results of this diet. The net-net is that virtually
> everyone who diets ends up gaining the weight back, plus a little
> more within a year of ending the diet.
>
> Weight is a genetic factor in many cases. Your body will do whatever
> it has to in order to maintain that weight. If you start messing
> with it, your body will react to defend itself, and to whatever
> it can to get back to that weight. If it means carrying a little
> more just in case, your body will do that.
>
> Mark down August 2009 on the calendar, and post your size. I'll
> bet you a diet Coke that you are looking at a size 7 or better.
>
> If you need any examples, just look at Oprah Whinfrey. She has
> all the money and resources in the world. Her first public
> diet resulted in her gaining back all plus a litte more than
> what she lost. It wasn't until she hired a private cook and
> a full-time coach costing millions of dollars that she was
> able to keep off much of her weight. Is that what you are
> planning to do? Do you have the money to do this?
definitely on the right track here, john. there's a lot more going on
than just calories and and calories out as we've been led to believe.
good news is that when the famine strikes, and it is coming, the thin
ones will die off very quickly. :)
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