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From: rob@lzmi.UUCP
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Subject: Re: weight loss
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Date: Sun, 15-Apr-84 11:40:18 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 15 11:40:18 1984
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I lost 57 pounds in 3 1/2  months at a "Thin Life Center" here in NJ.
(starting weight - 247, ending weight - 190, height - 6'). Their diet
is low carbohydrate, high protein, semi-fast; 9oz of protein per day,
12 oz of greens, LOTS of water, vitamin supplements ("1-A-DAY +
minerals" and potassium supplement). The diet is 'medically
supervised'. This translates into the following: an MD examines you at
the outset of the program, they take blood and do EKG recordings at
the start and every 6-8 weeks thereafter, and they montior blood
pressure 3 times per week. ALso included in the program are group
support meetings for the dieters.

After the first week of the program, the hunger pangs stopped, and the
weight started coming off. The problem here is the same as any other
diet. Profound statement follows: "Loosing wieght is EASY. Keeping it
off is HARD!"

Unless you have some other medical problems (thyroid, etc.), most
people are overweight because THEY EAT TOO MUCH! (from personal
experience...) These programs try to get the weight off and
recondition your head to eat differently by understanding WHY you eat
the way you do. Well, in my case, the diet worked, but the training
did'nt stick. In the 2 years since I lost all the pounds, I have
gained back about 25. The problem with me was that since the great
loss was SO easy, I got cocky with the feeling that I could repeat the
loss again by going back on the diet, so my old eating habits
returned. The old line about starting a diet 'tomorrow' was my
favorite, and tomorrow is now over 20 pounds ago. In the context of 
the on-going discussions regarding addiction to things, I suppose I am
addicted to stuffing my stomach. (Living to eat, rather than eating to
live - a catchy phrase I picked up at the diet center.)
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