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Old November 3rd, 2004, 05:40 PM
Dally
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RedRipeApple wrote:

p.s. don't only 5-10 percent of us keep the weight off from ANY diet anyhow?


Funny you should ask that. No. That stat is wrong for lots of reasons.

Look at it this way: if you try 10 diets and fail at nine of them before
you finally work out all the kinks and change forever, then you've had a
90% failure rate at dieting. It only takes one success.

People debate whether liquid diets have any value in kick-starting a
weight loss regimen. I really don't think they do.

The people who used them have all the exact same struggles as the people
who don't use them, they just pay more money and have some harder
psychological issues associated with having to DEFEND a weight loss in
public rather than ACHIEVE a weight loss in anonymity. (Look at it this
way: if you eat at maintenance for a 250 pound person for a week then
you won't lose any weight that week if you weigh 250 pounds. But if you
weigh 200 pounds then you'd GAIN that week. It's the same week, the
same struggles to relearn how to eat... except now you have to struggle
in front of people who NOTICE that you've gained.)

Also, rapid weight loss has some deleterious affects. Take my word for it.

You've got to learn how to feed your body and exercise for the rest of
your life if you want to lose weight and keep it off. If you're not
willing to do that then don't bother messing around with a liquid diet.

Dally