"Chris Braun" wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:50:36 GMT, "Beverly"
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"Doug Freyburger" wrote in message
oups.com...
One reason folks like to weigh weekly is to find out if
they are doing something wrong. By the time you're on
Maintenance that becomes important - It's easy to
gradually drift off you system and start gaining and
you don't want to be a month in before you catch it.
For folks on a published plan, though, if you actually
need a scale to tell whether you had a problem means you
didn't understand the written plan or you haven't
tracked what you've eaten. Who in their loss phase ever
cheats without knowing it? Problem is you don't mention
a published plan and folks who roll their own don't have
that sort of certainly to build upon.

What are you referring to when you say 'published plan' ?


I wondered the same thing. And I think after two years of weight
loss, I had a pretty high confidence level in my "roll-my-own"
approach. Certainly maintenance hasn't posed any big challenge so
far.

Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

I thought he was referring to WW, Atkins, South Beach, etc and I had the
same comment about the "roll-your-own" methods. I've been able to maintain
with my own plan for quite awhile. IIRC most of the people in the weight
registry (can't remember correct name at the moment) used a plan of their
own, too.

Beverly
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