On Jun 16, 2:19*pm, Sal_55 wrote:
On 16 Jun, 21:46, Doug Freyburger wrote:





Sal_55 wrote:

so the person who wrote on the web that by having a glass of
grapefruit juice before each meal caused him to lost many pounds was
lying or just confused?
What I mean is,has anyone here tried drinking one glass of grapefruit
before each meal,for say 2 weeks, and noticed any weight loss?

Being able to lose some in a short time doesn't really
matter. *There are so many different ways to lose. *What
matters is being able to keep it off for years on end. *And
so any diet that lacks a maintenance mode is a fad diet.

Since ASD is a support group with folks who've been
around for years, you'll find support for plans that work
long term. *It's a bad idea to support folks who want to
go on crzay fad diets because it points them in the wrong
direction. *Gain it back and the effort will have been
wasted so better to pick a plan that doesn't come with a
guarantee that it will all be regained. *The problem with
all fad diets lacking a maintenance phase is they don't
mention that the come with such a guarantee but they
really do.

Diets without a maintenance phase, diets that have
strict menus for anything other than a brief starting
phase, diets without long term results. *Fad diets all.

Well Doug, I'm not looking for a long term diet,but need to lose about
10 pounds quick for work-reasons (long story).- Hide quoted text -

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10 pounds equates to 35,000 calories, so you just need to eat 35,000
calories less over whatever timeframe you choose to lose the weight.
Just count calories and know what number of calories you are presently
eating to maintain your overweight condition. If you are still gaining
weight, then counting the calories you are eating doesn't work. It is
still easy to figure if you know how much you are gaining over a
certain time period, say a month. A couple of pounds a week loss is
recommended unless you are very overweight, then you could lose more.
Each pound of body fat is lost with 3500 fewer calories. The
grapefruit juice has about 100 calories per cup. That's not much, so
if you think it might help, it would be better than pop, but not as
good as water or diet pop for losing weight. There's nothing magical
about grapefruit juice. Lots of dieters never drink their calories and
feel it is best to eat the grapefruit than drink the juice. It takes
longer and is more satisfying. Because of the high sugar content, many
nutritionists do not recommend fruit juices. dkw