Dally wrote in alt.support.diet on Sun, 22 Aug 2004:

I think she'll lose weight if she eats less calories than she burns. I
just think she'll be miserable and inevitably regain it all if she does
it by forcing her body to be tired, hungry and deprived of essential
nutrients. I don't mean to harp at her, either, but I'll correct her
when she sends newbies down the yo-yo dieting path.

*DO* feel free to point out how two weight-loss plans in eleven years is
"yo-yo" dieting? I was tired on the Friday because I had overdone it on
the Thursday, not because of anything I had or had not eaten, but
because my husband and I are preparing for a major competition in six
weeks' time, and really, really need to practice, ideally 6 days/week,
but that doesn't always happen. We had planned to skate for 45 minutes
in the morning, and an hour of social dance (which also enables us to
work on our compulsory dances) in the evening; there was no ice that
morning, for reasons I needn't go into here, and we therefore had to
skate for 45 minutes in the evening, plus social dance. We worked
ourselves so hard that I was exhausted after about 35 minutes of the
social dancing, and my thighs were sore. However, this would have
happened whatever I had eaten; it does happen from time to time!
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
90/88/80kg