"Caleb" wrote in message
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On Aug 19, 7:14 am, Caleb wrote:
On Aug 19, 7:12 am, Caleb wrote:



On Aug 19, 6:40 am, "teachrmama" wrote:

"Caleb" wrote in message

om...

Day 2 of 100 Day Diet
250/247/200

August 19, 2008

I got on my balance-beam scale this morning this morning and saw
that I
weigh 247 pounds. Therefore, on day two of my diet, 3 pounds are
gone. I
know almost all of that is water, but it's fun to see it gone. Also,
considering health issues in general, even water going away is quite
good.

I had about 900 calories all day yesterday, and also walked quite
arduously for 40 minutes (with weights on my ankles and also pumping
weights up and down). Today I'm a little bit stiff from that, but
the
stiffness will go away.

I did not sleep well last night, but traditionally that has been the
case
for me when I switched to a low-calorie approach. The brain does not
have
as much carbohydrate as it traditionally does, and I looked at the
restlessness as a sign that my diet is working. (I will sleep much
better
in the days ahead.)

I have a book of Positive Quotations that I devil in from time to
time.
One of the quotes is this:
"There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far
less
than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction." So
said John
F. Kennedy.

I know that if I keep out what I'm doing, the weight will have to
come off
(unless the laws of physics are suspended in my kitchen--and they
are
not). If I continue to do what I did yesterday, then by
Thanksgiving, I
would've lost a great deal of weight.

Thanksgiving will come whether or not I am healthy. I certainly want
to
reach it healthier that I am now.

I hope that everyone is able to find an effective diet approach and
stick
to it!

So, Caleb, are you planning to keep the weight off this time, by
adhering to
a healthy diet after you lose the weight? In the long run, that is
certainly healthier than losing-gaining-losing-gaining. I do wish you
long
term success.

Nesser --

I don't know about the long term. (Even Jillian Michaels doesn't
assure people that her approach works for maintenance.)

I do know that the research now clearly supports the long-term
positive effects of keeping off substantial weight for even relatively
short periods of time. See the literature on Diabetes 2 prevention,
for instance.

Thanks for your wishes!

Yours,

Caleb

Teacher -- Oops!

I typed the login word for google as your name. (This is the changing
word on the bottom of the Google screen)

Yours,

Caleb

More about the atrocious effect of Diabetes 2:

"About 5%–10% of diabetes cases in North America are type 1, with the
rest being type 2. The fraction of type 1 in other parts of the world
differs; this is likely due to both differences in the rate of type 1
and differences in the rate of other types, most prominently type 2.
Most of this difference is not currently understood. The American
Diabetes Association point out the 2003 assessment of the National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention) that 1 in 3 Americans born after
2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime.[52][53]

"According to the American Diabetes Association, approximately 18.3%
(8.6 million) of Americans age 60 and older have diabetes. [54]
Diabetes mellitus prevalence increases with age, and the numbers of
older persons with diabetes are expected to grow as the elderly
population increases in number. The National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES III) demonstrated that, in the population
over 65 years old, 18% to 20% have diabetes, with 40% having either
diabetes or its precursor form of impaired glucose tolerance.[46]"

This is form Wikipedia.org on Diabetes Mellitus.

But it doesn't begin to illustrate the loss of fingers, eye-sight, the
onset of foot-pain, the individual onset of heart problems, etc.

Pretty incredible and awful thing, especially if it can be positively
impacted by intermittent substantial weight loss that lasts at least
18 months.

So those who tell people not to lose weight until they are sure that
people will be able to permanently maintain their weight loss are
doing a huge disservice to others.

Does this make sense?
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I did read some articles lately discussing the good effects of losing
weight, even if for only a short time. I found them very interesting. I
just think that, all in all, permanent would be better than temporary, and
that takes as much planning as losing does. Perhaps this time you will
include maintenance in your plans, too. =c)