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_Keeping it off_ book
Ig,
Reading that book (which I found in our public library) really helped me. Though the focus is on the psychology, there's quite a bit on the physiology, too. It was interesting to me that the successful dieters lost weight on all kinds of different regimens and diets, but that the researchers found the common threads no matter what the food plan. I also found it helpful to see that contrary to what the people selling gym memberships tell you, exercise was helpful mostly after the weight was lost, and it was not necessary for the weight loss to occur. Most women started exercising after losing a lot of weight (like I did) and did very well. I know so many people at the gym who work out four times a week and have only lost 2 or 3 pounds all year (these are people who need to lose 30 or 40 lbs.) So I liked having it made clear that exercise is NOT the magic bullet for weight loss, calorie restriction is. I also found it interesting to look at the calorie levels at which people lost and maintained no matter WHAT diet. It's worth remembering that the book was written back when low carbing was just going out of fashion so many of the long term diet success stories in the book were low carbers. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 5 years. Below goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.7 . Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Jenny's new site: What they Don't Tell You About Diabetes http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u/ Jenny's Low Carb Diet Facts & Figures http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm "Ignoramus13725" wrote in message ... I am reading a book _Keeping it Off_ by Robert Colvin and Susan Olson. This is an old book from 1985, I bought it used from Amazon. The book is excellent and a summary of it is available at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/success.htm The book is a great read and I highly recommend it. It describes what is common amongst successful maintainers, which are defined as people who - lost over 20% of body weight - kept it off for 2 years - are not more than 5 lbs away from their lowest weight The discuss the traits amongst those successful people, how they think about weight loss, what they do, what they do not do etc. There are very few books about weight maintenance, probably because so few people can get to the point where they need to maintain weight, and even fewer of them actually maintain the loss. According to authors, only 2% of those who started dieting can maintain successfully for 2 years. Unfortunately, the authors are psychologists, and looked at those successful dieters from only psychological point of view. (I am not done with the book yet). I wish they tried to look at the somatic differences, if any, between successful and unsuccessful dieters. It also does not do a good enough job at comparing those successful people with controls who have not managed to be as successful. So, they could fall into a trap of describing their common traits that did not make a difference. Both of them had prior clinical experience with "treating" obese dieters, with little (average) success, so, hopefully, they could detect those success traits based on their experience. All in all, it is a great common sense book that describes what works. The great majority of maintainers lost weight on their own, not on any sort of commercial programs. All of them had an epiphany at some point, which has been my experience exactly. They are all very aware of their current weight and they actively manage it. Again, my experience. They moved away from food obsessions and food takes little place in their life, which I cannot say yet about myself, although it has been getting a tad better later. i |
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Ignoramus13725 wrote:
They are all very aware | of their current weight and they actively manage it. snip They moved away from food obsessions and food takes little | place in their life, which I cannot say yet about myself, although it | has been getting a tad better later. This seems contradictory to me. In reality, food has become even more of an obsession, only in a different way. If they are "very aware of their current weight and actively mange it," they are still not able to live a "normal" life without obsessing about what they eat. This is where I am right now also; I hope that the day will come when I don't have to be "very aware of my current weight and actively manage it;" unfortunately, I believe that for many of us it's a lifetime of having to pay abnormabl attention to what we eat. -- Peter Before/Current Pix: http://users.thelink.net/marengo/wei...htlosspix.html |
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Great stuff. I felt the summary probably covered everything I needed, but I
bought a copy anyway, just in case the summary webpage goes away. Amazon used books were too pricey, but I found a hardback copy on eBay for $3.50 plus $2 shipping. my ended eBay purchase: http://tinyurl.com/6ny8e I'm concerned that I too spend too much time focusing on my diet. Maybe that will change, when I'm no longer restricting my calories to a 1400 per day average. Someday, 1600 per day should be much more comfortable. "Ignoramus13725" wrote in message ... I am reading a book _Keeping it Off_ by Robert Colvin and Susan Olson. This is an old book from 1985, I bought it used from Amazon. The book is excellent and a summary of it is available at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/success.htm The book is a great read and I highly recommend it. It describes what is common amongst successful maintainers, which are defined as people who - lost over 20% of body weight - kept it off for 2 years - are not more than 5 lbs away from their lowest weight The discuss the traits amongst those successful people, how they think about weight loss, what they do, what they do not do etc. There are very few books about weight maintenance, probably because so few people can get to the point where they need to maintain weight, and even fewer of them actually maintain the loss. According to authors, only 2% of those who started dieting can maintain successfully for 2 years. Unfortunately, the authors are psychologists, and looked at those successful dieters from only psychological point of view. (I am not done with the book yet). I wish they tried to look at the somatic differences, if any, between successful and unsuccessful dieters. It also does not do a good enough job at comparing those successful people with controls who have not managed to be as successful. So, they could fall into a trap of describing their common traits that did not make a difference. Both of them had prior clinical experience with "treating" obese dieters, with little (average) success, so, hopefully, they could detect those success traits based on their experience. All in all, it is a great common sense book that describes what works. The great majority of maintainers lost weight on their own, not on any sort of commercial programs. All of them had an epiphany at some point, which has been my experience exactly. They are all very aware of their current weight and they actively manage it. Again, my experience. They moved away from food obsessions and food takes little place in their life, which I cannot say yet about myself, although it has been getting a tad better later. i |
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Ig,
Reading that book (which I found in our public library) really helped me. Though the focus is on the psychology, there's quite a bit on the physiology, too. It was interesting to me that the successful dieters lost weight on all kinds of different regimens and diets, but that the researchers found the common threads no matter what the food plan. I also found it helpful to see that contrary to what the people selling gym memberships tell you, exercise was helpful mostly after the weight was lost, and it was not necessary for the weight loss to occur. Most women started exercising after losing a lot of weight (like I did) and did very well. I know so many people at the gym who work out four times a week and have only lost 2 or 3 pounds all year (these are people who need to lose 30 or 40 lbs.) So I liked having it made clear that exercise is NOT the magic bullet for weight loss, calorie restriction is. I also found it interesting to look at the calorie levels at which people lost and maintained no matter WHAT diet. It's worth remembering that the book was written back when low carbing was just going out of fashion so many of the long term diet success stories in the book were low carbers. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 5 years. Below goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.7 . Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Jenny's new site: What they Don't Tell You About Diabetes http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u/ Jenny's Low Carb Diet Facts & Figures http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm "Ignoramus13725" wrote in message ... I am reading a book _Keeping it Off_ by Robert Colvin and Susan Olson. This is an old book from 1985, I bought it used from Amazon. The book is excellent and a summary of it is available at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/success.htm The book is a great read and I highly recommend it. It describes what is common amongst successful maintainers, which are defined as people who - lost over 20% of body weight - kept it off for 2 years - are not more than 5 lbs away from their lowest weight The discuss the traits amongst those successful people, how they think about weight loss, what they do, what they do not do etc. There are very few books about weight maintenance, probably because so few people can get to the point where they need to maintain weight, and even fewer of them actually maintain the loss. According to authors, only 2% of those who started dieting can maintain successfully for 2 years. Unfortunately, the authors are psychologists, and looked at those successful dieters from only psychological point of view. (I am not done with the book yet). I wish they tried to look at the somatic differences, if any, between successful and unsuccessful dieters. It also does not do a good enough job at comparing those successful people with controls who have not managed to be as successful. So, they could fall into a trap of describing their common traits that did not make a difference. Both of them had prior clinical experience with "treating" obese dieters, with little (average) success, so, hopefully, they could detect those success traits based on their experience. All in all, it is a great common sense book that describes what works. The great majority of maintainers lost weight on their own, not on any sort of commercial programs. All of them had an epiphany at some point, which has been my experience exactly. They are all very aware of their current weight and they actively manage it. Again, my experience. They moved away from food obsessions and food takes little place in their life, which I cannot say yet about myself, although it has been getting a tad better later. i |
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