OT-oprah

Ignoramus31272 wrote:

[xposted to alt.support.diet.low-carb due to the original post having
been posted there also]

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:17:19 -0600, rosie readandpost wrote:

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4046


During 1.5 years of my weight loss and maintenance, if you count
recorded daily weight fluctuations, I

Gained: 158 lbs
Lost: 208.1 lbs
Total weight change: 366.1

In 10.5 months of 2004 alone, I:

Gained: 122.6
Lost: 127.9
Total: 250.5

If anything, these numbers understate the amounts since I did not
record my weight absolutely every day.

If I maintain my weight in this fashion for 20 years, I will have:

Gained: 2788 lbs
Lost: same amount obviously
Total: 5576 lbs

5576 lbs is not far from the curb weight of my pickup truck.

So, Oprah's "struggle with weight" may or may not be funny, but we all
gain and lose a lot of weight. Even successful dieters, who are not
struggling with large weight regains, still post large cumulative
gains and losses. Small numbers do add up.


it also depends how often you weight yourself - if you add in those daily
fluctuations as well, that could add up to the weight of a jumbo 747...

Ignoramus31272 wrote:

[xposted to alt.support.diet.low-carb due to the original post having
been posted there also]

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:17:19 -0600, rosie readandpost wrote:

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4046


During 1.5 years of my weight loss and maintenance, if you count
recorded daily weight fluctuations, I

Gained: 158 lbs
Lost: 208.1 lbs
Total weight change: 366.1

In 10.5 months of 2004 alone, I:

Gained: 122.6
Lost: 127.9
Total: 250.5

If anything, these numbers understate the amounts since I did not
record my weight absolutely every day.

If I maintain my weight in this fashion for 20 years, I will have:

Gained: 2788 lbs
Lost: same amount obviously
Total: 5576 lbs

5576 lbs is not far from the curb weight of my pickup truck.

So, Oprah's "struggle with weight" may or may not be funny, but we all
gain and lose a lot of weight. Even successful dieters, who are not
struggling with large weight regains, still post large cumulative
gains and losses. Small numbers do add up.


it also depends how often you weight yourself - if you add in those daily
fluctuations as well, that could add up to the weight of a jumbo 747...

TC, it's The Onion, it suppose to be a satire. Nothing posted there is real,
see e.g.

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4047&n=1

White House Thanksgiving Turkey Detained Without Counsel

WASHINGTON, DC—Cousin Wattle, the official National Thanksgiving Turkey who was
to have been pardoned by President Bush in an annual White House ceremony that
dates back to the Truman administration, is currently being held without formal
charges or access to legal counsel, White House press secretary Scott McClellan
confirmed Tuesday.


tcomeau wrote:

" rosie readandpost" wrote in message ...

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4046


Un-believable. That they would call this a "success" and have a great
big party to celebrate this "success".

The fact is that in her lifetime she has had 20,000 excess pounds, has
had to try 674 diets, and suffered thru 255 different workout routines
in over 30 years. And only now does she feel that she is a successful
loser.

How does that contrast to what the mainstream has been saying all this
time that there is only *one* way to lose weight, the
low-fat/low-calorie way? And it is supposed to be so simple, just eat
less and exercise more.

Why did it take 674 different diets if all she needed to do was eat
less and exercise more? She has the intelligence to do the research or
have someone do the research, the money to put any program into place,
and she is still struggling to stay at a weight that she is happy
with.

Success...... right......

TC

TC, it's The Onion, it suppose to be a satire. Nothing posted there is real,
see e.g.

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4047&n=1

White House Thanksgiving Turkey Detained Without Counsel

WASHINGTON, DC—Cousin Wattle, the official National Thanksgiving Turkey who was
to have been pardoned by President Bush in an annual White House ceremony that
dates back to the Truman administration, is currently being held without formal
charges or access to legal counsel, White House press secretary Scott McClellan
confirmed Tuesday.


tcomeau wrote:

" rosie readandpost" wrote in message ...

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4046


Un-believable. That they would call this a "success" and have a great
big party to celebrate this "success".

The fact is that in her lifetime she has had 20,000 excess pounds, has
had to try 674 diets, and suffered thru 255 different workout routines
in over 30 years. And only now does she feel that she is a successful
loser.

How does that contrast to what the mainstream has been saying all this
time that there is only *one* way to lose weight, the
low-fat/low-calorie way? And it is supposed to be so simple, just eat
less and exercise more.

Why did it take 674 different diets if all she needed to do was eat
less and exercise more? She has the intelligence to do the research or
have someone do the research, the money to put any program into place,
and she is still struggling to stay at a weight that she is happy
with.

Success...... right......

TC

|| Ignoramus31272 wrote:
||
||| [xposted to alt.support.diet.low-carb due to the original post
||| having
||| been posted there also]
|||
||| On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:17:19 -0600, rosie readandpost
||| wrote:
|||
|||| http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4046
|||
|||
||| During 1.5 years of my weight loss and maintenance, if you count
||| recorded daily weight fluctuations, I
|||
||| Gained: 158 lbs
||| Lost: 208.1 lbs
||| Total weight change: 366.1
|||
||| In 10.5 months of 2004 alone, I:
|||
||| Gained: 122.6
||| Lost: 127.9
||| Total: 250.5
|||
||| If anything, these numbers understate the amounts since I did not
||| record my weight absolutely every day.
|||
||| If I maintain my weight in this fashion for 20 years, I will have:
|||
||| Gained: 2788 lbs
||| Lost: same amount obviously
||| Total: 5576 lbs
|||
||| 5576 lbs is not far from the curb weight of my pickup truck.
|||
||| So, Oprah's "struggle with weight" may or may not be funny, but we
||| all
||| gain and lose a lot of weight. Even successful dieters, who are not
||| struggling with large weight regains, still post large cumulative
||| gains and losses. Small numbers do add up.

Talk about silly, useless stats. If you bother to measure every second, or
every half second, or over a infinitely small interval, I'm certain you can
drive that Total number up to infinity.

|| Ignoramus31272 wrote:
||
||| [xposted to alt.support.diet.low-carb due to the original post
||| having
||| been posted there also]
|||
||| On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:17:19 -0600, rosie readandpost
||| wrote:
|||
|||| http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4046
|||
|||
||| During 1.5 years of my weight loss and maintenance, if you count
||| recorded daily weight fluctuations, I
|||
||| Gained: 158 lbs
||| Lost: 208.1 lbs
||| Total weight change: 366.1
|||
||| In 10.5 months of 2004 alone, I:
|||
||| Gained: 122.6
||| Lost: 127.9
||| Total: 250.5
|||
||| If anything, these numbers understate the amounts since I did not
||| record my weight absolutely every day.
|||
||| If I maintain my weight in this fashion for 20 years, I will have:
|||
||| Gained: 2788 lbs
||| Lost: same amount obviously
||| Total: 5576 lbs
|||
||| 5576 lbs is not far from the curb weight of my pickup truck.
|||
||| So, Oprah's "struggle with weight" may or may not be funny, but we
||| all
||| gain and lose a lot of weight. Even successful dieters, who are not
||| struggling with large weight regains, still post large cumulative
||| gains and losses. Small numbers do add up.

Talk about silly, useless stats. If you bother to measure every second, or
every half second, or over a infinitely small interval, I'm certain you can
drive that Total number up to infinity.

Roger Zoul wrote:

|| Ignoramus31272 wrote:
||
||| [xposted to alt.support.diet.low-carb due to the original post
||| having
||| been posted there also]
|||
||| On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:17:19 -0600, rosie readandpost
||| wrote:
|||
|||| http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4046
|||
|||
||| During 1.5 years of my weight loss and maintenance, if you count
||| recorded daily weight fluctuations, I
|||
||| Gained: 158 lbs
||| Lost: 208.1 lbs
||| Total weight change: 366.1
|||
||| In 10.5 months of 2004 alone, I:
|||
||| Gained: 122.6
||| Lost: 127.9
||| Total: 250.5
|||
||| If anything, these numbers understate the amounts since I did not
||| record my weight absolutely every day.
|||
||| If I maintain my weight in this fashion for 20 years, I will have:
|||
||| Gained: 2788 lbs
||| Lost: same amount obviously
||| Total: 5576 lbs
|||
||| 5576 lbs is not far from the curb weight of my pickup truck.
|||
||| So, Oprah's "struggle with weight" may or may not be funny, but we
||| all
||| gain and lose a lot of weight. Even successful dieters, who are not
||| struggling with large weight regains, still post large cumulative
||| gains and losses. Small numbers do add up.

Talk about silly, useless stats. If you bother to measure every second, or
every half second, or over a infinitely small interval, I'm certain you can
drive that Total number up to infinity.


Hah! Now that's a maths project JC can assign to his students!!

Roger Zoul wrote:

|| Ignoramus31272 wrote:
||
||| [xposted to alt.support.diet.low-carb due to the original post
||| having
||| been posted there also]
|||
||| On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:17:19 -0600, rosie readandpost
||| wrote:
|||
|||| http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4046
|||
|||
||| During 1.5 years of my weight loss and maintenance, if you count
||| recorded daily weight fluctuations, I
|||
||| Gained: 158 lbs
||| Lost: 208.1 lbs
||| Total weight change: 366.1
|||
||| In 10.5 months of 2004 alone, I:
|||
||| Gained: 122.6
||| Lost: 127.9
||| Total: 250.5
|||
||| If anything, these numbers understate the amounts since I did not
||| record my weight absolutely every day.
|||
||| If I maintain my weight in this fashion for 20 years, I will have:
|||
||| Gained: 2788 lbs
||| Lost: same amount obviously
||| Total: 5576 lbs
|||
||| 5576 lbs is not far from the curb weight of my pickup truck.
|||
||| So, Oprah's "struggle with weight" may or may not be funny, but we
||| all
||| gain and lose a lot of weight. Even successful dieters, who are not
||| struggling with large weight regains, still post large cumulative
||| gains and losses. Small numbers do add up.

Talk about silly, useless stats. If you bother to measure every second, or
every half second, or over a infinitely small interval, I'm certain you can
drive that Total number up to infinity.


Hah! Now that's a maths project JC can assign to his students!!

D'ohhhhhh!

Caught me on an off day, dammit. Oh well, got it off my chest anyways.

TC

Ada Ma wrote in message ...
TC, it's The Onion, it suppose to be a satire. Nothing posted there is real,
see e.g.

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4047&n=1

White House Thanksgiving Turkey Detained Without Counsel

WASHINGTON, DC—Cousin Wattle, the official National Thanksgiving Turkey who was
to have been pardoned by President Bush in an annual White House ceremony that
dates back to the Truman administration, is currently being held without formal
charges or access to legal counsel, White House press secretary Scott McClellan
confirmed Tuesday.


tcomeau wrote:

" rosie readandpost" wrote in message ...

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4046


Un-believable. That they would call this a "success" and have a great
big party to celebrate this "success".

The fact is that in her lifetime she has had 20,000 excess pounds, has
had to try 674 diets, and suffered thru 255 different workout routines
in over 30 years. And only now does she feel that she is a successful
loser.

How does that contrast to what the mainstream has been saying all this
time that there is only *one* way to lose weight, the
low-fat/low-calorie way? And it is supposed to be so simple, just eat
less and exercise more.

Why did it take 674 different diets if all she needed to do was eat
less and exercise more? She has the intelligence to do the research or
have someone do the research, the money to put any program into place,
and she is still struggling to stay at a weight that she is happy
with.

Success...... right......

TC