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Old September 27th, 2004, 03:07 AM
Daniel M. Dreifus
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Why not simply follow this diet method I saw laid out by a nice slim
lady during a television interview, responding to how she had lost her
excess weight after childbirth:

1) Wait until her stomach growled before eating.

2) Stop eating when full.

She ate as she liked, with those restrictions only.

She only mentioned this briefly during the course of conversation, but
it seems to be an eminently logical and effective method.

Naturally exercise and sensible diet would also be helpful, - I've
already got those, but this has altered the quantity of food consumed
tremendously with very little difficulty - perhaps someone else will
find this useful also.
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Old September 27th, 2004, 02:05 PM
Patricia Heil
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"Daniel M. Dreifus" wrote in message
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Why not simply follow this diet method I saw laid out by a nice slim
lady during a television interview, responding to how she had lost her
excess weight after childbirth:

1) Wait until her stomach growled before eating.

2) Stop eating when full.

She ate as she liked, with those restrictions only.

She only mentioned this briefly during the course of conversation, but
it seems to be an eminently logical and effective method.

Naturally exercise and sensible diet would also be helpful, - I've
already got those, but this has altered the quantity of food consumed
tremendously with very little difficulty - perhaps someone else will
find this useful also.


Two problems. Nothing here shows she got proper nutrition. Nobody can be
healthy without exercise and nothing here says she exercised.


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Old September 27th, 2004, 02:05 PM
Patricia Heil
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"Daniel M. Dreifus" wrote in message
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Why not simply follow this diet method I saw laid out by a nice slim
lady during a television interview, responding to how she had lost her
excess weight after childbirth:

1) Wait until her stomach growled before eating.

2) Stop eating when full.

She ate as she liked, with those restrictions only.

She only mentioned this briefly during the course of conversation, but
it seems to be an eminently logical and effective method.

Naturally exercise and sensible diet would also be helpful, - I've
already got those, but this has altered the quantity of food consumed
tremendously with very little difficulty - perhaps someone else will
find this useful also.


Two problems. Nothing here shows she got proper nutrition. Nobody can be
healthy without exercise and nothing here says she exercised.


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Old September 27th, 2004, 03:52 PM
Lictor
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Patricia Heil wrote:
Two problems. Nothing here shows she got proper nutrition. Nobody can be
healthy without exercise and nothing here says she exercised.


Being healthy and losing weight are two completely different things. You
can be slim and very unhealthy, and you can be obese and (relatively)
healthy. There are plenty of obese people with a "healthy" diet
(mediterrannean diet, vegan...), they are just obese with very good
numbers (cholesterol...) and low disease risk. Since these goals are
different, they should be dealt with as separate, even if some people
can achieve both at once.
* Losing weight = finding a way to moderate the amount of food,
whatever the food is, in order to be in caloric deficit. If you manage
to do that while eating chocolate only, you will lose weight.
* Being healthy = finding a decent dietary balance. Depending on your
religion, that might mean cutting out the fat or the carbs or just
eating some of each in moderation and/or cutting junk food. A healthy
diet can be isocaloric, and will not lead to weight loss. It can even
lead to weight gain if it provides too many calories.

For some people, going too hard on the "healthy" side will cause them to
lose control and will ruin the "weight loss" side. It also depends on
the goal you set for yourself. Some people are happy with staying
overweight, but still want to become healthier. Others just want to be
slim to fit the fashion and don't care about their health. And some
people just want to do one thing at a time.

The method the OP describes works fine for "losing weight", provided you
find a way to put it to practical use (i.e., dealing with binges,
craving, getting proper hunger and fullness feelings...). You don't need
to eat the right food, to exercise or anything to achieve that goal -
you just need to eat the right amount. Sure, it won't make you as
healthy as possible. Though, if you were obese and living on junk food,
being less obese and eating less junk food (since overall amount will be
reduced to create the caloric deficit) will make you somewhat healthier.
Then, you can plug whatever healthy diet you like into the method to
achieve the other goal (being healthy), the generic appetite control
method remains valid. The problem with many diets is that they try to
sell both items in a single package.
 




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