Doug Freyburger > wrote:

>Steve Pope wrote:
>> Doug Freyburger > wrote:
>>
>>>With any diet no matter what type you have to do it forever or gain it
>>>all back.
>>
>> About a week or two ago, there was a NYT article (Tara Parker Pope)
>> that went into some detail about this effect. If you've been
>> at a higher weight for a certain minimum time (on the order of 3
>> or 4 months), then reduce to a lower weight, the maintenance diet
>> regime must last forever to avoid going back up in weight.
>> Apparently this notion has now crossed over from being folklore to
>> being scientifically established.
>
>That's the set-point theory. People have observed stalls at such levels
>for as far back as I've read about dieting. Not the same thing as my
>simpler cause and effect point.

I recommend you read the piece I mention above, the science of it
has much advanced since the set-point days.

Steve