In article >,
Damsel > wrote:

> Cindy Fuller > said:
>
> > My sister was on Atkins in the late 90's and is on it again. (Gee, I
> > wonder why she had to repeat--could it be she she regained the weight
> > she lost?)
>
> That's true of any diet that you don't stick to in a maintenance form. I
> lost 40 pounds on Atkins two years ago, but gained it all back. The weight
> gain had more to do with microwave popcorn, M&Ms, and cherry Twizzlers than
> the fact that I had lost it on Atkins. A dietician-prescribed diet won't
> last forever, either, if the patient doesn't stick with it.
>
> Carol, who's getting serious about weight control again (not with Atkins)

A group of scientists, including Dr. James Hill in Denver, has compiled
a registry of people who have lost large amounts of weight (without
surgery) and managed to keep it off for at least 5 years. Some common
characteristics of the people in this registry:

Slow, steady weight loss. No cabbage soup diet here.
Exercise.
A permanent lifestyle change. Again, no 5-day weight loss miracle.
(Implicit in all of the above) Hard work and discipline.

Cindy

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