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)

One time on Usenet, said:
> 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.

Yup -- I lost 46 pounds a year or so ago via doctor supervised
low-cal diet (as an alternative to surgery). Unfortunately, I've
gotten 24 of them back; maintenance can be tough, no matter how
one lost their weight.

> Carol, who's getting serious about weight control again (not with Atkins)

Good for you! (First part, not second part -- I have no opinion on
Atkins.) I'm just trying to keep from gaining until school starts,
when I can pick up my exercise routine again...

--
Jani in WA (S'mee)
~ mom, VidGamer, novice cook, dieter ~

Damsel > wrote in
:

> 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)


I did Atkins for a year and lost 30 pounds, it was something about being
too anal about the whole regimen that made it hard to stick to it.

It actually all fell apart when I started revisiting this newsgroup!

There. I SAID IT!

Groups like rfc make diet failing so much less MY fault!!!



Andy

Andy <Q> said:

> I did Atkins for a year and lost 30 pounds, it was something about being
> too anal about the whole regimen that made it hard to stick to it.

Exactly. I'm OCD to start out with. I went into conniptions every time I
ate 10 extra carbs.

> It actually all fell apart when I started revisiting this newsgroup!

Have you kept any/all of the weight off?

> There. I SAID IT!
>
> Groups like rfc make diet failing so much less MY fault!!!

ROFL! Did you participate in the low-carb group? That JC is such an
inspiration to us all. It was hard to tear myself away from that guy.

Carol

Damsel > wrote in
:

> Andy <Q> said:
>
>> I did Atkins for a year and lost 30 pounds, it was something about
>> being too anal about the whole regimen that made it hard to stick to
>> it.
>
> Exactly. I'm OCD to start out with. I went into conniptions every
> time I ate 10 extra carbs.
>
>> It actually all fell apart when I started revisiting this newsgroup!
>
> Have you kept any/all of the weight off?

No, I bought a kitchen-aid stand mixer at the thought of making my own
pasta and with pasta comes poundage. I'm back to 225-230.


>> There. I SAID IT!
>>
>> Groups like rfc make diet failing so much less MY fault!!!
>
> ROFL! Did you participate in the low-carb group? That JC is such an
> inspiration to us all. It was hard to tear myself away from that guy.

I didn't know about that newsgroup (?) at that time.

That's, like I said, the problem with "groups", imho. Everybody can fall
into a trap of blaming the group instead of themselves.

After 30 years, I quit smoking last year, Wednesday, September 1, 2004,
10am, cold turkey. I didn't join any group, didn't discuss it with
anybody and that's over and done. I can't wait to celebrate my first
anniversary.

I think we all have power at our disposal. Sometimes just keeping it
private makes it simple. Maybe, imho?!

I don't know, Carol. Sorry for going so deep.

Andy

"Andy" <Q> wrote in message
.. .
> Damsel > wrote in
> :
>
> > Andy <Q> said:
> >
> >> I did Atkins for a year and lost 30 pounds, it was something about
> >> being too anal about the whole regimen that made it hard to stick to
> >> it.
> >
> > Exactly. I'm OCD to start out with. I went into conniptions every
> > time I ate 10 extra carbs.
> >
> >> It actually all fell apart when I started revisiting this newsgroup!
> >
> > Have you kept any/all of the weight off?
>
> No, I bought a kitchen-aid stand mixer at the thought of making my own
> pasta and with pasta comes poundage. I'm back to 225-230.
>
>
> >> There. I SAID IT!
> >>
> >> Groups like rfc make diet failing so much less MY fault!!!
> >
> > ROFL! Did you participate in the low-carb group? That JC is such an
> > inspiration to us all. It was hard to tear myself away from that guy.
>
> I didn't know about that newsgroup (?) at that time.
>
> That's, like I said, the problem with "groups", imho. Everybody can fall
> into a trap of blaming the group instead of themselves.
>
> After 30 years, I quit smoking last year, Wednesday, September 1, 2004,
> 10am, cold turkey. I didn't join any group, didn't discuss it with
> anybody and that's over and done. I can't wait to celebrate my first
> anniversary.

My 6th anniversary of smoking cessation is on Sept 2 -- we can almost
celebrate together!
<snip>

TammyM

"TammyM" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Andy" <Q> wrote in message
> .. .
>> Damsel > wrote in
>> :
>>
>> > Andy <Q> said:
>> >
>> >> I did Atkins for a year and lost 30 pounds, it was something about
>> >> being too anal about the whole regimen that made it hard to stick to
>> >> it.
>> >
>> > Exactly. I'm OCD to start out with. I went into conniptions every
>> > time I ate 10 extra carbs.
>> >
>> >> It actually all fell apart when I started revisiting this newsgroup!
>> >
>> > Have you kept any/all of the weight off?
>>
>> No, I bought a kitchen-aid stand mixer at the thought of making my own
>> pasta and with pasta comes poundage. I'm back to 225-230.
>>
>>
>> >> There. I SAID IT!
>> >>
>> >> Groups like rfc make diet failing so much less MY fault!!!
>> >
>> > ROFL! Did you participate in the low-carb group? That JC is such an
>> > inspiration to us all. It was hard to tear myself away from that guy.
>>
>> I didn't know about that newsgroup (?) at that time.
>>
>> That's, like I said, the problem with "groups", imho. Everybody can fall
>> into a trap of blaming the group instead of themselves.
>>
>> After 30 years, I quit smoking last year, Wednesday, September 1, 2004,
>> 10am, cold turkey. I didn't join any group, didn't discuss it with
>> anybody and that's over and done. I can't wait to celebrate my first
>> anniversary.
>
> My 6th anniversary of smoking cessation is on Sept 2 -- we can almost
> celebrate together!
> <snip>
>
> TammyM

Congratulations. I quit smoking January 1, 1988 after 38 years of smoking.
(with a few stoppages along the way - very few!). I quit cold turkey also
after visiting friends that day, none of them smoked. I felt so guilty
wanting a smoke, that that was it.
Dee Dee

TammyM wrote:
>> "Andy" <Q> wrote in message
>> .. .
>>> Damsel > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> Andy <Q> said:
>>>>
>>>>> I did Atkins for a year and lost 30 pounds, it was something about
>>>>> being too anal about the whole regimen that made it hard to stick
>>>>> to it.
>>>>
>>>> Exactly. I'm OCD to start out with. I went into conniptions every
>>>> time I ate 10 extra carbs.
>>>>
>>>>> It actually all fell apart when I started revisiting this
>>>>> newsgroup!
>>>>
>>>> Have you kept any/all of the weight off?
>>>
>>> No, I bought a kitchen-aid stand mixer at the thought of making my
>>> own pasta and with pasta comes poundage. I'm back to 225-230.
>>>
>>>
>>>>> There. I SAID IT!
>>>>>
>>>>> Groups like rfc make diet failing so much less MY fault!!!
>>>>
>>>> ROFL! Did you participate in the low-carb group? That JC is
>>>> such an inspiration to us all. It was hard to tear myself away
>>>> from that guy.
>>>
>>> I didn't know about that newsgroup (?) at that time.
>>>
>>> That's, like I said, the problem with "groups", imho. Everybody can
>>> fall into a trap of blaming the group instead of themselves.
>>>
>>> After 30 years, I quit smoking last year, Wednesday, September 1,
>>> 2004, 10am, cold turkey. I didn't join any group, didn't discuss it
>>> with anybody and that's over and done. I can't wait to celebrate my
>>> first anniversary.
>>
>> My 6th anniversary of smoking cessation is on Sept 2 -- we can almost
>> celebrate together!
>> <snip>
>>
Congratulations! I quit jan 27, 2003 after smoking for 36 years. didn't do
it cold turkey though. Started to reduce in Sept. 2002 and finally after
only smoking maybe 2 per day for a few weeks, it dawned on my that I
wouldn't be having nicotine withdrawal if I stopped. So I did. :-)

Debbie
Two years, six months, six days, 19 hours, 40 minutes and 54 seconds. 26645
cigarettes not smoked, saving $8,995.20. Life saved: 13 weeks, 1 day, 12
hours, 25 minutes.

"Debbie" > wrote in
:

> Debbie
> Two years, six months, six days, 19 hours, 40 minutes and 54 seconds.
> 26645 cigarettes not smoked, saving $8,995.20. Life saved: 13 weeks, 1
> day, 12 hours, 25 minutes.


Debbie,

When you put it in those terms... WOW!

I stopped as a cost cutting measure. Eight dollars a day? No thanks.

I can smell cigarette smoke in the air and it really stinks! I never
knew!

All the best,

Andy

"Damsel" > wrote in message
...
> Andy <Q> said:
>
> > I did Atkins for a year and lost 30 pounds, it was something about being
> > too anal about the whole regimen that made it hard to stick to it.
>
> Exactly. I'm OCD to start out with. I went into conniptions every time I
> ate 10 extra carbs.
>
> > It actually all fell apart when I started revisiting this newsgroup!
>
> Have you kept any/all of the weight off?
>
> > There. I SAID IT!
> >
> > Groups like rfc make diet failing so much less MY fault!!!
>
> ROFL! Did you participate in the low-carb group? That JC is such an
> inspiration to us all. It was hard to tear myself away from that guy.
>
> Carol

Dams, TELL ME you're being sarcastic, PLEASE! That guy is such a major
asshole, he makes Sheldon look sweet ;-)

TammyM

"TammyM" > said:

> "Damsel" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > ROFL! Did you participate in the low-carb group? That JC is such an
> > inspiration to us all. It was hard to tear myself away from that guy.
>
> Dams, TELL ME you're being sarcastic, PLEASE! That guy is such a major
> asshole, he makes Sheldon look sweet ;-)

Next to JC, Sheldon is Mr. Rogers. LOL!

Carol

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)

Absolutely, Carol!!!!! Why do folks blame the diet? (I am
about ready to do the deed too.)

--
Jean B.

Jean B. > wrote:

> 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)
>
> Absolutely, Carol!!!!! Why do folks blame the diet?

Maybe because if 95% (a conservative estimate) of all diets fail, diets
don't work?

serene

On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 13:42:06 -0700, (serene)
wrote:

>Jean B. > wrote:
>
>> 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)
>>
>> Absolutely, Carol!!!!! Why do folks blame the diet?
>
>Maybe because if 95% (a conservative estimate) of all diets fail, diets
>don't work?
>
>serene

There's only one true diet. It's one that doesn't rely on gimmicks or
"fool your metabolism" hooey: eat less, exercise more. End of story.

The problem is that people fail to follow it. It is difficult,
especially with most of our lifestyles (sedentary, too many things to
do, surrounded by food whichever way we turn). Plus people love
magic. "Eat all you want on our diet and still lose weight!" Sounds
pretty good :>

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Yeah, the No S diet is an eat less diet, with the suggestion that you
exercise more. No snacks, no sweets, no seconds, except sometimes on
special days, which begin with S (or are your birthday or that of a
close family member)

I haven't been following it very well...but I've cut way back on
sweets.

Leila

THE CARDIOLOGISTS DIET may be the simplest;

"If it tastes good, spit it out !"


<rj>

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

--
C.J. Fuller

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