it's only a part of the problem, and only for some people, is all I am saying.
Someone who *used* to eat too much, or gained weight for some other reason, may have quite a good diet, which is keeping them from gaining more but not causing them to lose the extra they have. I think you pretty much have to exercise, and perhaps strenuously, to lose significant weight and keep it off. I for one lost about forty pounds in the past year, but I was quite sick for a while and didn't eat much and what I did eat was raw. That's fine, and I've been able to keep it off, but you can't eat all fruit all of the time and stay healthy. Before that, when I asked doctors, I got different advice. Don't worry about carbs - just avoid fat. Cut back on carbs. Eat nothing but protein, and don't worry too much about the fat. Count calories. Don't count calories, you'll make yourself crazy -- just eat right. Like I don't. I probably have better cholesterol numbers than anyone on this list ;) So.... I thought three times before getting into this, because I didn't want to sound defensive, or like I was making excuses, but this isn't really about me. I have more weight to lose and am pretty sure that for me the key will be increasing my activity level, but I don't think that's the case for everyone. My mother was a yo-yo dieter and crash programs certainly didn't work for her, and she did religiously swim three or four times a week for years. People gain weight for different reasons. The ones who gain because they eat too much eat too much for different reasons. There are people who have thyroid problems and people who just don't exercise. One size does not fit all, is what I am saying. On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 1:37 PM, PT <cft...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Which is where simply pushing away from the table comes in :) > > See? Not ignorant at all. 2/3 accurate. > > On 1/28/2012 4:08 PM, Medic wrote: > The other two legs of the > > stool though haven't changed since as long as I can remember. Reasonable > > portions and routine exercise. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345972 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
