By the way, these were not fad diets -- well, she did experiment with high-protein diets at one point. But usually when she lost weight it was by going to Weight Watchers.
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > right, and the reason matters. In her case, she has some sort of bent pin > in her head that makes her equate food with security, I think. I am not > saying this is right, even though she's my mother and I love her dearly. > Clearly, it impairs her health. But the food she eats is healthy. She just > eats too much of it. Cutting back on calories is really hard for her, and > because she hasn't addressed the underlying problem it never takes for very > long. That and swimming, while it's exercise, isn't really aerobic, and she > also has weird ideas about what nice Canadian women should and should not > do (like walk to the store or god forbid go jogging). Again, not simple, > and again, not the case for everyone. > > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 3:54 PM, PT <cft...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On 1/28/2012 5:15 PM, Dana wrote: >> > I think you pretty much have to >> > exercise, and perhaps strenuously, to lose significant weight and keep >> it >> > off. >> >> I thought this was a given. >> >> > but you can't eat all fruit all of >> > the time and stay healthy. >> >> and this >> >> > 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. >> >> Feh. "Fad" diets. It's a simple equation. calories_in - calories_out >> = what is left over to be stored. This doesn't cover what one should >> eat. If you eat shit, that's what your body is going to turn into. You >> might die young, but at least you will die thin. >> >> > 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. >> >> Well, that's the problem. "Diets" don't work. You have to make a >> lifestyle change and stick with it. It is a permanent thing. Most >> overweight people just can't/won't commit to that kind of change, for >> whatever reason. >> >> > 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. >> >> He covered that in his opening sentence. He was excluding people with >> various medical conditions and aiming more for those who fail to commit. >> At least, that's what I got from it. Kind of a "I don't feel sorry >> for those who don't try to help themselves." >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:345999 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
