Robert, In my personal experience the several times I've done WW (life is a journey, and I took rest stops <g>), there was a rapid loss the first couple of weeks, then it settled down to approx. 1.5 to 2 pounds per week average.
Two important tips that a lot of people agreed at the meetings helped: (1) drink the water (2) if you "binge", don't quit - just say "oh, well" and resume WW. I did stuff like "hey, I really want to scarf down pizza" or "the Chinese buffet is calling out to me" periodically. Or donuts at the staff meeting. As long as these were "episodic" rather than "chronic", it was ok. At worst, slowed me down a bit. Plus, you have the option of going to the lower end of the "points" range for a while to make up for it. Best of luck... -Ben >From: Robert Everland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Weight Watchers (was: RE: Adkins) >Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:01:02 -0500 > >Yeah so far it has been very easy to stay on. I have lost 10 pounds in 2 >weeks, don't' think I did this good because I had to go to Quebec Canada >for >work, and they didn't speak very much English, so I ate what I could. >Weight >watchers has allowed me to eat pretty much anything I want without going >through the binge eating, that was what my problem with Atkins was. You >don't realize how addicting things like bread, candy, sugar are until you >can't have them at all. I think it takes a long time for someone who is >really losing weight to figure out what works for them. > > >Robert Everland III >Web Developer Extraordinaire >Dixon Ticonderoga Company >http://www.dixonusa.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:58 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Weight Watchers (was: RE: Adkins) > > >Hi Robert, > >You are absolutely correct, I shouldn't make sweeping generalizations >:-) > >You are also correct that various people's metabolisms differ, and one diet >might not work for another person. > >What I really meant is that "in general" a diet that focuses on particular >food types may not be as healthy for most people as a more balanced diet. >This includes the grapefruit, cabbage soup, etc. diets. > >re: Weight Watchers - I lost 35 pounds on it without feeling very deprived >(but was still depraved <g>), in combination with moderate exercise. > >It is basically a reduced calorie diet that rewards you for low fat and >high > >fiber, penalizes you for high fat and low fiber. My cholesterol went down >too. Plus it may reduce the risk of colon cancer (from all the fiber and >veggies). You can really stay full depending on what you pick for snacks >(e.g. a huge nonfat tortilla with a certain kind of bean spread and >smothered in salsa counted as 1 "point", and I get 28 to 35 points a day at >my weight). > >A bunch of the stuff I've read on diets said it is sensible and healthy. >May > >not have as rapid a weight loss as some others, but then rapid weight loss >tends to rapidly come back. As compared to Jenny Craig where you eat their >food, WW teaches you how to eat in a way that can keep weight off. > >And my loss included scheduled and unscheduled pig-outs - then I went back >on program. > >Best of luck... > >-Ben > > > >From: Robert Everland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: Adkins > >Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:36:29 -0500 > > > >Actually it's not really good to say that one diet is good for all > >people. > >A > >diet is only as good as the person doing it. So if you can stay on the > >atkins and lose the weight, then that's better than trying to do it the > >recommended way. There has also been a study recently that has shown that > >the Atkins diet isn't as bad as you may have thought > >http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/11/19/otsc.atkins.diet/index.ht >m > >l . Again, not every diet is for everyone. I tried the Atkins and >couldn't > >do it, others have lost a ton of weight, some people just can't process > >carbs like other people, which is where this diet helps people out. If > >you're on the Atkins diet you just have to be aware of some of the issues > >Ben has to say and make sure you monitor these things, but from the >article > >it is saying that the obvious thins like high cholestrol may not actually > >happen. Oh well, dieting is not an exact sience. I am trying weight > >watchers > >right now, we'll see how that one goes. > > > >Robert Everland III > >Web Developer Extraordinaire > >Dixon Ticonderoga Company > >http://www.dixonusa.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:28 AM > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: RE: Adkins > > > > > >Yes, it makes your breath reek. > >Your body goes into ketosis, and the smell is blowing off acetone. > > > >Atkins screws up your whole metabolic balance in much the same way as > >acute starvation or severe diabetes. > > > >see WebMD article: http://my.webmd.com/content/asset/miller_keane_18249 > > > >IMHO, the only diet that really works without messing up your health is > >to decrease total calories as part of a nutritionally-balanced diet, > >and increase calorie expenditure through aerobic and other exercise. > >The basic immutable rule of physiology is 3,500 calories = 1 pound. > > > >-Ben > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Adam Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: RE: Adkins > > >Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:24:27 -0000 > > > > > >Doesn't it make you breath reak? > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Mark Smyth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: 22 November 2002 09:10 > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Adkins > > > > > > > > > > > > How are you finding the adkins diet? > > > > > > > > there was a documentary about it over here basically saying it was > > > > very bad for you > > > > > > > > But the weight loss was preety good, but i'm really not sure about > > > > the ultrea low carb part > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > Oh, and before anybody jumps on me 'cause of the "lazy worthless > > >fat-ass" > > > > thing, I used to weigh 320# and stand 6'0" tall. I took my own > > > > weight and my own health into serious consideration and over the > > > > past two years I have reduced my weight to 260# my goal is 220# > > > > and I am about a year away from it (Atkins and exercise, baby!). > > > > > > > > And believe me, if *I* can do it *anyone* can! > > > > > > > > McDonalds *did not* make me fat. *I did.* (I don't like fast > > > > food...too much > > > > salt) Or rather *my* actions (or lack of action) did... > > > > > > > > I'm sick and goddamned tired of these worthless morons. > > > > > > > > my $0.02 > > > > > > > > will > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > William H. 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"They're all fricken sheep" ... > > > > > > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/11/21/fast.food.lawsuit.ap/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
