What? But they did measure it. They just didn’t *restrict* it. Check out the study results, they show the low-carb types were on about 550 calories a day less than when they started.

Given that this study did not measure the low-carb dieters caloric intake, please explain how this study supports your statement.

It may well be that more exercise helps reduce weight long term- though there’s no peer reviewed evidence for that- but this study isn’t evidence either way. And as to “making good food choices,” well, that’s exactly what this study is looking at- what does “good food choices” mean?

It’s disingenuous to argue that a 60% increase in sustained weight loss is “rearranging the deck furniture on the Titanic.” It points to a lack of understanding of how appetite, diet, and weight are related, and bears further investigation.

What you should be skeptical about is the assumption that the AMA, AHA and diet industry understands what causes and cures obesity.

Luckily my physician was an old school guy who told me that losing weight was a simple formula of decreasing calories and increasing exercise while maintaining nutrition. He also cautioned me not to confuse ‘simple’ with ‘easy’, that it would take a strong commitment and consistency in effort.

I think the most important insight he gave me was that you cannot reasonably expect to take off -and keep off -in a few months all the excess weight that took years and years to accumulate. He advised I take the long view, a modest monthly weight loss goal of perhaps 5 lbs, with the idea that (1) success would translate into a 60 lbs per year weight loss, and (2) such a comparably long (to faddish diets) program of diet and exercise would require a literal change in how I lived my life in terms rather than a much er diet period after which I would most likely relapse and regain weight.

I’m 52 now, and moved from 340 lbs at age 46 (hey, I’m 6’6″) to my current relatively svelte drift between 240 in the winter, 230 in the summer. I hit 265 by age 48 after 18 months of his plan, 240 by age 50 or so, and have managed to keep it off till now as I look at age 53 this September*. (Inexplicably, I also lost 1.5 inches in height – cumulative effect of gravity? lol)

I also had knee surgery along the way, and have been skating again for three years. I have sent my player stats from 1973-77 and resume to our local NHL team, the Carolina Hurricanes, and await certain call up for training camp. I sent it 4 years ago and haven’t heard anything yet, but I’m sure this is just an oversight by Hurricanes management.

*63 shopping days left till my birthday.

I wonder if she would trust them if they did have eyes. Would she give them her security details i wonder?

She is right about the Health professionals and diet fad foods though. However since she is no doubt touting herself as a health professional…

I also can’t help noticing that the first person on the list of pics appears to have lost weight by shrinking. Since she looked perfectly healthy beforehand, perhaps this was the only way she could lose the weight.

check this link out by the way!! ***ALARM BELLS***