Conference rocks::weight_control

    You know, I really don't like to come down on other people's things,
    but this diet is a bute!  What is it supposed to do?  Is it,
    theoretically for weightloss?  Is it designed to give you indigestion?
    
    This really looks like a horrible diet, and before anyone kills
    me, I'll add, "in my opinion".
    
    Glenn

    re .1:
    
    My sentiments exactly.
    
                           
    The thing that makes it difficult to me to take this plan seriously
    is not so much the foods that it contains, but the fact that this
    is a "10-day diet plan".  What does one do at the end of ten days?
    Go back to the same eating habits that got him/her overweight in
    the first place?
    
    10-day diets, 3-day diets, and the like are in my opinion okay for
    taking weight off, but useless for keeping it off.  The only way to
    obtain a *permanent* weightloss is to make a sensible eating regimen a
    *permanent* part of one's lifestyle. 
                                                  
    
    Paul
                                                     

    RE .2
    
    I agree with Paul.  I have never had trouble taking some weight
    off.   The problem has alwayse been taking it all off, then keeping
    it, and even more, off.  
    
    The reasons are obvious, until this time (I hope) I have never modified
    my old, bad, habits.  Over the last two years I have been working
    on that, and in the process have lost the weight.  It is the ONLY
    reasonable way.
    
    -Joe

    OK, what's going on?  I respond to a note and then 2 people AGREE
    with me?  No way!  Someone's playing April Fools on me or something.
    Did you all meet outside of this notes file and decide to pull this
    on me?  No one disagreeing with McIntosh?  Unheard of in this notes
    file!  C'mon.....clue me in!
    
    Glenn

    The question in .0 is still valid. If anybody wants to follow a
    fad diet, or what looks like one, he/she should be able to ask
    information about it.
    
    To go back to the Mayo Clinic Diet:
    
    I may still have it at home, but I think the "unlimited" part is
    not as large as you describe, and there are quite a few vegetables
    in the diet. I know my Mom followed it for 10 days at a time about
    two or three times per year, quite successfully, but she had only
    very little weight to lose. Although it's easy to lose weight on
    it, the diet is pretty boring, and there is no follow-up on how
    to keep the weight off.
    
    I'll look at home over the week-end and post it here if I find it.
    
    Joana
                           

    Hey Glenn, I agree with you too!
    
    I've done a good bit of yo-yo dieting, and those 2-week diets
    are the cause.  You don't learn anything that you can apply
    to your normal diet.  You learn to be hungry, and then to eat
    wierd combinations of food.  You don't learn how to deal with
    eating out, or how to cook food for your family that you can
    eat too, or how to eat food that will make you full, not fat.
    I might not reduce protein as far as Glenn does, but I still
    eat a diet that's high carb (especially complex carbs like
    grains and potatoes), medium protein, and low fat.  And I'm
    doing bodybuilding - I'm in the gym at least 5 times per week
    for 2 hours � � hour sessions each time.  You really don't need
    as much protein OR fat as our average american diet contains,
    even if you're doing a lot of exercise.

    --Louise

    Glenn, I only disagree with you when I think you're wrong :-)!  This
    isn't one of those times.  I forget where I read about it, but there
    was some diet doctor who decided to give the next patient who walked in
    a bizarre regimen to follow.  It was completely off the top of her head
    -- 2 tomatoes for breakfast, 6 oz chicken and 10 grapes for lunch --
    that sort of thing.  The patient lost weight, and was really upset when
    the doctor told her that it wasn't a proper diet.

    The moral is, if you restrict your intake for 2 weeks, either in
    quantity or in number of different foods, you'll lose a few pounds.  If
    you only need to take off 5, that's probably good enough.  Your normal
    regimen probably isn't that outrageous, or you'd be heavier.  But for
    those of us who have serious weight problems, and/or are compulsive
    overeaters, this sort of diet is worse than worthless.  The inevitable
    regain feeds the "I'll never be the weight I want to be" mindset, which
    defeats so many diets before they begin.

    Beverly 

    I don't know what's going on, but I feel like getting set up for
    a good one.  Both Louise AND Beverly agreeing with me is truly a
    frightening event.  But, so be it.  I agree that short term diets
    aren't the right thing. 
    
    Thanks.
    
    Glenn

    I have just followed this diet for 11 days in order to lose a few
    pounds quickly. I lost 7 pounds and have maintained my weight with
    careful eating. My doctor gave me the diet sheet.
    
    However, I would not reccommend this diet to anyone. The food is boring
    and resulted in me eating 24 eggs in *ONE WEEK*. Too much for anyones
    digestive system!! I am glad that I lost the weight, but I felt ill
    most of the time and lacked energy.
    
    There must be better ways to lose weight than this!
    
    Lisa.
    
    PS I've just checked my weight in the height/weight chart - according
    to that I'm 6 pounds overweight :-( Still, I'm happy, my clothes fit
    and I don't look huge ;-) Should I worry?
    

    Just revisited the height/weight chart with calculator in hand - I am
    in fact right in the middle of the ideal weight range. :-) Maths was
    never my strong point .... I only have a degree in it :-)))))
    
    Lisa.