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- From: wvenable@attunga.stats.adelaide.edu.au (Bill Venables)
- Newsgroups: alt.support.diet
- Subject: Re: When Food Is Love
- Date: 23 Nov 92 18:06:27
- Organization: Department of Statistics, University of Adelaide
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- In-reply-to: susan@drseus.jsc.nasa.gov's message of Sun, 22 Nov 1992 23:32:14 GMT
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- >>>>> "Susan" == Susan Shelton <susan@drseus.jsc.nasa.gov> writes:
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- Susan> I was about 30 pounds overweight and had been since I was 11 or 12.
- Susan> ... A little less than a year ago I read two of Geneen Roth's books
- Susan> and decided to try eating what I wanted and being aware of when I'm
- Susan> full. I hadn't been on a scale since then until last week when I
- Susan> had a doctor's appointment. I weighed nine pounds less than I did
- Susan> when I quit Weight Watcher's. That's without being on any sort of
- Susan> diet whatsoever. ...
-
- That's great, Susan, but this kind of technique is simply neither safe nor
- practical for those of us (John, Kari, Pete, Beth(?), me,...) who at some time
- at least have had a really "massive" weight problem. 30 lbs may seem a lot,
- and for you I guess it may be, but for the people in the big league that
- doesn't seems like much at all. In fact I lost 30 lbs in the first month of
- my present campaign and noone, (and I mean noone), saw any difference. My
- clothes were just marginally more loose, but that was all I could see myself.
- The loss is over 80 lbs now, but still it's not all that dramatic.
-
- For the great majority of folks who are "somewhat" overweight I am prepared to
- admit that the Roth method may have some value, and for you it obviously works
- fine. However unfortunate people like us in the really "big" league just
- _would_not_know_ when we are hungry, when we are full, how much is too much,
- and so forth. The system simply cannot (as yet) be trusted to work reliably
- in such a subliminal way. I am resigned to watching, and even recording, what
- I eat for the rest of my life, but I don't suggest this rather dreary prospect
- is necessary for everyone with a weight problem at some time, either.
-
- I think what I am suggesting is rather akin to the Marxist contention that a
- big enough quantitative difference can make a qualitative difference.
-
- Susan> I hope you are successful and happy in whatever method you use to lose
- Susan> weight. Good luck.
-
- Too right! We sure agree on that.
-
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