worthj1970@yahoo.com (John W.) wrote in message news:<73fde4f0.0402141514.4874edc6@posting.google.com>...
> "Murgi" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message news:<bb453f4dbe65193d10f4cba6fa32a736@news.secureusenet.com>...
> 
> Want to lose weight? Exercise. Don't eat after 7:30 pm, and don't get
> sedentary at night (go for a walk, go shopping, etc.). My friend and I
> both lost a good deal of weight by simply not eating after 7:30 and
> taking a good walk an hour or so after eating supper. Take the steps
> to your office, and if your office is high up take as many flights of
> steps as you can (elevator halfway, something like that). Don't ride
> the escalator in rail stations. Every day there are tons of little
> things you can do. Don't go on a diet; if it's a diet, run from it
> like the plague. Atkins is just a fad; it might be good in many ways,
> but the reality of weight loss is to burn more calories than you eat,
> and to try to eat healthy. Eating healthy is pretty easy. Lightly
> steam some brocolli (sp) with every meal. Take an apple or some fruit
> and eat it for a snack at work. There's absolutely no reason for
> someone to go on a 'diet'. Just eat sensibly, exercise sensibly, and
> live sensibly.
> 
> John W.



This is the most sensible post on this topic.

Amongst all the drivel BYJW watches on TV, she saw this show which
showed a "diet" with (apparently) an 80% success rate - simply weigh
yourself every morning (when you're at your lightest) and every
evening (heaviest), and plot it on a graph with a HUGE scale so that
every 100g change looks like a mountain (or valley).

After a while, you notice patterns ("Whoops! Too many biirus last
week!" or "Hey! That drop's the day I had a bit of a lark around the
park with the kids!") and gradually, without any stress, you begin to
change your lifestyle.

I've done this for the last six weeks - and have lost 6kg so far
(Never mind the 5kg I had to lose first to get within the range of the
scales!)

It's working for me anyway - it approaches it from the other side.
Instead of "Right! No more beer!" or any other ultimately
self-defeating resolutions, you START by seeing your weight change and
you're actually ENCOURAGED by it. It's also sustainable - because it
causes a genuine change in your lifestyle without any instant
upheavals.

Well anyway, it's working so far. I'm still a fat bastard, mind...


(PS Does "not getting sedentary at night" involve sleeping standing
up? That's a bit harsh!)