The 1/2 diet will work

All this two pound diet weighing stuff is for the birds. Here is a
method that always works to lose weight, no million dollar prizes
required thank you and no scales to lug around, it uses the measures you
already use at meal time which are familiar and easy to use.. With two
pounds you are taking a chance that you will lose or gain weight because
it is not tied to your calories needs forheight and activity level.

Whatevr you now consume now in calories to maintain your current weight
status is too much if you are overweight as it is medically defined.

Start simply eating 1/2 of everything you do now. Instead of two eggs
for breakfast have one. Instead of two sandwiches for lunch have one.
Instead of two servings at dinner have one. You will in time lose
weight.

If you should reach a point where no additional weight is lost for a
reasonable time but your goal is not met, half food intake again. By
the time you do gain the weight of your goal you will have enough
experience with food amounts to know exactly how much to consume to
maintain it.

Exercise aids in the loss as it consumes calories and changes tissue
cells in a way that results in continued weight loss even after you have
stopped exercising for the day. It makes loss biologically more
effective in several ways.


Seek information to know what foods will give you the most nutritional
bang for those reduced amounts you consume.

<true@mychoice.com> wrote in message
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>
> .......simply eating 1/2 of everything you do now...... You will in time
> lose
> weight.
>
Why didn't I think of that!

John
(just kidding)

You make it like you discovered something new. People have been
successfully portion controlling for years. All the major diets use it.
I have been using it for eight years. It is exactly right for me.

Loretta

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:27:04 GMT, "johnniemccoy@"
<johnniemccoy@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:

>
><true@mychoice.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> .......simply eating 1/2 of everything you do now...... You will in time
>> lose
>> weight.
>>
>Why didn't I think of that!
>
>John
>(just kidding)
>


No diabetic uses the 2 pound diet quackery.

we do use healthy portion control.

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On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:27:04 GMT, johnniemccoy@ wrote:

> <true@mychoice.com> wrote in message
> news:4623ef69$0$5015$1c4686b2@selenium.club.cc.cmu .edu...
>>
>> .......simply eating 1/2 of everything you do now...... You will in time
>> lose
>> weight.
>>
> Why didn't I think of that!
>
> John
> (just kidding)

Because it may not be true? Half of 9,000 true calories when you expend
only 2,000 = weight gain but don't tell the Original Poster Doofus.

"Because it may not be true? Half of 9,000 true calories when you expend
only 2,000 = weight gain but don't tell the Original Poster Doofus."

My 8th grade science tells me that current weight is maintained by about
10 calories intake per pound per day. So to get that about 900 pound
weight down to 450, one would half calorie intake to achieve that new
lower weight status. Once reached, one can half again etc. until one
achieves the weight level desired, by which time one will know by hands
on experience what amounts of food will maintain the new weight status.

No weighing food, no million dollar prizes no trash science, just 8th
grade arithmetic and science, and using the already familiar measures of
food one uses each day at each meal, and just half them..

On 17 Apr 2007 13:54:24 GMT, true@mychoice.com wrote:

> "Because it may not be true? Half of 9,000 true calories when you expend
> only 2,000 = weight gain but don't tell the Original Poster Doofus."
>
> My 8th grade science tells me that current weight is maintained by about
> 10 calories intake per pound per day. So to get that about 900 pound
> weight down to 450, one would half calorie intake to achieve that new
> lower weight status. Once reached, one can half again etc. until one
> achieves the weight level desired, by which time one will know by hands
> on experience what amounts of food will maintain the new weight status.

Anyone follow this drivel?

> No weighing food, no million dollar prizes no trash science, just 8th
> grade arithmetic and science, and using the already familiar measures of
> food one uses each day at each meal, and just half them..

Did you bring your bomb calorimeter with you?

> My 8th grade science tells me that current weight is maintained by
about
> 10 calories intake per pound per day. So to get that about 900 pound
> weight down to 450, one would half calorie intake to achieve that new
> lower weight status. Once reached, one can half again etc. until one
> achieves the weight level desired, by which time one will know by
hands
> on experience what amounts of food will maintain the new weight
status.

"Anyone follow this drivel?"

Only those with at least an 8th grade grasp of science, please don't
request any lower grade level explanation.

> No weighing food, no million dollar prizes no trash science, just 8th
> grade arithmetic and science, and using the already familiar measures
of
> food one uses each day at each meal, and just half them..

"Did you bring your bomb calorimeter with you?"

No need, the 1/2 diet says just half ones usual daily portions for each
meal. Instead of two eggs have one, instead of two sandwiches have one
and instead of two servings of meat and potatoes have one. With two
fingers and a 1st grade level grasp of number theor and set theory one
can do it.

Mâck©® wrote:
> No diabetic uses the 2 pound diet quackery.

If 15% of the population is diabetic,
then I think it very likely that
15% of the fools are diabetic.

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<true@mychoice.com> wrote in message
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>> My 8th grade science tells me that current weight is maintained by
> about
>> 10 calories intake per pound per day. So to get that about 900 pound
>> weight down to 450, one would half calorie intake to achieve that new
>> lower weight status. Once reached, one can half again etc. until one
>> achieves the weight level desired, by which time one will know by
> hands
>> on experience what amounts of food will maintain the new weight
> status.
>
> "Anyone follow this drivel?"

Talking to yourself, again?

> Only those with at least an 8th grade grasp of science, please don't
> request any lower grade level explanation.
>
>> No weighing food, no million dollar prizes no trash science, just 8th
>> grade arithmetic and science, and using the already familiar measures
> of
>> food one uses each day at each meal, and just half them..
>
> "Did you bring your bomb calorimeter with you?"

Only common sense. Did you bring your scales?

> No need, the 1/2 diet says just half ones usual daily portions for each
> meal. Instead of two eggs have one, instead of two sandwiches have one
> and instead of two servings of meat and potatoes have one. With two
> fingers and a 1st grade level grasp of number theor and set theory one
> can do it.

This makes sense, has a scientific basis, and practical to follow. More
importantly, no scales - and no looking like a 'Mu'ppet.

<true@mychoice.com> wrote in message
news:4623ef69$0$5015$1c4686b2@selenium.club.cc.cmu .edu...
> All this two pound diet weighing stuff is for the birds. Here is a
> method that always works to lose weight, no million dollar prizes
> required thank you and no scales to lug around, it uses the measures you
> already use at meal time which are familiar and easy to use.. With two
> pounds you are taking a chance that you will lose or gain weight because
> it is not tied to your calories needs forheight and activity level.
>
> Whatevr you now consume now in calories to maintain your current weight
> status is too much if you are overweight as it is medically defined.
>
> Start simply eating 1/2 of everything you do now. Instead of two eggs
> for breakfast have one. Instead of two sandwiches for lunch have one.
> Instead of two servings at dinner have one. You will in time lose
> weight.
>
> If you should reach a point where no additional weight is lost for a
> reasonable time but your goal is not met, half food intake again. By
> the time you do gain the weight of your goal you will have enough
> experience with food amounts to know exactly how much to consume to
> maintain it.
>
> Exercise aids in the loss as it consumes calories and changes tissue
> cells in a way that results in continued weight loss even after you have
> stopped exercising for the day. It makes loss biologically more
> effective in several ways.
>
>
> Seek information to know what foods will give you the most nutritional
> bang for those reduced amounts you consume.

It really depends on *what* you eat as well as *how much* you consume.
Porton control was never a problem for me -- I never did eat overly large
portions. However, I ate *all the wrong foods* prior to diagnosis. I lost
a lot of weight once I changed the type of foods I eat, and I actually eat
larger portions (emphasis on foods such as fresh fruit and veggies now
contrasted with lots of "sweets" previously).

MaryL