Before people start flaming me without thinking, let me preface this
excerpt from a study with this.
Predisposition towards obesity is genetic. It turns into obesity by
environment (too much food, wrong food and lack of exercise). Pima

Food:
8:15 (home): 2 poached eggs on 1 slice whole wheat toast w/ 3 slices
melted f/f cheese
10:30 (home): 1 oz. cashew nuts

The following is an excerpt from the book The Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to
Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life by David Zinczenko with Ted
Spiker.
Changing the Way You Exercise

We all know that the Atkins diet is the greatest thing to ever happen
to dieting.  Just eat lots of fat and meat, and lose weight.  What
could be better than that.
The only problem is that some of us are on fixed incomes, and can not

some of you probably remember me, but let me re-introduce myself for the new
members: my name is Elly, 31 years old, from Italy, at the moment SAHM, and
currently at my highest weight ever :-(
Short history: since my 20ies, my weight was yo-yoing, but it was always no

I read several posts about kefir
I know WHO Kefir Sutherland is and while at one time I thought he was very
yummy (lol)
I have no idea WHAT the kefir you guys are talking about is. I had never

My son nixed the Schwinn exercise bike I bought him.  I've ordered him
a fully recumbent bike instead.  Anyone in the Philly area is welcome
to take it - free - as long as your willing to pick it up.  Email me
at bradshep@msn.com if interested.

A friend is morbidly obese.  Super obese.  500 pound range is my guess.
 She had been planning on having bariatric surgery last month but was
kicked out of the pre-op room for having absurdly high blood pressure.
She has since decided to abandon the surgery idea.

First I want to be honest, I have been reading these boards for the
last few years (not everyday, but at least once every two weeks). I
myself am considered "obese". As of today July 18th, 2004 I weight 297
pounds, I did weight 352 pounds when I decided I wanted to change back

I thought that losing weight was suppose to solve pain, not bring it on!
I've lost about 40lbs now and I'm feeling good.  Except for a few minor
things.  One is that I see to have a pain in my hip that comes and goes
usually when I'm sitting (after reading the sciatica thread I'm ...

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I have unsuccessfully been trying to lose weight for a few years now;
25 to 30 pounds, to be exact.  Below is what I have been eating for
the last several days.  What do you think about the way I eat?
Thanks for your help.

janice, you wrote:

I had wondered what victims of bypass surgery are eating.  They do lose a
lot of weight.  What I have found is a nightmare.
See the diet at link:
http://www.endowsec.com/pated/edtgs22.htm

I just finished off about a 5th of a 500ml tub of ben and jerrys phish food
and now i wished i hadnt lol. its turning into a nightmare to work out how
many calories it has in it. Its a 500ml tub but all the calorie information
is per 100g (280 calories) :/