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I think because the question posed was "do diets work?". People tend to think that means, do diets (as in the weight loss kind) work to help one lose weight. If by diet you mean "what someone eats", then I guess you could say that all ways of eating work, by providing nutrients and thus preventing death.BrightAngel wrote:The above responses appear to share the idea that a "diet" only means following a specific foods weight-loss plan.
Thanks Dale.Dale wrote:You have a great website there, BrightAngel. It's very interesting to read the perspective of one of the exceptions, who has lost a large amount of weight and kept it off. I love your honesty about how little you have to eat to avoid regaining. But I also find it quite scary! I find it very difficult to imagine myself eating like you (in terms of calorie intake and portion size) for the rest of my life. It worries me that the amount I should eat to maintain is actually less than the amount I'm currently eating to lose weight. No wonder maintenance is difficult for people who have been very big!
I think most of them are impossible to stick with in the long term. You're always being deprived of something. Most people can't deal with that for the long term.osoniye wrote:I agree with the statement someone once made "They ALL work if you do 'em!".
It's that (short or) long term compliance that's the problem!