From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Subject: Re: My New Diet --> IT WORKS GREAT !!!!
Organization: Omen Technology INC, Portland Rain Forest
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In article <1qk6v3INNrm6@lynx.unm.edu> bhjelle@carina.unm.edu () writes:
>
>Gordon Banks:
>
>>a lot to keep from going back to morbid obesity.  I think all
>>of us cycle.  One's success depends on how large the fluctuations
>>in the cycle are.  Some people can cycle only 5 pounds.  Unfortunately,
>>I'm not one of them.
>>
>>
>This certainly describes my situation perfectly. For me there is
>a constant dynamic between my tendency to eat, which appears to
>be totally limitless, and the purely conscious desire to not
>put on too much weight. When I get too fat, I just diet/exercise
>more (with varying degrees of success) to take off the
>extra weight. Usually I cycle within a 15 lb range, but
>smaller and larger cycles occur as well. I'm always afraid
>that this method will stop working someday, but usually
>I seem to be able to hold the weight gain in check.
>This is one reason I have a hard time accepting the notion
>of some metabolic derangement associated with cycle dieting
>(that results in long-term weight gain). I have been cycle-
>dieting for at least 20 years without seeing such a change.

As mentioned in Adiposity 101, only some experience weight
rebound.  The fact that you don't doesn't prove it doesn't
happen to others.
-- 
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