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Dear : We welcome you to the group .

First, it doesn't cost anything to get Dr Walford's book: " Beyond the 120

Year Diet " . It's available free in public libraries. Be sure to get it and

read it.

It's important that you eat healthy calories. One of our files reproduced

below from another new person will give you a good idea of what/how to eat.

Read all the other files under " BEGINNING CRON " . Read especially the file:

" CR Made Easy "

To access the files or links : just go to our home page:

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At the left, click on " files " or " links " . Then click on the file or link

you want to read. Thats all there is to it. The files/links are jam packed

with useful information.

While I'm at it: To search the archives, go to the above home page and put

the word or words you are searching for in the search box and click on

" search archive " . Click on " next " at the bottom to continue searching back

into the archives until you've found what you're looking for.

I ask all newbies to please educate yourselves on the CRON diet.

Here is the file I promised you I would reproduce:

In early January of this year, my physician told me to lose 15

pounds by July 1, 2004. At the time I weighed 211 lbs and am 5'10 "

tall. I was extremely athletic in my younger years weighing 145 at

18 years and 170 at 28. But at 52 years my knees gave out due to

athletic injuries and surgeries. I could no longer be athletic in

the fashion I loved to be athletic, tennis, agressive and demanding,

5 times a week. In fact I have a saying on my desk which

says, " Tennis is not a matter of life and death, it is much more

important than that. " To get back to my original story of losing 15

lbs, my physician gave me no direction as to how to diet. I had one

other factor pushing me to lose weight. I had surgery for the

removal of my cancerous prostate in the summer of 2002. At that time

I had occasion to read my surgeon's notes on me where he applied the

term " obese " to me. I was shocked, severely hurt, devastated, cut to

the core. I had never, ever placed myself into the obese category.

I decided to make a change in my diet spurred on by my

physician's challenge and the term obese. I weighed myself at 211.

The change was strickly between my ears. I want to emphasize that

the change was a mental change controlled by the master control of my

body - the brain. The changes I decided to make was to changed my

diet. I decided to eat only healthy foods I like. At the same time

I would not partake at all of any of the foods which were not

healthy.

So I began by eliminating all foods made from white flour, white

potatoes, candy and sweets of all kinds, ice cream (which I love),

white rice, butter and bad oils, snack foods, cakes, pies, etc. I

also began by eating healthy. I have limited my diet to mostly fresh

and some cooked vegetables (which I love), fresh and dried fruits

(which I love), almonds and pistacio nuts (which I love), limited

quantities of beef, chicken and fish (which I love), fresh berries

(which I love). I do some moderate exercise which I love to do but I

am limited by my knee problems. I take water exercises once a week.

I have a walking machine, another exercise machine called

the " Gazelle " which is hardly aerobic, and a 36 " exercise ball. I

use all of them but not as mush as I need to.

My results can be summed up in two ways. I feel much better

about my physical being. I have lost 14 lbs since early Jan. I am

extremely and fiercely firm in my committment to continue my healthy

manner of eating.

I have thought all along that if I lose one pound a month, that

would be good. So far I have lost over 2 pounds a month trying to

meet my physician's goal of 15 pounds in six months. I am sure the

pace of loss of weight will slow down as a come closer to my target

goal of 170 pounds. I have not been hungry even once. I don't know

how I found CRON but I feel it can help me in quest for a life long

healthy diet. I am a Newbie and I thank you for allowing me to be a

member of this diet concious healthy group.

wrote:

Just a friendly hello and introduction. My

name is . I live in Dallas, Texas. I am 42. 6 ft. tall 316lbs.

My health seems to be failing. .............