Re: Nan

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" . These diets are in the category of " one size fits

all " clothing-- they really don't mean " includes the Massively Obese " .

Nan- I loved your whole post in which the above sentance was included. I can

relate to your thinking about diets. I have come to the same conclusion.

Diets are for those who need to lose 10 - 15 lbs. They work for the short

term. Only real problem is, those who have only 10 - 15 lbs to lose will

lose them and gain them back plus 5, or 10-----and if they start this " diet

thing " early enough in life, they will end up MO one day. I honestly believe

if none of us had dieted, we would be the weight we were when we started

dieting, which we probably thought was " fat " but probably would make us

ecstatic to be there again - and may be the weight we will reach after the DS

as our goal weight! My goal weight after DS will be pretty close to the

weight I started earnestly dieting at, as a teen. So - I also feel that

anyone who is MO has gotten there by dieting. So, again this shows that we

are not lazy, undisciplined, etc. etc., but the exact opposite. We have been

so deligent in trying to beat this disease (all the while blaming ourselves

and losing more and more of our self-confidence) that it shows just how hard

we have tried that we dieted up to being MO.

Anyone else see it this way?

Nan - you are my kind of lady! You have such a great personality! By the

way, I got the tape from Dr. Weil and started listening to it today and so

far really like it.

Carole