Comments on: Lucky Group of the Week

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:46:00 +0000

Anorexia did the trick for me.

By: Kee

Kee — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:00:00 +0000

I have scads of my own spectacular fad diet failure stories (hello phenfen!), but my favorite one is actually from my childhood and has to do with my mother.

I wasn’t more than 6 or 7 when AIDS started being a prevalent topic on the news. My mother (who started me on perma-diets at a young age) happened to have a box of AYDS appetite suppressants in the cookie jar (!) in the kitchen.

I was a very literal child, so when news reports appeared talking about AIDS and how it was fatal if you had it… I spent *quite* a long time with the hidden fear that my mom was dying from taking AYDS.

By: Bri

Bri — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:21:00 +0000

@ Skelator: Yes, it is somewhat of a numbers game, but not as simply as you may think. Eating too few calories can cause you to go into what some people call “starvation mode” where the body tries to preserve fat and excess calories to prepare for a period of fasting. Many other factors affect weight as well, such as hormones (related to stress, growth, metabolism, reproduction, etc.) and vary immensely from person to person.

Take home message: Eat healthy, non-processed foods (Fruits and veggies, lean meats/proteins, etc.) and exercise regularly.

By: Bri

Bri — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:10:00 +0000

BMI is a calculation that only takes into account height and weight and is considered to be a weak predictor for obesity since it does not take into account muscle mass or body fat percentage and therefore may, for example, deem some athletic types as overweight.

By: Iggy

Iggy — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:09:00 +0000

I was a fat kid at school, eventually I found the website of John Stone and from there I researched about nutrition and training, I eventually got into bodybuilding. Now I’m normal though :)

By: Skelator

Skelator — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:34:00 +0000

To lose weight cut your intake down and increase activity and just be spart about it. Its a math game just found out how many calories your body burns per day at rest and then just eat less calories than that and increase your activity level simple numbers game

By: septerr

septerr — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:08:00 +0000

19790s made me smile.

By: dirk alan

dirk alan — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:09:00 +0000

want to lose weight be vegetarian you will feel better – the animals will feel better – the planet will feel better.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:21:00 +0000

Don’t buy junk food, do buy good food, snack on fruits and vegetables, don’t eat late, do cook, take the stairs, take up a sport, skip empty carbs, do treat oneself, and much more is what it took for my weight loss.