Jas – I know you mean well with your advice but it does NOT work for me – please read my post http://dietpulpit.com/562/my-medical-and-diet-history/ – this will give you an overview of my decades of medical and diet history. THREE doctors and a nutritionist have gone over what I eat and approve and tell me to continue – ALL medically supervised diets are under 1000 calories. Using online calcuations my age, height, etc. I ONLY need 1400 to maintain – so in order to lose 1 lb a week I need to eat 900 calories a day. Those are the facts and I accept them.

Plus I know my genetic family history. My mother and grandmother were similar – a mere one or two bites of anything would cause them to gain. My grandmother watched everything she ate, nibbled only a few crackers, veggies and oatmeal every single day with only an occasional special meal for holidays and managed to get obese though she was a little round – she also walked almost every day. My mom was very heavy almost all her life until she reach 60 – then she dropped it all without dieting, still eating donuts and junk food. The doctors could not figure it out and tested her over and over thinking she was dying and had some serious condition. Now at 68 she is still trim and still eats the same as always junk food every day.

Each person has her own attractive sides.
No need to do copycat things. I pity those majorities who still think about this ‘traditionally’.

Oh yes.. Happy New Year 2008.
Enjoy everyday by simply become more and more you