Conference rocks::weight_control

    George,
    
    About 2 months ago I decided to do the above. I had never dieted
    in my life. I am only 25 and I was watching a steady increase in
    the area round my gut in the last 3 years or so. In college I used
    to weigh in at just over 11 stones. My highest weight to date was
    13 and a half.I am just under 6 feet in height.
    
    Any how I started the Beergut irradication campaign a number of
    months ago I bombarded my body with every form of weight relif I
    could think of.
    
    Try 1 (about a year ago)
    The cambridge diet (involves taking packets of powder three times
    a day)This was not for me lasted 3 days and gave up.
                            
    Try 2
    This is the one mentioned above.
    First I started joging 2 miles every couple of days I found this
    hard at first but I perservered and my longest run to date is just
    over 9 miles in an hour and 15 minitues.I try and run at least 3
    miles every second night.
    After the run I have a situp bench on this I do 
    50 situps then 3 min rest 40 situps then 3 min rest 30 then 3 min
    rest and so on.I do this every second night.Also I have started
    swimming every 3rd night in the week (this is not so regular as
    I find it requires a bit of organisation ).I also bought weights
    but a few of my friends assured me that I would start putting weight
    on as muscle is heaver than fat so I did this for a few weeks but
    it has faded out but I intend to come back to it.
    
    Food wise I have not followed any diets as such.I used to eat chips
    lamb morning rolls with bacon etc then dinner at 12:00 the dinner
    again at 7:00 ,also I would have tea with milk and 2 suggars.
    
    This I ripped appart.
    I have no breakfast no rolls at 10:00 a meal at 12:00 which is mainly
    salad with a baked potatoe small fresh orange juice and a slice
    of wholemeal bread.During the day I still take a lot of tea but
    no milk and no sugar.I try to stick to that as much as I can .I
    do not have any thing when I go home (twice I have forecome to a
    snack)This routeen lasts from Sunday till Fri.On friday I go out
    to the pub and quite often have a currie etc (I have given up on
    the crisps as much as possible )
    
    The result of all this is 
    to date I have reached 11 stone 9 and it is still ongoing I am finding
    it easier to do as time goes on I strugled at 12 stone for a while
    via I was told a plateau.I have consulted various section of this
    notes file all along and find it very usefull. 
    
    Hope you get on ok I basically think determination is the name of
    the game.
    
    Best of luck Iain. ( dinner in 10 minitues phew!!)
    
    
    
    

    
    
           Saw on TV one day (some special show) the technique
          of liposuction...totally disgusting, and I don't care
          how over-weight I might be, I wouldn't let anybody do
          that to my body.
           A few people have died from liposuction afterwards also.
          I can't remember the exact reasons why, but nevertheless
          it happened.
    

    Liposuction......
    
    It is not natural to have someone go under your skin and suck out
    your fat cells.  And for that reason alone, you should NOT do it.
    It ranks right up there with having your stomach stapled or having
    a balloon inserting into your stomach and having it inflated.
          
    You need to learn what to eat, and then you will be NATURALLY slim
    and trim, and more importantly HEALTHY!
    
    Glenn

    not only is it gross and not natural, new studies in this area are
    showing that the fat taken away via liposuction DOES return to the
    body - sometimes in the area it was originally taken from and some-
    times to another area.  If you don't want the fat to return you
    have to change that part of your life habits that put it there in
    the first place.
    
    An interesting news article I read this morning was about a study
    done (on rats of course) with two different diet compositions
    containing the same amount of calories.  One group of rats followed
    a high carb low fat diet and one group of rats followed a lower
    carb higher fat diet (about the same diet we currently 'enjoy' 
    in our culture).  It was found that the rats on the higher fat
    diet tended to put on weight in the ab area.  So ... maybe the
    morale of the study is to lower your fat intake instead of worrying
    about your total calorie intake!
    
    Mary