On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 14:16:24 -0500, Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD wrote
(in message <[email hidden]>😉:
Quoted message said:Louise said:60 yr old somewhat overweight, with fibromyalgia - doing my best to exercise and lose weight.
Would suggest that you would do better if you ask your doctor about the 2PD approach:
heartmdphd.comwtloss.aspOpen ↗
Then again, you could ask your doctor about the 2FD approach... he'll probably get a big laugh
either way.
I developed the Two Foot Diet approach (2FD) as a replacement for Dr. Chung's Amazing Logic Defying
Two Pound Diet to avoid having to carry a scale around.
Inspired by Dr. Chung's scientific approach, as described on his website, in 2003, my wife and I
attended an IMAX film about climbing the Bavarian Alps and learned that despite their exhausting
regimen, the climbers consumed only 10 packages of wieners per week. That's less than 2 feet of
wieners per day! Since none of the climbers died from starvation, I think it is safe to assume that
2 feet of food per day should be more than adequate for us non-climbing folks.
So I started a little experiment with the agreeable obese friends in my neighborhood. I gave them
ordinary 6 inch rulers with instructions to measure the length of everything substantial that passed
into their mouths. The only things exempted were water and sugar-free drinks. What I learned was
that my obese friends were consuming between 8 to 12 feet of food per day! At the time, I was about
10 lbs. over my ideal body weight so I decided to find out how much I was eating per day... 3 feet.
I cut back to less than 2 feet and was at my proper weight in one month.
My friends have responded similarly except they have taken longer because of having to lose more
weight. Admittedly, some of my obese friends were especially slow to respond. They also happen to be
the ones with an unfortunate propensity for accidentally loosing their 6 inch rulers and taking
weeks to buy replacements.
So here's the deal: measure all the food you eat, using it's longest dimension, and keep the
total length to less than two feet per day. That's all there is. No scales, no counting calories
or carbohydrates. Heck, if you loose your ruler, you can even use the first joint of your thumb
to measure.
I am making this diet available as a public service and without compensation.
If you have any questions, just see Dr. Chung's helpful FAQ and substitute "Two Feet" for "Two
Pounds" everywhere... what could be simpler?
"If I have seen farther than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of midgets"
--
Weeding the Lord's vinyards since 2003
Steve
