Questions about Dieting

1. What diet is the first one that comes to your mind?
Pritikin
2. What do you think dieting consists of?
Same food, more guilt.
3. What was your reasoning for trying a diet?
An old girlfriend thought she was too fat.
4. What diet has created the most success for you?
Pritikin
5. Have you read any diet books?
Pritikin Plan, Overcoming Overeating, Fit or Fat, I'm OK-You're Fat
6. What do you think are the keys of making and keeping a diet?
A reasonable combination of eating less, eating slower, and getting
moderate exercise.
7. Which diet out of all that you can thing of, has been proven to
be
the best?
The "I can't gain weight" Diet. It works great for my wife, but I eat
her leftovers.
The "My countryside is being destroyed by foreign agribusiness" Diet
works quite well, too.
Just wait for the "I can't afford gas for my SUV" Diet.
8. What advice would you give to someone who is considering a new
diet?
Don't spend any money on it.
9. Would you like to receive a copy of my report when complete?
No thanks.

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Dear Sir or Madam,

I am a student at the University of Northern Iowa, and I am very
interested in dieting because I feel that being and living healthy
makes life better; and I am writing a journalistic report about this
topic. I would appreciate it if you could provide your insights about
this topic answering the following questions. Please note that by
providing me your insights, your responses remain confidential and your
identity remains anonymous. Also, if you wish to receive a copy of
this report, please indicate so in the last question, and you will
receive a copy when the report is completed. Please send your
responses to my e-mail address at [email hidden] by Wednesday, April
20, 2005. If you have any question about this inquiry, please feel
free to contact my instructor Dr. Sarina Chen at [email hidden],
TEL: 319-273-6021. Thank you.

Sincerely,

N. Schuring
Dept. of Communication Studies
Univ. of Northern Iowa

Sarina Chen, Ph. D
Associate Professor
Dept. of Communication Studies
Univ. of Northern Iowa

1. What diet is the first one that comes to your mind?

Atkins

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2. What do you think dieting consists of?

Hunger strike!

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3. What was your reasoning for trying a diet?

I never tried a diet for more than 2 days

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4. What diet has created the most success for you?

Diets don't work, I did it for a day and I lost no weight at all! 🙂

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5. Have you read any diet books?

I have read some internet articles on fitness sites

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6. What do you think are the keys of making and keeping a diet?

Not liking food
Mental illness
extreme poverty
personal commitment to being hungry for the rest of your life! (reeducation)

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7. Which diet out of all that you can thing of, has been proven to be
the best?

NOne

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8. What advice would you give to someone who is considering a new diet?

Give it up!
Eat your salad!

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9. Would you like to receive a copy of my report when complete?

Yes!

|| 1. What diet is the first one that comes to your mind?
Atkins HaHa!
|| 2. What do you think dieting consists of?
Managing caloric intake, energy output (work) and nutrition
|| 3. What was your reasoning for trying a diet?
Loose weight before hip replacement surgery (for recovery reasons)
|| 4. What diet has created the most success for you?
No beer, No desert, limit fat (butter, salad dressing) - lost 30lbs in
12 weeks with a bum hip!
|| 5. Have you read any diet books?
Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics (see 1st law of
thermodynamics)
|| 6. What do you think are the keys of making and keeping a diet?
*Eliminate useless calories - junk food, ice cream, cake, butter, salad
dressing, etc
*increase energy output - swim 15,000 to 25,000 yds/week
*don't starve but eat fruit and veggies when between meals
*cheat on something (beer for me) and be happy
|| 7. Which diet out of all that you can thing of, has been proven to be
|| the best?
See 4 above
|| 8. What advice would you give to someone who is considering a new
|| diet?
Exercise! Pick a sport and be competative (against others or against
yourself)
The sport must be real like running, swimming, biking and not a game
like bowling or golf.
|| 9. Would you like to receive a copy of my report when complete?
No thanks

Ghost Rider said:

|| 1. What diet is the first one that comes to your mind?
Atkins HaHa!
|| 2. What do you think dieting consists of?
Managing caloric intake, energy output (work) and nutrition
|| 3. What was your reasoning for trying a diet?
Loose weight before hip replacement surgery (for recovery reasons)

I think you wanted to "lose" weight, not loose it. There does seem to be
a lot of loose fat all over the internet, probably why every one is so fat.
Madelaine

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Dear Sir or Madam,

I am a student at the University of Northern Iowa, and I am very
interested in dieting because I feel that being and living healthy
makes life better; and I am writing a journalistic report about this
topic. I would appreciate it if you could provide your insights about
this topic answering the following questions. Please note that by
providing me your insights, your responses remain confidential and your
identity remains anonymous. Also, if you wish to receive a copy of
this report, please indicate so in the last question, and you will
receive a copy when the report is completed. Please send your
responses to my e-mail address at [email hidden] by Wednesday, April
20, 2005. If you have any question about this inquiry, please feel
free to contact my instructor Dr. Sarina Chen at [email hidden],
TEL: 319-273-6021. Thank you.

Sincerely,

N. Schuring
Dept. of Communication Studies
Univ. of Northern Iowa

Sarina Chen, Ph. D
Associate Professor
Dept. of Communication Studies
Univ. of Northern Iowa

1. What diet is the first one that comes to your mind?

Balanced Nutrition

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2. What do you think dieting consists of?

Eating what your body needs, and how much it needs to stay fit. Varies
slightly from one individual to another, based on their helth and
activities.

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3. What was your reasoning for trying a diet?

Eating right, healthy weight.

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4. What diet has created the most success for you?

Balanced nutrition

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5. Have you read any diet books?

Yes.

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6. What do you think are the keys of making and keeping a diet?

Make it a lifestyle, not a short term change.

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7. Which diet out of all that you can thing of, has been proven to be
the best?

I don't know. I don't really follow 'fad diets'.

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8. What advice would you give to someone who is considering a new diet?

I'm not sure, depends on the individual, and their reasons for wanting a
diet.

Madelaine wrote:
|| Ghost Rider wrote:
||
||||| 1. What diet is the first one that comes to your mind?
||| Atkins HaHa!
||||| 2. What do you think dieting consists of?
||| Managing caloric intake, energy output (work) and nutrition
||||| 3. What was your reasoning for trying a diet?
||| Loose weight before hip replacement surgery (for recovery reasons)
|||
|| I think you wanted to "lose" weight, not loose it. There does seem
|| to be
|| a lot of loose fat all over the internet, probably why every one is
|| so fat. Madelaine

What do you expect from someone that reads 'Fundamentals of Engineering
Thermodynamics'?
I either can't type or spell. It is a toss up!

A problem is the huge cornucopia of food we have to choose from today.
What do you mean by the word "diet"? You probably mean, Dr. Atkins
telling us to eat more fat Or Dr. Pritikin telling us to eat no fat.
In that case please don't send me your report, dear child. You are a
mere babe in arms. You assume, of course, our motivation is to be to
be thin and somehow to be able to eat a lot of supposedly tasty items
and still remain thin. Grow up child.

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Dear Sir or Madam,

I am a student at the University of Northern Iowa, and I am very
interested in dieting because I feel that being and living healthy
makes life better; and I am writing a journalistic report about this
topic. I would appreciate it if you could provide your insights

about

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this topic answering the following questions. Please note that by
providing me your insights, your responses remain confidential and

your

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identity remains anonymous. Also, if you wish to receive a copy of
this report, please indicate so in the last question, and you will
receive a copy when the report is completed. Please send your
responses to my e-mail address at [email hidden] by Wednesday,

April

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20, 2005. If you have any question about this inquiry, please feel
free to contact my instructor Dr. Sarina Chen at [email hidden],
TEL: 319-273-6021. Thank you.

Sincerely,

N. Schuring
Dept. of Communication Studies
Univ. of Northern Iowa

Sarina Chen, Ph. D
Associate Professor
Dept. of Communication Studies
Univ. of Northern Iowa

1. What diet is the first one that comes to your mind?
2. What do you think dieting consists of?
3. What was your reasoning for trying a diet?
4. What diet has created the most success for you?
5. Have you read any diet books?
6. What do you think are the keys of making and keeping a diet?
7. Which diet out of all that you can thing of, has been proven to be
the best?
8. What advice would you give to someone who is considering a new

diet?

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9. Would you like to receive a copy of my report when complete?

In article <[email hidden]>,

Ghost Rider' [email protected] said:

What do you expect from someone that reads 'Fundamentals of Engineering
Thermodynamics'?

Don't you mean "someone who reads ..."? Or do you consider yourself to
be an inanimate object?

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I either can't type or spell. It is a toss up!

I sympathize. :-)

Ross

Ross Bogue wrote:
|| In article <[email hidden]>,
|| "Ghost Rider" <ghostriders[removethis]@bellsouth.net> wrote:
||
|||
||| What do you expect from someone that reads 'Fundamentals of
||| Engineering Thermodynamics'?
||
||
|| Don't you mean "someone who reads ..."? Or do you consider yourself
|| to be an inanimate object?

Sometimes I do, especailly after a hard set.

OK! Try this update...

What do you expect from something who reads 'Fundamentals of
Engineering Thermodynamics'?

||
||
||| I either can't type or spell. It is a toss up!
||
||
|| I sympathize. :-)
||
||

Throw in writing too!

||
|| Ross

BTW, you and Madelaine might have a lot in common. Are you twins?

In article <[email hidden]>,

Ghost Rider' [email protected] said:

What do you expect from something who reads 'Fundamentals of
Engineering Thermodynamics'?

That depends. Are you reading it for its entertainment value?

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BTW, you and Madelaine might have a lot in common. Are you twins?

We do have a few things in common. I'm a physicist. I think she's
married to one. My daughter attends CMU. She works at CMU. We both
hail from Michigan. She seems to enjoy linguistics. My mother is a
linguist, so I grew up having to be careful about my English. And we
both swim during our lunch hours.

But no. I don't think we're related.

Ross

Ross Bogue said:

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BTW, you and Madelaine might have a lot in common. Are you twins?

We do have a few things in common. I'm a physicist. I think she's
married to one. My daughter attends CMU. She works at CMU. We both
hail from Michigan. She seems to enjoy linguistics. My mother is a
linguist, so I grew up having to be careful about my English. And we
both swim during our lunch hours.

But no. I don't think we're related.

Ross

Wow, I have a husband. I didn't know. Maybe we just aren't living in
the same time-space, and that is so much easier than divorce.
Madelaine

Game over, dude.

The CDC just lowered obesity from the second leading cause of death to
7th, behind gunshot wounds.

Their inital estimate was 400,000. Their second estimate was 355,000.
Their new estimate is 27K.

Boy, can we pig out or not?

Eric

In article <[email hidden]>,

Madelaine said:

Wow, I have a husband. I didn't know. Maybe we just aren't living in
the same time-space, and that is so much easier than divorce.
Madelaine

:-) Ok. I stand corrected.

Ross

Ross Bogue said:

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BTW, you and Madelaine might have a lot in common. Are you twins?

We do have a few things in common. I'm a physicist. I think she's
married to one. My daughter attends CMU. She works at CMU. We both
hail from Michigan. She seems to enjoy linguistics. My mother is a
linguist, so I grew up having to be careful about my English. And we
both swim during our lunch hours.

You see, Madelaine? We have been put in the Cusinart Processor. Ross:
that's a combo of Madelaine and me. I'm the one with the physicist
husband, but I come from Chicago. Maybe we both swim at lunch hour.
I'm fiendish about correct English, but my mother spoke it badly and
could not read or write.

rtk

rtk said:

Ross Bogue said:

Quoted message said:

BTW, you and Madelaine might have a lot in common. Are you twins?

We do have a few things in common. I'm a physicist. I think she's
married to one. My daughter attends CMU. She works at CMU. We both
hail from Michigan. She seems to enjoy linguistics. My mother is a
linguist, so I grew up having to be careful about my English. And we
both swim during our lunch hours.

You see, Madelaine? We have been put in the Cusinart Processor. Ross:
that's a combo of Madelaine and me. I'm the one with the physicist
husband, but I come from Chicago. Maybe we both swim at lunch hour. I'm
fiendish about correct English, but my mother spoke it badly and could
not read or write.

rtk

OK, let's start a false rumor that you are married to Ross!
Madelaine

In article <[email hidden]>,

Madelaine said:

OK, let's start a false rumor that you are married to Ross!
Madelaine

I'll let you explain that to my real wife.

But if you'd like to marry a physicist, I'm sure we could find one for
you. Or, if Ruth is willing to share, ...

:-)

Ross

Ross Bogue said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Madelaine said:

OK, let's start a false rumor that you are married to Ross!
Madelaine

I'll let you explain that to my real wife.

But if you'd like to marry a physicist, I'm sure we could find one for
you. Or, if Ruth is willing to share, ...

:-)

Ross

This would require not only Madelaine's preverbal mental powers, but
prenumeral also. As in *if it requires a number larger than four, then
the idea is flimsy.*

rtk

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Or, if Ruth is willing to share, ...

A preverbal prevert!

Ross Bogue said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Madelaine said:

OK, let's start a false rumor that you are married to Ross!
Madelaine

I'll let you explain that to my real wife.

But if you'd like to marry a physicist, I'm sure we could find one for
you. Or, if Ruth is willing to share, ...

:-)

Ross

If you happen upon any appropriate physicists, I am available. However,
most would not be pleased with my total mass.

Sharing...I think not. Too complicated, and too fraught.
Madelaine