Re: The Two Pound diet

Mars at the Mu_n's Edge said:

Mike Turco said:

The 2PD diet basically says, "Eat what you eat right now, just eat less of
it." So if you were on a "balanced" diet with fruit, veggies, protein, etc.,
the 2PD doesn't change that balance.

Correct. Let's take it one step further.

If you are eating 6 pounds of [censored], and drop to two pounds of [censored],
you will lose weight.

Changing from [censored] to good is a matter of applying An Ounce Of Common
Sense.

Quoted message said:

But like you say, I'm in it right now just to learn to control my portions.
Honestly, I think that is all I need to do: stop eating so much.

It is your first and correct step.

Quoted message said:

Coming across the 2PD was
like a blessing. Finally, a rule of thumb describing what "slender people"
eat that I could apply towards a new WOE.

Very nicely said.

Quoted message said:

I weighed a big apple this morning just to check it out. It weighed almost a
pound. Whoa! To me, eating that apple would have been nothing. I could have
downed that and had room for plenty more. Then it hit me: perhaps a "slender
person" would split that apple with somebody else, and even then they would
only eat four or five ounces of that apple and push the rest aside. THAT is
how I need to think. Actually, that is my hypothesis, but I think its a good
one.

Taken slowly, the 2PDiet will reduce your need and appetite for food.

Quoted message said:

I'm pretty good at sizing things up. After a few weeks of seeing what x oz.
of a particular food looks like I think I'll be in pretty good shape.

Yes, you will.

Quoted message said:

The forty pounds of weight I put on when I quit smoking has raised my blood
pressure through the roof. Six months ago, I was at 120/85 (or thereabouts).
Now I'm at 180/120 or some [censored] like that.

Calling Dr. Chung. Please advise here.

A resting blood pressure of 180/120 should be treated with the appropriate
medications now. With weight loss there should be decreasing need for
anti-hypertensive medications. Mike really should involve his doctor now to
control blood pressure and to adjust medications as weight is lost using the 2PD
approach.

--
Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist
http://www.heartmdphd.com

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 0:07:26 -0500, Mars at the Mu_n's Edge wrote
(in message <[email hidden]>😉:

Quoted message said:

Mike Turco said:

The 2PD diet basically says, "Eat what you eat right now, just eat less of
it." So if you were on a "balanced" diet with fruit, veggies, protein,
etc.,
the 2PD doesn't change that balance.

Correct. Let's take it one step further.

Yes, by all means, let's...

Because this discussion concerns the Two Pound Diet (2PD), I am
providing the following as a Public Service:

I have 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.

In 2003, my wife and I watched 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?

Sincerely,

God's Other Humble Servant

Steve

In article <[email hidden]>, Mars at the

Mu_n's Edge said:

Mike Turco said:

The 2PD diet basically says, "Eat what you eat right now, just eat less of
it." So if you were on a "balanced" diet with fruit, veggies, protein, etc.,
the 2PD doesn't change that balance.

Correct. Let's take it one step further.

If you are eating 6 pounds of [censored], and drop to two pounds of [censored],
you will lose weight.

Changing from [censored] to good is a matter of applying An Ounce Of Common
Sense.

Quoted message said:

But like you say, I'm in it right now just to learn to control my portions.
Honestly, I think that is all I need to do: stop eating so much.

It is your first and correct step.

Quoted message said:

Coming across the 2PD was
like a blessing. Finally, a rule of thumb describing what "slender people"
eat that I could apply towards a new WOE.

Very nicely said.

Quoted message said:

I weighed a big apple this morning just to check it out. It weighed almost a
pound. Whoa! To me, eating that apple would have been nothing. I could have
downed that and had room for plenty more. Then it hit me: perhaps a "slender
person" would split that apple with somebody else, and even then they would
only eat four or five ounces of that apple and push the rest aside. THAT is
how I need to think. Actually, that is my hypothesis, but I think its a good
one.

Taken slowly, the 2PDiet will reduce your need and appetite for food.

Quoted message said:

I'm pretty good at sizing things up. After a few weeks of seeing what x oz.
of a particular food looks like I think I'll be in pretty good shape.

Yes, you will.

Quoted message said:

The forty pounds of weight I put on when I quit smoking has raised my blood
pressure through the roof. Six months ago, I was at 120/85 (or thereabouts).
Now I'm at 180/120 or some [censored] like that.

Calling Dr. Chung. Please advise here.

It seems to me I've heard that song before
It's from an old familiar score
I know it well, that melody
It's funny how a theme recalls a favorite dream
A dream that brought you so close to me

I know each word because I've heard that song before
The lyrics said "Forever more"
Forever more's a memory
Please have them play it again
And I'll remember just when
I heard that lovely song before

Quoted message said:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030724.html
Lift well, Eat less, Walk fast, Live long.

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 07:01:52 -0500, Carol Frilegh <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Calling Dr. Chung. Please advise here.

It seems to me I've heard that song before
It's from an old familiar score
I know it well, that melody
It's funny how a theme recalls a favorite dream
A dream that brought you so close to me

I know each word because I've heard that song before
The lyrics said "Forever more"
Forever more's a memory
Please have them play it again
And I'll remember just when
I heard that lovely song before

Nice, in a hallucinatory sense.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030724.html
Lift well, Eat less, Walk fast, Live long.