1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Aug 12, 2006, 7:12 pm PDT

I have done this and it truely works...also watch your portion sizes...start by cutting everything into 3rds then halves...eventually if you are really into it you will begin to watch the portion sizes and fat or carbs which every your body craves the most. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE.

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Aug 13, 2006, 4:49 am PDT

Hello there i will try this i have tried every diet but i didnt lose any i only ganed weight

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Aug 13, 2006, 6:55 am PDT

The only way I can keep my weight down to a reasonable weight is by writing down everything I eat. I keep track of excercising. Its a lot of work, but worth it. I would love to lose five more pounds, but its impossible.

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Aug 13, 2006, 7:51 am PDT

i've been doing the lonestartnow program and it comes with a 21-day journal to keep track of food and goals for the 21-day jumpstart program. it really works too to be able to go back a few days and see where you were. there's a place to write how the day went as well as what you plan and what you think you'll need to watch out for. i agree, cheryl, food logs or diaries are great ways to visualize what you're going to eat--and while visualizing, visualize how much. this program really stresses the need for portion control and ways to go about it.

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5. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Aug 13, 2006, 10:10 am PDT

Writing down calories doesn't help lose weight. Try eating more fruits and vegetables. And if it is too hard to get your 7 servings per day (or expensive), have a look at Juice Plus - 17 fruits and vegetables in capsule form. 100% researched and supported by top doctors. Read more at http://www.juiceplus.com/ zp36202

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6. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 14, 2006, 4:51 am PDT

Zachprez, you're right that writing down calories doesn't help you lose weight. Not by itself anyway. But coming to realize what those numbers mean and reacting to them accordingly does. Jocym3's suggestion about cutting portion sizes works, but it's even more powerful when you can tie a number to each portion and then compare that to, say, the number of KCal in a pound of human fat. When someone realizes that they're going to be carrying around that Starbucks (whole milk) latte around their waist for a month, or that a Big Mac combo equals an entire day's worth of calories and three days of fat and sodium, they can't help but be shocked into making some changes. Ten years ago I dropped 85 lbs. in six months and kept the weight off for nearly seven years. The initial weight loss happened as a result of cutting portions and counting calories - both taken-in and expended (and boy did I expend them - I became a very active endurance runner and avid racquetball player). Once this lifestyle became ingrained into my routine, the weight stayed off pretty much "by iteself;" I didn't have to keep counting calories all the time, and I was able to maintain my weight with moderate exercise. I fell - hard - off the wagon (about 65 lbs. worth) a few years back, but have recently come to my senses and have started to resume my old, proven habits. I haven't ratcheted up the exercise just yet, but that's coming. In the meantime, however, I have dropped 11 lbs. in six weeks just by cutting my portions and increasing my water intake. And after reading this article, I've decided to start journaling everything I put in my mouth; I'm 10 years older this time around, so I need every advantage I can get.

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7. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 14, 2006, 4:55 am PDT

Zachprez, you're right that writing down calories doesn't help you lose weight. Not by itself anyway. But coming to realize what those numbers mean and reacting to them accordingly does. Jocym3's suggestion about cutting portion sizes works, but it's even more powerful when you can tie a number to each portion and then compare that to, say, the number of KCal in a pound of human fat. When someone realizes that they're going to be carrying around that Starbucks (whole milk) latte around their waist for a month, or that a Big Mac combo equals an entire day's worth of calories and three days of fat and sodium, they can't help but be shocked into making some changes. Ten years ago I dropped 85 lbs. in six months and kept the weight off for nearly seven years. The initial weight loss happened as a result of cutting portions and counting calories - both taken-in and expended (and boy did I expend them - I became a very active endurance runner and avid racquetball player). Once this lifestyle became ingrained into my routine, the weight stayed off pretty much "by iteself;" I didn't have to keep counting calories all the time, and I was able to maintain my weight with moderate exercise. I fell - hard - off the wagon (about 65 lbs. worth) a few years back, but have recently come to my senses and have started to resume my old, proven habits. I haven't ratcheted up the exercise just yet, but that's coming. In the meantime, however, I have dropped 11 lbs. in six weeks just by cutting my portions and increasing my water intake. And after reading this article, I've decided to start journaling everything I put in my mouth; I'm 10 years older this time around, so I need every advantage I can get.

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8. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 14, 2006, 5:02 am PDT

Off-topic, but hopefully a moderator will see this and take it in the vein it is offered: Yahoo, please either allow basic HTML that will permit users of your online properties to format their entries or make the rich-text editor ubiquitous across your online properties. I made a conscious and deliberate decision to support Yahoo's "social Web" business model because I believe in it. However, I resent how difficult you make it for me to contribute free content to help you fulfill your company's vision of the Web as a social platform. Even though I wrote it, I wouldn't bother reading my previous post - it looks like a massive run-on sentence!

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9. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 14, 2006, 5:03 am PDT

Off-topic, but hopefully a moderator will see this and take it in the vein it is offered: Yahoo, please either allow basic HTML that will permit users of your online properties to format their entries or make the rich-text editor ubiquitous across your online properties. I made a conscious and deliberate decision to support Yahoo's "social Web" business model because I believe in it. However, I resent how difficult you make it for me to contribute free content to help you fulfill your company's vision of the Web as a social platform. Even though I wrote it, I wouldn't bother reading my previous post - it looks like a massive run-on sentence!

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10. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 14, 2006, 5:25 am PDT

Anyone else getting double posts around Yahoo! Health without reposting? Or is it just me?

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11. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 14, 2006, 5:27 am PDT

Once you see what you put in your body (by way of food diary) you become appalled at the amount of empty calories that are in our diet. I have used a food diary since my 2nd daughter was born and have lost all of my baby weight (50 lbs). I am on my way to being significantly healthier than before I was pregnant. Somehow knowing that you have to write it down and agknowledge it is incentive enough not to eat that doughnut.

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12. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 14, 2006, 6:04 am PDT

Hi everyone, thatsmystar(post 4), I tried the lonestart program too and was amazed with the amount of food I was actually eating. I knew I was overeating because I had gotten way overweight, but when I wrote it all down, I was amazed. I also liked the various quotes, mostly funny, on each daily page. I am most pleased with my progress. BTW I really like the support message board. Have you ever posted? I liked that I was able to ask questions and get tips from not only the program, but other people doing the program before I even decided to try it. Good luck all!

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13. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 15, 2006, 12:14 pm PDT

You know, I used to do this. I then tried going onto the South Beach diet and it is awesome! I lost 11 pounds in 2 weeks! GOOD LUCK WEIGHT LOSERS!

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14. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 15, 2006, 12:34 pm PDT

I have been doing this for over 20 years.. glad it's catching on.

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15. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 15, 2006, 12:51 pm PDT

THisis a good idea but also concetrating on "Green fats" instead of "Brown Fats" makes for a healthy and overall good plan. Green fat examples would be a Soy patty instead of a quarterpounder beef burger. Olive oil dressing in stead of others etc.etc.

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