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Hi everyone. I am physician specializing in preventive medicine. About 6 years ago, I needed to lose 20 pounds. I joined WeightWatchers because I had never been successful at dieting on my own and I thought the peer pressure - that is, having to weigh in every week – would help. It did, and I managed to lose the weight – but boy, was I hungry!!
Shortly after that experience I was asked to become involved in the Y’s weight loss program. The Y’s plan was based on the government’s “food pyramid” – which, at the time, included 6-11 servings of grain products a day !! – and, like most diets, lowering overall caloric intake. Long story short – it didn’t work! I found that no matter how religiously people followed the diet, no matter how little they ate or how much they exercised, they just didn’t lose weight.
That began a 4 year search into the medical literature to answer the question – just how does one lose weight? I have now written, but not yet published, a book on my findings, some of which I think are quite surprising. I plan to post chapters from the book on a blog am looking for reviewers and people to try the advice and see if it works for them. I don’t have this up yet, but will let you all know when it is available.
In the meantime, I’m interested in learning what kind of problems you are having with your weight loss programs and in helping to answer any questions that I can.
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