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At the time we grew up in Alderson, I cannot recall ever hearing the
term diet! Today, hardly an hour passes without hearing about a
diet, an eating program or some weight control concept. What are
diets, what are their goal, and how successful are they?
Diets are an effort to reduce weight make the individual perusing
the diet become more healthy. Diets are always some eating program
that no matter what they assert, they introduce some instance of
eating restriction.
Growing up in Alderson, my perception was that I
should gain bulk to avoid being too thin. It never occurred to me
that weight might be detrimental and that too much weight could be a
death sentence. Now the goal of many people is to lose weight, gain
health, reduce their waistline and enjoy life more. Their is a
limitless number of diets. The best known are Weight Watchers,
Nutrisystem, Curves, the Adkins diet, and many, many weight loss
systems. All claim varying degrees of success, although statics may
refute this!
As a nation according to all records appear to be
gaining girth. Many diets are effective in causing the dieter to
lose weight, however over time many apparently regain their lost
weight! Weight Watchers, is probably the most utilized diet and I
have no idea what percent of its participants lose their weight
forever. Weight Watchers operates on a weight ratio to calories and
disciplined eating through calories measured in points. You, based
on your weight are free to eat as much as you want or desire based
on a daily point allotment. You keep a record of points and restrict
yourself under point allotment. An example, a 6 foot 3 inch male
weighing 230 pounds would get an allotment of 38 points a day. If
you successfully stay under 38 points a person supposedly would lose
one to four pounds a week. Nutrisystem, I do not understand, they
deliver you the food and it seems to tilt toward calorie dense
foods, which means it takes longer to digest and reduces your
appetite, it favors complex carbohydrates over simple carbs. The
Adkins diet and Curves is based on the concept that protein is your
main fuel. It replaces the carb and it digests slowly ,that
restricts hunger, expands energy and creates weight loss.
Now, I do
not know whether diets work and if they can be a lifetime deal! I do
not know if diets can make you more vigorous and live longer. My own
experience so far is I have gone from 248 lbs down to 204 lbs. I am
trying weight watchers, but I do not always stick to the eating
program, this might be a worthwhile knowledge generator. I do not
eat bread.
Al, this was his belief and I try to drink lots of ice
water. Now, if any of my fellow Aldersonians have experience or
knowledge please share it. Thank you/Rick Hughes
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