Fri, Jun-25-04, 07:09
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,514
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Plan: TSP/PPLP/low-cal/My own
Stats: 250/209/150
BF:
Progress: 41%
Location: Sacramento, CA
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There is clear clinical evidence that a modest weight loss of 5% to 10% can improve risk factors for diabetes and heart disease, including high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
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I'm getting tired of hearing this one. The reason is that people, in general, don't keep that 5-10% of weight loss off. They regain it and more. Then the health benefits are not only lost, but the risks are made worse as they yo-yo their weight higher and higher.
To me the emphasis needs to be on weight and nutrition management, not weight loss. I figure the only reason I wasn't sicker than I was when I started LC-ing is that I had stopped dieting years before and maintained my weight instead of yo-yoing. My diet sucked, but at least I wasn't gaining weight. |