Diet and Weight Maintenance

Dieting is the practice of ingesting food in a regulated fashion to achieve a particular objective. In many cases the goal is weight loss and diets can also be used to maintain a stable body weight.

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• Moving Fri, February 08, 2008 - [view]
  Nothing like packing, cleaning, and moving stuff out/in up and down a flight of stairs, to show you just how out of shape you are...Monday I hit the gym, no matter what!I'm appalled by how weak I've become, but after a yr of sickness (last yr) I guess that's to be expected.Being in the ER monthly and hospitalized 2 times is no laughing matter.  I lost approximately 20lbs of lean body mass from it all, while gaining 20lbs of fat from the steroids :( 
• Lap Band Surgery Tue, August 21, 2007 - [view]
  I am currently in the process of researching Lap Band Surgery for myself. Due to my CFS and FM, exercise is not a great option for me to try and lose weight. When I exercise, I end up having severe relapses. I have tried exercising many different ways, with help from trainers, etc. and I always end up in a flare. I feel like this is my last resort to try and get this extra weight off. I'm hoping to talk to others who have had this surgery or are considering this surgery. It is not a decision that I will make lightly and of course I have to take into consideration my current health issues. I don't even know if a doctor will do this surgery on someone like me.
• Why Weight Management Instead of Weight Loss? Sun, August 12, 2007 - [view]
  Simply because weight management works and weight loss doesn’t. An obsession with losing weight will usually bring on a rebound where the weight is gained back – and often more of it! There are three major causes for this phenomenon, and they have their root in the fact that each of us humans is a team of physical, mental, and emotional players. The physical body needs adequate nutrition in order to stay healthy and active. We are not like a car that is built by someone, used by someone, maintained by someone, fixed by someone, and eventually discarded by someone. Our building and maintaining happens literally from WITHIN, through our own cell’s regeneration. When you think about it, it is quite a miracle. There is not a single cell in your body that was there 7 years ago, and m...