Comments on: How to lose two pounds per week, guaranteed. http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/03/15/how-to-lose-two-pounds-per-week-guaranteed-this-is-not-a-sales-pitch/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:15:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: alyssa http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/03/15/how-to-lose-two-pounds-per-week-guaranteed-this-is-not-a-sales-pitch/#comment-28779 alyssa Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:20:35 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1146#comment-28779 hello, i just started a diet last week and i was 186 pounds. this week i weighed myself and i weigh 178.5 pounds. i have been eating so for those of you who are sitting there saying it's unhealthy, don't tell me because i am doing this the right way. not the wrong way. i'm going to keep going. hello, i just started a diet last week and i was 186 pounds. this week i weighed myself and i weigh 178.5 pounds. i have been eating so for those of you who are sitting there saying it’s unhealthy, don’t tell me because i am doing this the right way. not the wrong way.

i’m going to keep going.

]]> By: kjem http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/03/15/how-to-lose-two-pounds-per-week-guaranteed-this-is-not-a-sales-pitch/#comment-28548 kjem Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:58:55 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1146#comment-28548 Love this website! It was great fun to read. We all need a tmol in our life. Sometimes people sugar coat things to much for us. I have a lot of weight to lose. After my third child my body was like Erich's the weight always came off so easily but being now 35 and 3 children later my body is fighting me big time. I work out 6 times a week. I love my workouts and I have started charting my food intake in a way to keep track and see exactly where my calorie intake needs to be so that I can lose 2lbs a week. I am 205 and my goal is 150. I also want my BMI back down to 21. I am tall and have more of a bigger bone structure. Thank goodness there are no more babies going to be happening in my life. I look forward to getting to goal and maintaining. Thank you for all your wonderful advise! Love this website! It was great fun to read. We all need a tmol in our life. Sometimes people sugar coat things to much for us. I have a lot of weight to lose. After my third child my body was like Erich’s the weight always came off so easily but being now 35 and 3 children later my body is fighting me big time. I work out 6 times a week. I love my workouts and I have started charting my food intake in a way to keep track and see exactly where my calorie intake needs to be so that I can lose 2lbs a week. I am 205 and my goal is 150. I also want my BMI back down to 21. I am tall and have more of a bigger bone structure. Thank goodness there are no more babies going to be happening in my life. I look forward to getting to goal and maintaining.

Thank you for all your wonderful advise!

]]> By: projektleiterin http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/03/15/how-to-lose-two-pounds-per-week-guaranteed-this-is-not-a-sales-pitch/#comment-28423 projektleiterin Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:21:28 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1146#comment-28423 Food diaries seem indeed to help: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1703763_1703764_1826306,00.html Food diaries seem indeed to help:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1703763_1703764_1826306,00.html

]]> By: LMK http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/03/15/how-to-lose-two-pounds-per-week-guaranteed-this-is-not-a-sales-pitch/#comment-28421 LMK Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:25:14 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1146#comment-28421 This website is so inspiring! I lost 25 pounds through Weight Watchers and have gained 10 back since going on paxil. I am going off this week and look forward to losing 10 again! I want to lose it in 4 weeks. I know 2 pounds a week is hard but can be done. I weight 170 today. I will check in once a week... This website is so inspiring! I lost 25 pounds through Weight Watchers and have gained 10 back since going on paxil. I am going off this week and look forward to losing 10 again! I want to lose it in 4 weeks. I know 2 pounds a week is hard but can be done. I weight 170 today. I will check in once a week…

]]> By: Erika Price http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/03/15/how-to-lose-two-pounds-per-week-guaranteed-this-is-not-a-sales-pitch/#comment-28412 Erika Price Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:52:19 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1146#comment-28412 20lbs: would keeping a food blog of your own help? If you had to report your habits and your current weigh in for potentially the world to see, would that help snap you into shape at all? I don't know if the open-reporting had any influence on Erich's results, but the tactic does seem to help some people stay on track. I've never lost a super-significant amount of weight, but I'd venture that both the evidence and anecdotes I've witness suggest a slow-but-steady way of things. I think the pointers Erich shares here and elsewhere in the blog are great- overall habitual changes, not totally banning any food, learning to eat thought fully and responsibly and not giving in to social or other pressures that beg you to eat when not hungry. My only additional tip would be to focus on health, not weight. And here comes the yelling part: If you want to lose weight, do it! You've clearly looked into it, you understand how the problem began, and you know some of the ways to get started. So go for it! Start right now! There is no reason to wait, and there is no reason to give up once you've started. An occasional slip-up does not invalidate all of the work that you've done in the past. And that's all I have to say! 20lbs: would keeping a food blog of your own help? If you had to report your habits and your current weigh in for potentially the world to see, would that help snap you into shape at all? I don’t know if the open-reporting had any influence on Erich’s results, but the tactic does seem to help some people stay on track.

I’ve never lost a super-significant amount of weight, but I’d venture that both the evidence and anecdotes I’ve witness suggest a slow-but-steady way of things. I think the pointers Erich shares here and elsewhere in the blog are great- overall habitual changes, not totally banning any food, learning to eat thought fully and responsibly and not giving in to social or other pressures that beg you to eat when not hungry.

My only additional tip would be to focus on health, not weight.

And here comes the yelling part: If you want to lose weight, do it! You’ve clearly looked into it, you understand how the problem began, and you know some of the ways to get started. So go for it! Start right now! There is no reason to wait, and there is no reason to give up once you’ve started. An occasional slip-up does not invalidate all of the work that you’ve done in the past. And that’s all I have to say!

]]> By: 20 lbs too many http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/03/15/how-to-lose-two-pounds-per-week-guaranteed-this-is-not-a-sales-pitch/#comment-28408 20 lbs too many Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:25:45 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1146#comment-28408 Hi, I'm not sure if people are still checking this but I am DESPERATE to lose 1-2 pounds a week for... 10+ weeks until I lose 20 pounds. I graduated college over a year ago where I was an athlete and weight was never an issue for me. However. I have discovered my love for food and restaurants and have packed on 20 pounds since graduating, its a terrible feeling. All of my new friends are chefs and servers, love food, and are all overweight. I couldn't help myself from falling into the same group and gaining weight. I love the ideas presented in this plan and its similar to what I am trying, eating less, eating better, exercising more, which seem basic but it has not been easy. I'd love either advice, or someone to scream at me and demand weigh ins and express their disappointment when I'm failing (which I have been). Hi, I’m not sure if people are still checking this but I am DESPERATE to lose 1-2 pounds a week for… 10+ weeks until I lose 20 pounds. I graduated college over a year ago where I was an athlete and weight was never an issue for me. However. I have discovered my love for food and restaurants and have packed on 20 pounds since graduating, its a terrible feeling. All of my new friends are chefs and servers, love food, and are all overweight. I couldn’t help myself from falling into the same group and gaining weight. I love the ideas presented in this plan and its similar to what I am trying, eating less, eating better, exercising more, which seem basic but it has not been easy. I’d love either advice, or someone to scream at me and demand weigh ins and express their disappointment when I’m failing (which I have been).

]]> By: alyssa http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/03/15/how-to-lose-two-pounds-per-week-guaranteed-this-is-not-a-sales-pitch/#comment-27608 alyssa Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:53:25 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1146#comment-27608 well, i'm going to start this today. i hope it works. i'll keep telling you how much i've lost each week. thank you. well, i’m going to start this today. i hope it works. i’ll keep telling you how much i’ve lost each week. thank you.

]]> By: Ben http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/03/15/how-to-lose-two-pounds-per-week-guaranteed-this-is-not-a-sales-pitch/#comment-27103 Ben Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:05:56 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1146#comment-27103 I recently tried riding the path to work. Its a beautiful winding path through a creek/park with smooth pavement. It is a long route though, because it isn't direct (took about an hour the first time, guessing it was 10 miles). I could ride on the streets (about 5 mi), but i'm not keen about sharing the road with cars. I'm gonna keep trying to find an ideal route (mix of trails and street), and get myself and my bike into Touring shape, which will improve travel times. I recently tried riding the path to work. Its a beautiful winding path through a creek/park with smooth pavement. It is a long route though, because it isn’t direct (took about an hour the first time, guessing it was 10 miles). I could ride on the streets (about 5 mi), but i’m not keen about sharing the road with cars. I’m gonna keep trying to find an ideal route (mix of trails and street), and get myself and my bike into Touring shape, which will improve travel times.

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/03/15/how-to-lose-two-pounds-per-week-guaranteed-this-is-not-a-sales-pitch/#comment-27089 Erich Vieth Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:33:36 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1146#comment-27089 How can you keep that weight off once you've lost it? Ride a bike a little bit every day. Thanks to Dan Klarmann for this link: http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2008/10/why_am_i_still_skinny.php How can you keep that weight off once you’ve lost it? Ride a bike a little bit every day. Thanks to Dan Klarmann for this link: http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2008/10/why_am_i_still_skinny.php

]]> By: Ben http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/03/15/how-to-lose-two-pounds-per-week-guaranteed-this-is-not-a-sales-pitch/#comment-24625 Ben Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:02:05 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1146#comment-24625 What Does 200 Calories Look Like? http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm I'm taking over as trainer, no more tmol cake walk for you slackers, this means you too ladies. What Does 200 Calories Look Like?

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm

I’m taking over as trainer, no more tmol cake walk for you slackers, this means you too ladies.

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