Comments on: My Exercise Plan – 6 http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/05/my-exercise-plan-6/ Diet Column - bringing you all the best diet news and opinions Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:31:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brandi http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/05/my-exercise-plan-6/comment-page-1/#comment-1648 Brandi Wed, 28 May 2008 13:06:32 +0000 http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/05/my-exercise-plan-6/#comment-1648 Thank you, Steve! You're right, I did lose three pounds the first week, but knew it wouldn't last. I figure, I didn't put the weight on in a few weeks, it's certainly not coming off that quickly! ;) Thank you, Steve! You’re right, I did lose three pounds the first week, but knew it wouldn’t last. I figure, I didn’t put the weight on in a few weeks, it’s certainly not coming off that quickly! ;)

]]> By: Steve Parker, M.D. http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/05/my-exercise-plan-6/comment-page-1/#comment-1601 Steve Parker, M.D. Wed, 28 May 2008 02:35:44 +0000 http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/05/my-exercise-plan-6/#comment-1601 Brandi, thanks for sharing that "a pound a week" is a realistic goal. Indeed it is. Two per week is pushing it. Too many people are looking for a quick fix to excess weight that took years to accumulate. The first week on a diet, many people lose 3-4 pounds, then expect that rate of loss to continue for the next 30 or more pounds. That is rarely what happens. Rather than "water loss," I suspect that much of the first 3-4 pounds is simply intestinal contents. Congratulations on your success! I look forward to reading more about the food aspect. -Steve Parker, M.D. Brandi, thanks for sharing that “a pound a week” is a realistic goal. Indeed it is. Two per week is pushing it. Too many people are looking for a quick fix to excess weight that took years to accumulate. The first week on a diet, many people lose 3-4 pounds, then expect that rate of loss to continue for the next 30 or more pounds. That is rarely what happens. Rather than “water loss,” I suspect that much of the first 3-4 pounds is simply intestinal contents.

Congratulations on your success! I look forward to reading more about the food aspect.

-Steve Parker, M.D.

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