Conference rocks::weight_control

	The setpoint theory, which is what this book is based on
    (the fat thermostat is the brain's setpoint), has been gaining
    acceptance for the last 5 years or so.
    
    	Exercise is the key, but diet is important too.  The exercise
    may lower the setpoint, dieting won't. But cutting out empty calories
    like refined carbohydrates (eg sugars) will speed the weight loss.
    
    -mike z

I believe in the set point theory...this sounds like a book that 
I should read. Could you post the authors name?

It was mentioned in the base note that the diet advocates an increase 
in *pure* water intake. Did the author mention *their* criteria for 
*pure* water? This will either make it or break it for me. I drink what 
I consider to be the only *pure* water and that is distilled water. 
In my opinion there is no pure water except for distilled water. 
Filtered water is not pure, it is just filtered and the filtration 
process will never capture all the lethal chemicals which *I believe* 
all water contains. I also do not believe that there is any spring water 
left on this earth as we know it today.

Rachelle 

.2>I believe in the set point theory...this sounds like a book that 
.2>I should read. Could you post the authors name?

    	The book is on permanent loan, to someone.  If you check your
    local bookstore, it was called The Setpoint Diet, I think.  The
    section on the theory is the only part I read.  I always follow
    my own diet plan.
    
.0>It was mentioned in the base note that the diet advocates an increase 
.0>in *pure* water intake. Did the author mention *their* criteria for 

    	Filtered water is far from pure, at the very best, only the
    contaminants that are smaller than water are left. And boiled
    water still has all the heavier-than-water contaminants.
    
    	I don't believe distilled water is necesary in _any_ diet, even
    if it is 'pure water'.

    -mike z

    ps: Hi Rachelle, do you remember me?  Think back to the Super Bowl ...

    the book that I read is "HOW TO LOWER YOUR FAT THERMOSTAT-the no-diet
    reprogramming plan for Lifelong Weight Control" by Dennis W. Remington,
    M.D., A Garth Fisher, Ph. D., Edward A Parent, Ph. D.  published
    by Vitality House International., Inc.  there is also an cookbook
    which accompanies this called Recipies to Lower Your Fat Thermostat
    which I don't keep at the office, so I can't tell you if it is the
    same publisher.
    
    When I mentioned "pure" water, I was only referring to the fact
    that the book askes you to keep track of how often you drink anything
    other than water or skim milk.  Anything other than that is considered
    "faulty drinking" as the authors say that diet drinks etc interfere
    with your ability to discern true hunger and the difference between
    hunger and thirst.  Their opinion is that many  of us eat when we
    really are thirsty......Sorry for the confusion.... Maureen
    
    Sybervision also sells audio tapes for this program.  There only
    helpful if you listen to them however.....  Maureen
    
    

    Sorry this is my first attempt to reply in NOTES.
    
    I have the Sybervision tapes and from the sounds of it these books
    are based on the same theory. I have been 'dieting' for about eight
    years, on and off. When I started dieting I had only 10 lbs to take
    off. After eight years I had fourty. 
    
    I have been trying to work into this gradually and it seems to be
    working. I have lost 10 lbs without feeling deprived. I am very
    excited, I think this one is going to work! Good luck! A reformed
    dieter.                                                    Kathy

    I followed the Setpoint Diet when I was working for another company,
    where they used it as the basis for an at-work program.  It worked very
    well for me -- it was an exchange diet, similar to WW, plus at least 30
    minutes of aerobic activity (brisk walking, etc) *per* *day*.  If you
    weren't exercising, you weren't on program, and I think that's the key.

    I lost over 30 lbs, and only put it back on slowly (after I lost all
    semblance of control, and stopped exercising at all).  The plateau that
    I'm just now getting out of is at the lowest level I on Setpoint; it's
    also the weight where I started to feel comfortable again. I'm exercising 
    again now (FINALLY!), and I think that combined with the WW food plan
    will do the trick for real.

    It's something of a cliche that you have to exercise to lose weight,
    but it also happens to be true.  For those of us with sluglike
    tendancies, this can be a painful realization, but the up-side is 
    that the diet itself is much easier to stick to if you're exercising.

    Beverly