What is your opinion of Dr Oz?

I really find all this sad. I was convinced that I couldn't stick with a diet by just cutting calories. I tried fad diets, waited for the "miracle pill" meanwhile I just kept gaining weight.

Then a professor at the University that I went to wrote a paper on what he called the c-store diet. He went on a diet and everything he ate was from a convientent store. He ate twinkies, doritos, hot dogs, candy bars, you name it. Anything you could buy at a convienient store.

The catch was, he stayed under 2,000 calories. His point was to prove it didn't matter what you ate, you could lose weight by calorie deficet.

I figured if he could stick to a diet where he ate twinkies, which would pretty much account for a good majority of your calories a day. I could stick to a diet where I ate healthy and stayed under 2,000 calories.

Guess what, it has worked. I think these fad diet are bad for people. It gives them hope that an easy solution is right around the corner. The thing is, when I finally started eating at a deficet, it was easier to stick to than any other diet I've ever tried I was just convinced that it was impossible.

They've conviced people that it's impossible to lose weight just by eating less, the only way to lose weight is to cover yourself in bacon greese and eat pickles in a dark closet. When that doesn't work, something new comes along.

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck......He's a quack!!!:noway:

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