Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site cae780.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!pesnta!amd!amdcad!cae780!gordon From: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon) Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.med Subject: Re: Need info on "Gold Key" Weight loss plan Message-ID: <1508@cae780.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 15:52:00 EST Article-I.D.: cae780.1508 Posted: Fri Oct 25 15:52:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 29-Oct-85 01:12:02 EST References: <378@cylixd.UUCP> <812@terak.UUCP> Reply-To: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon) Organization: Tektronix, Inc. (CAE Systems Division), Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 27 Xref: watmath net.consumers:3247 net.med:2639 In article <812@terak.UUCP> doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) writes: >Where cynicism is very close to truth... > >There are no known effective weight loss programs (if "effective" >means that the weight is not regained within a few months or years). > >The best thing you can do for overweight (presuming that it isn't >life-threatening) is to ignore it and go on with your life. Too many >overweight people go through life unhappy and frustrated, trying to lose >weight the whole time and only "yo-yoing". For right now it is an >unwinnable war; better to focus your attention and energy on something >that you enjoy. I beg to differ!!!! Losing weight - "permanently" - is QUITE possible, and will improve, among other things, your life expectancy. While it is probably true that "yo-yoing" is worse that staying moderately overweight, the "war" is NOT "unwinnable". We know a LOT more about safe, effective, permanent weight loss now than we did even a few years ago! FROM: Brian G. Gordon, CAE Systems Division of Tektronix, Inc. UUCP: tektronix!teklds!cae780!gordon {ihnp4, decvax!decwrl}!amdcad!cae780!gordon {nsc, hplabs, resonex, qubix, leadsv}!cae780!gordon USNAIL: 5302 Betsy Ross Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054 Down 69 3/4 pounds, and holding ...