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Lifestyle changes needed to keep weight off, study shows

April 30, 2007

ROBERTA PERRY has tried it all to lose the pounds — organized diet programs, prescription pills, psychotherapy, even hypnosis.

Those efforts worked for a while for the Pennsylvania woman, but the weight inevitably crept back up. After years of yo-yo dieting, Perry realized it would take more than gimmicks to slim down.

“As much as I would like to have a magic bullet, I knew the only way to lose weight was eat less and exercise more,” said the 39-year-old public relations consultant.

Her experience is a common one. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, examining 31 weight-loss studies found long-term dieting doesn’t keep the pounds off. While people can lose weight initially, many relapse and regain the weight they shed.

The findings confirm what many scientists have been saying all along: Losing weight is easy. Keeping it off is another story.

“If dieting worked, there would be a bunch of skinny people walking around,” said obesity researcher Dr. David Katz, head of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center, who did not participate in the latest study.

Since the 1970s, the ranks of overweight and obese Americans have risen with two-thirds of adults in that category. Obesity raises the risk of heart disease, diabetes and some cancers. Being overweight increases blood pressure and cholesterol levels which can lead to heart disease.

Many factors can conspire against successful weight reduction, health experts
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say. Diets can be boring and there’s always a temptation to return to old habits. Serial dieters may also become discouraged and give up when their weight plateaus. People who lose too much too soon don’t learn to make the overall lifestyle changes — eating healthier foods and exercising regularly — that are necessary to keep their weight stable.

“It’s just plain difficult to modify your diet and turn away from the pleasures of eating,” said Michael Goran, an obesity researcher at the University of Southern California. “We’re driven to eat.”

The UCLA researchers analyzed 31 diet studies that followed people two to five years after they went on diets. Between one-third and two-thirds gained back the weight they lost. A small number were able to successfully maintain their weight loss.

The UCLA study did not compare individual fad diets or organized weight-loss programs.

“We’re not saying don’t make some kind of effort,” said Traci Mann, the UCLA psychologist who led the study. “It means that people should be quite clear that a diet is a temporary fix.”

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The study appeared in the April issue of American Psychologist, a publication of the American Psychological Association.

Perry, who owns a public relations firm in suburban Philadelphia, was an “emotional eater” who found comfort in food whenever she felt angry or depressed.

For the past 20 years, Perry tried all sorts of diets with mixed success. More recently, she decided to change her lifestyle and focus on lowering her cholesterol rather than obsessing about her weight.

The result: Perry, who is 5 feet 8 inches tall, has kept her weight steady for the past two years — 250 pounds from a high of 325 pounds. Although still obese, she is no longer considered morbidly obese.

“I would like to be healthier. I would like to be a little more toned,” she said. “But I’m not running out the door to join another program so I can lose weight and go back on that cycle.”

It’s unclear whether repeatedly losing and gaining weight leads to health problems. But some studies have found a link between seesawing weight and problems such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and gallbladder disease.

Specialists generally agree that surgery is the only proven method to keep weight off. But federal guidelines say a person must try traditional ways to lose weight and is at least 100 pounds overweight before opting for surgery.

Dr. Samuel Klein, an obesity expert at Washington University in St. Louis, said a diet’s success shouldn’t just be measured in pounds. If a person becomes healthier even if the weight loss is temporary, that should be deemed a success.

“There might be benefits in losing weight for a period of time even if you regain it than not having lost the weight at all,” Klein said.

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Valencia Weight Loss

April 26, 2007

It took just two pitches for the Valencia baseball team to score more than it did in two games last week.

With that - a solo home run off the bat of Jordan Bottenfield - the Vikings exhaled and celebrated at the same time.

Valencia would add four more runs and defeat Hart at Bud Murray Field 5-1 Wednesday.

“It was a weight off our shoulders,” Bottenfield said. “That’s why there was that celebration at home plate.”

Previously undefeated in the Foothill League, the Vikings were shut out in two losses against Saugus last week.

So after Bottenfield hammered a 1-0 offering from Hart starter Tyler Eyrich over the 362 sign in dead center field in the top of the first inning, the Valencia dugout emptied and the Vikings pounded the senior’s helmet at home plate like a drum, sounding the celebration.

“A big barrier was up,” said Valencia’s Robbie Mouselli of the team’s offensive performance last week. “Jordan got us fired up.”

The Vikings added four more in the top of the fourth, then Mouselli took care of the rest.

The right-hander, who has bent but not broken in recent Foothill performances, bent only once Wednesday.

That came in the fourth inning.

Mouselli surrendered a double to Jenzen Torres and a single to Bryan Lucas.

Torres, who was caught in a rundown, would score on a Valencia mishap.

Those were the only hits Mouselli would give up in a complete-game gem.

He deflected the credit to his battery-mate Dan Linkmeyer.

“Location. Location. Location,” Mouselli said of the key to his success. “The catcher’s were getting all over me in practice because I wasn’t hitting my spots.”

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Mouselli would retire the next 10 Hart batters in order. He struck out six Hart batters on the afternoon, hit one batter and walked none.

“Stud,” was how Bottenfield described Mouselli. “We needed someone to step up and he came through.”

Valencia gave Mouselli all the support he needed in the fourth inning.

After a Linkmeyer single to lead off the inning and a fielder’s choice that was nearly a Hart error, Viking Kirk Corrales bunted to Eyrich - who failed to field the ball cleanly.

Out No. 2 did come on the next at-bat, though.

But Bottenfield, who was 2-for-3 in the game, singled a run in.

Then Chris Matzner, who was also 2-for-3, doubled a pair in to give Valencia a 4-0 lead.

Mouselli then was jammed and popped to a no-man’s land between Torres at third base and Eyrich on the mound.

The ball dropped in for the second Mouselli infield hit of the day and an RBI for a 5-0 lead.

“Ugly was the best way to look at it,” said Hart head coach Jim Ozella of his team’s defense that inning. “One ball was hit hard. We did things in that inning that contributed (to Valencia’s runs).”

Valencia has won the series between the two teams 2-0 and will host Hart (11-10, 6-4) Friday.

The first-place Vikings maintain a two-game lead in the Foothill League standings. Hart joined Saugus and Canyon in second place.

Notes: Local legend and former Hart High head baseball coach Bud Murray was in attendance at the game as was local legend and former College of the Canyons and University of Southern California head coach Mike Gillespie.

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New Weight Loss Secret Formula Reveals Why (For Most People) Diet And Exercise Is A Losing Proposition

April 24, 2007

Author documents The Seven Spiritual Laws of Weight Loss suggesting that individual compliance with the natural order of the universe (not diet or exercise) will dictate each person’s weight loss fortunes.

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Weight Loss proposes that people approach losing weight backwards. That personal identification of invisible law governs all weight loss results. And that lasting weight loss success is nurtured through wisdom of the laws of truth, deliberation, motion, adaptation, energy, perpetuation, and destiny.

But if that were true then the obesity rate would’ve dropped a long time ago. Buying something doesn’t alter a person’s view of themselves except for a small moment of personal elation.
“Most people believe if they go out and buy the latest, greatest, weight loss gizmo that they’re going to turn their dieting fortunes around,” Brian notes. “But if that were true then the obesity rate would’ve dropped a long time ago. Buying something doesn’t alter a person’s view of themselves except for a small moment of personal elation.”

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Billions of dollars are spent each year on the best weight loss and diet products, yet these are “just tools only good enough to fight the enemy where it stands,” his manuscript states. “Think of your life as a record album spinning round and round, playing the same songs all the time…it’s a gravitational pull that perpetuates your current overweight condition.”

Brian added, “Sadly, most people are wasting their time and they don’t even know it. That’s why I wrote this manuscript. I hope to help people out from the darkness, so that they may fulfill their weight loss destiny.”

Brian Bonito is the author of several e-books, including The Amazing Trigger Effect: The Greatest Weight Loss Secret In History, and the soon to be released Killer Weight Loss Tactics, where he details his own alternative methods for weight loss.

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Firemen’s weight loss loses steam

April 18, 2007

Digby’s firemen lost a combined total of only eight pounds in February.

That is down substantially from the 126 pounds they lost in January.

Eighteen men signed up in January to see who could lose the most weight by June 5, 2007. The winner will receive a DFD fire hat and a t-shirt… one size smaller than the one they own now. The winner will be decided on the largest percentage of weight lost.

So far the leader is Justin Woods who has lost 12 per cent of his weight since Jan. 1 while Drew Maclean is close behind with 11 per cent. Jeff VanTassel and Robert Morgan are in a close race for third with 8.5 and 6 per cent losses.

The leaders recorded some large individual losses (as much as 26 pounds) the first month but everyone slacked off the second month. Only Ben Cleveland managed a bigger loss in February, while some even gained weight in February.

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On average the 18 men in the contest lost one-fifth of a pound in February, whereas in January their average had been seven pounds.

February may have been a rough month because of the firemen’s annual banquet and the CTV hockey game dance.

The total weight of the 18 was 4056 pounds in the beginning and is now down to 3921. The average weight of 225 pounds has been reduced to 218. Several of the lighter firefighters are not taking part in the contest.

There are three monthly weigh-ins left including the grand finale on June 5.

The Association pour la santé publique du Québec published a guidebook on the principles of healthy weight management entitled Losing Weight – For better, not worse. The document cites recent scientific studies that show health can improve as a result of a moderate and maintained weight loss of 5-10% of the initial weight.

The guidebook recommends a maximum average loss of 1-2 pounds a week, which equals 8 pounds a month. The association also points out that while many people want to lose weight to look better and many do so to be healthier, health benefits can be achieved with lifestyle changes that don’t necessarily result in weight loss.

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No hurdles big enough: Inspiration through wife’s disease and weight loss guide his marathon effort

April 17, 2007

BOSTON - Chris Larcome had no problem searching for inspiration through the pain, the wind, rain, mud, cramping and every other roadblock thrown his way for 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Boston yesterday.

Here are two reasons why:

Four years ago his wife, Mary, weeks after giving birth to their second child, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

Fifteen months ago, at 5-10 and 258 pounds, Larcome diagnosed himself as a beached whale.

“There were so many things that could have gone wrong (yesterday), especially at the start with all of the mud, rain and cold,” said Larcome, who ran his first marathon yesterday. “But let’s be honest; Nothing was going to stop me, not with so many people, especially my wife, counting on me.”

Larcome, of Atkinson, N.H. via Methuen, gets emotional sometimes when he talks about it, just like he did when doctors gave he his wife the reason her hands were trembling.

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Larcome, an accountant for Comcast in Reading, had problems dealing with an unknown future. One of his strengths is planning, a trait, he figures, that probably pushed him into accounting. With his wife being diagnosed with debilitating and incurable disease at age 35, he didn’t know how to deal with it.

One way, he thinks, was eating.

“I remember going to give blood when the nurse took my blood pressure and said it was too much of a risk,” said Larcome, a 1989 Central Catholic graduate and 1994 Merrimack College grad.

“It really shook me up,” he said. “I started thinking about how bad I was physically; how my wife needed me; how my kids needed their father to be around.”

On Jan. 4, 2006 - “I’ll never forget the date,” he said - Larcome went to the gym and stopped eating “like a pig.”

By July he had lost about 100 pounds. Through yesterday’s race, he weighed 160 pounds … the 100 pounds gone but not forgotten.

“It really taught me about inner strength,” said Larcome. “It showed I can do something when I apply myself.”

Enter talk about the Boston Marathon. Larcome talked to his wife, who for three years has taken a Copaxone shot, which treats MS, every day.

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There is Something Perverse About the Atkins Diet…

April 12, 2007

I’ve been crazy busy the last few weeks, but absolutely had to stop what I was doing to write about an article today - The Atkins Paradox: What Diet Studies Don’t Reveal - by Christopher Wanjek, the “Bad Medicine” columnist over at LiveScience.com.

My headline above was taken directly from the column, “So why not go with Atkins if you can loose weight and eat bacon? The reason, most doctors say, is because there is something perverse about the Atkins diet.”

I haven’t laughed so hard in, well, a few days. And, what followed was even funnier…Consider the breakfast of a gentleman on the Atkins diet whom I encounter each morning on a commuter train eating an entire block of baloney right out of the package with one hand and washing it down with a diet Coke in his other hand. Between the salt, fat and artificial additives in the lunchmeat and soda, this simply can’t be healthy.

Good golly Miss Molly!

I don’t know about you, but when I read these stories about someone “on the Atkins diet” - or any carbohydrate restricted approach - doing it completely wrong, well all I can do is laugh. I’m not laughing because the poor fellow eating the bologna and diet coke breakfast is going about Atkins wrong, but because this columnist really, truly believes this guy is a good example to show how “perverse” the Atkins diet is.

For anyone who has not read Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution, he was pretty clear to avoid, or at least limit, processed meats - “Processed meats such as ham, bacon, pepperoni, salami, hot dogs, and other luncheon meats - and some fish - may be cured with added sugars and will contribute carbs. Try to avoid meat and fish products cured with nitrates, which are known carcinogens.” (page 124, paperback, 1992, 1999, 2002 edition)

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In fact, he specifically recommended “Always aim for unprocessed natural foods and select the freshest produce you can find. If possible, purchase organic meats and dairy products.” (page 130, paperback, 1992, 1999, 2002 edition)

Not exactly a ringing endorsement of bologna for breakfast each day, huh? Then again, let’s not let inconvenient facts get in the way of an article promoting low-fat diets are supreme!

And this presentation of bologna & diet coke for breakfast for an Atkins dieter really isn’t the biggest problem with this article.

No, the biggest problem really is the deceptive assessment of the study published in JAMA that I previously wrote about. This is how Mr. Wanjek portrayed the results:

The Atkins and Ornish data have overlapping confidence intervals. This is a measure of statistical strength given sample size and other factors. The study implies that, with 95-percent confidence, the true weight loss could be as low as 6.8 pounds for the Atkins group and as high as 8.2 pounds for the Ornish group.

In fact, the Ornish dieters were closing the gap at 12 months as the Atkins dieters were gaining weight. This supports earlier studies suggesting that a low-fat lifestyle is better at keeping off weight in the long run.

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Medically Supervised Serotonin-Plus Weight Loss Program Expands to Arizona

April 10, 2007

Serotonin-Plus , Inc. the originator of the comprehensive weight loss program in the Washington, D.C. area and known for its signature patented serotonin supplement that reduces appetite and eliminates carbohydrate cravings, to open in North Scottsdale on May 4.

Burke, Va. (Vocus/PRWeb ) April 9, 2007 — Serotonin-Plus, Inc. , the company known in the Washington, D.C. area for developing a comprehensive medically supervised weight loss program using a patented product and medically-approved approach to helping people shrink their waistlines, is expanding into the desert southwest city of North Scottsdale, Ariz.

“Scottsdale presents a highly educated professional population that appreciates ‘natural’ approaches to health maintenance,” says Dr. Robert Posner, M.D. a board-certified internist and leading researcher in the field of neurotransmitter problems who founded the weight loss centers five years ago.

The Serotonin-Plus Weight Loss Centers offer the largest medically supervised weight loss program in the Washington, D.C. area. The Centers are known for their immediate and proven results. The program uses a unique patented oral serotonin supplement that acts as a natural appetite suppressant. It also significantly reduces carbohydrate cravings and binge eating, increases metabolism, balances mood and enhances energy.

Low levels of serotonin have been associated with mood swings, weight gain, binge eating, depression, low energy, anger and aggression.

“We have a comprehensive medically supervised weight loss program with fantastic results that works to boost the metabolism and helps create a lifestyle change,” says Dr. Posner. “We are able to help people who want to lose 10 pounds to over 300 pounds.

The average weight loss is 35 pounds in 12 weeks.

The North Scottsdale location is the first Serotonin-Plus weight loss center to open outside the D.C. metro area. The company plans to open more centers around the country.

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“We think our medically supervised program will be well-received in the area,” says Dr. Posner. “The program provides a safe, effective way to lose weight and provides a solution and real hope to those who think they can’t lose weight or have not been able to lose weight in the past.”

“With so many diet scams in the market today, consumers need to be cautious. We are proud to say that our program has been extremely successful for thousands and thousands of people of all ages and gender,” Dr. Posner says.

About Robert Posner, M.D.: Robert Posner, M.D., a board-certified internist and leading researcher in the field of neurotransmitter problems, is the founder of The Serotonin-Plus Weight Loss Centers. Dr. Posner has been in private practice in the Northern Virginia area for 18 years. He researched the concept of serotonin replacement for serotonin imbalance conditions, such as obesity, depression, chronic fatigue, migraine headaches, premenstrual syndrome, and fibromyalgia. Dr. Posner’s book, “Doctor, I have a Chemical Imbalance” - The Serotonin Story, was released in June 2002. In the book, he describes the body’s unique chemical composition and how serotonin imbalance conditions can cause weight gain, depression, low energy levels and eating disorders and can hamper weight loss efforts.

About Serotonin-Plus, Inc.: Serotonin-Plus, Inc. operates the largest medically supervised weight loss program in the Washington, D.C. area and helps patients and consumers reach their weight loss goals in a medically responsible manner, reducing their risk for serious medical problems and improving the overall quality of life. The Serotonin-Plus Weight Loss Program provides a practical approach to weight loss and features a unique patented oral serotonin supplement that acts as a natural appetite suppressant, increases metabolism and significantly reduces carbohydrate cravings.

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Weight-loss surgeries on the up in Asia

April 5, 2007

Kuala Lumpur - More Asians are turning to surgery to counter obesity as health authorities’ efforts to get people to exercise and eat healthier are apparently failing, experts said on Thursday.

More than 1 300 weight-loss surgeries have been performed in Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and Taiwan since the start of 2006, said Lee Wei-jei, president of the Asia Pacific Bariatric Surgical Society.

“We expect there will be more and more in the future,” Lee told reporters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s largest city, at the launch of an anti-obesity conference involving 200 surgeons and medical experts from 12 Asia-Pacific countries.

Popular procedures include laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, which involves wrapping a silicone band around the upper stomach to create a pouch that restricts food intake, Lee said.

He said only about 30 surgeons in Asia can currently perform bariatric, or obesity surgery, sometimes recommended for morbid obesity - a body mass index, or weight-to-height measurement, or 37.5 or higher for Asians, Lee said.

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A person with a body mass index of 25 and above is considered overweight.

Surgeons are taking steps to improve the safety of weight-loss operations, Lee said. He said he did not have statistics for the number of obesity surgery complications reported in Asia.

Conference delegates said obesity is rising in many parts of Asia, despite campaigns to discourage people from junk food and sedentary lifestyles.

“It is becoming more apparent that the traditional approach appears to have failed in producing the desired effect, judging from the increasing trend in prevalence of obesity,” Mohamad Ismail Noor, a nutritionist at the National University of Malaysia, wrote in a paper presented at the conference.

Malaysian health minister Chua Soi Lek said at least six million adults were overweight or obese in Malaysia, which has a population of 26 million. Adult obesity has tripled in the past 10 years, and only 14 percent of Malaysian adults get adequate exercise, Chua said at the forum.

Other countries reported similar problems. A 2005 survey of 268 schools in Thailand showed that five percent of children were overweight and 12 percent were obese, said Kallaya Kijboonchoo, a nutritionist at Thailand’s Mahidol University. - Sapa-AP

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Birmingham team wins Scale Back weight loss challenge

April 3, 2007

A Birmingham team calling itself “Alabama Clam Chowder” took the top prize in Scale Back Alabama, an eight-week statewide weight loss contest that involved more than 5,000 teams of three to five people taking off the pounds by changing their eating and exercise habits.

Monday’s announcement marked the end of this year’s program, with a celebration event at Embassy Suites in Montgomery that culminated in a release of balloons from each team. Each of the four winning team members received a $1,000 check from Barber Dairies, one of the program’s sponsors.

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In the end, the 2,100 teams that participated in the competition lost a total of 78,472 pounds — about 9,800 pounds a week, said Donald Jones, chairman for the Alabama Hospital Association’s Image Task Force.

The winning team, led by Ryan Turner, 25, a fourth-year UAB medical student, made its share of changes over the past two months. Turner said he and his team members — his wife, Ginger, 26, and friends Steve Jordan, 26, and Alyssa Jordan, 23 — cut their caloric intake to 1,000 calories a day.

Collectively, the team lost 110 pounds — 16.4 percent of their weight. Ryan Turner went from 185 to 150 pounds; Ginger Turner went from 159 to 136 pounds; Steve Jordan went from 196 to 165 pounds; and Alyssa Jordan went from 130 to 113 pounds.

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