[DaMadman]

hey GOB, Hope you are doing ok with the battle of the bulge you got going on there. I wish you all the good wishes in the world. I just wanted to throw one more thing out there for you.

My wife has battled with her wieght for many many years and until she recently started doing a combination of sugar busters and Weight Watchers she always lost a little then got discouraged and quit, and then went through the viscous cycle again.

Now I am not pushing either Sugar Busters or WW. But something she did learn in WW this time around is that if you do not eat enough you will actually GAIN weight.

I keep hearing you say that you are not eating enough to keep a bird alive (to paraphrase) and I have actually seen with my own eyes when my wife did that she gained weight.

If you do not give your body the correct amount of nutrition it will think you are starving and store every damn calorie that it possibly can as fat. thus you can be eating VERY LITTLE in caloric intake and still gain weight.

So be careful buddy when you are barely eating a bowl of salad for dinner and half a sammich for lunch, and a granola bar for breakfast you could be working against yourself in a major way (weigh)

The reason I brought up the Weight Watchers thing is that right now WW is using a points system for everything you eat. Based on your hieght and weight and male or female you get a set number of points per day and you are supposed to eat as close to that many points as possible.

My wife as many people would be, was under the impression if you have X amount of points and you don't eat them all that is a good thing. Well she was not eating all her points and she was gaining weight. The nutritionist explained it to her and I have also researched it because she also has a slow metabolism and sure enough if you look into it, if you do not eat ENOUGH your body thinks it is starving and stores everything it can as FAT instead of burning it off like it should and that will screw your metabolism up royally.

Just a few tidbits of info that you may or may not know that I have found out dealing with and trying to help myself and the wife.

So anyway while you are "DIETING" make sure you are also eating enough that your body doesn't work against you.

Good luck