CNN Article about a Professor who loses on a Twinkie Diet

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,282]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

So a professor in an attempt to prove it is all calories in and calories out has gone on a Twinkie Diet. He has lost weight and his Cholesterol has improved. Is it really that easy though? I can't imagine doing this for two months! I would have "fillings" nightmares I'm pretty sure!

Gross.

[Motherofskye 0]

I think for some people it can be that easy, but I also think some people are genetically disposed to have a "programmed" weight, and at least for the short term, will stay there no matter how few calories...this would explain the plateaus....

Also, I think you can short circuit the calories in/ calories out theory by repetative big weight losses and gains, that your body "fights back". I could be completely wrong, I'm just theorizing from personal experience... seems like each time I started another big weight loss plan, it was harder and harder. Maybe it was just psychologically, but there has to be a physiological component to it.

And yes, twinkies...ew. I could not eat just twinkies for two months. I'd be so sick of them by day 2!

[mp8btpc 33]

I would volunteer to try a maple bar donut diet! .....::RAISES HAND AND WAVES IT EXCITEDLY::::

[Becca 108]

Men always lose weight easier though. I wonder if a woman did this if the results would be the same. I don't know if I could eat that for two months! BLAH~