> > What do you all think - is this a healthy way or not?
>
>Have him get a bodyfat test every month or so.  If he continues to lose
>weight this will alert him to how much of it is fat and how much is muscle.
>The scale won't do that.  Losing muscle is a sure sign he will rebound and
>regain the weight.  If he maintains the muscle then he has a greater chance
>of success.
>
>mas

He probably won't get a bodyfat test, he's resistant to things like
that. I might mention that he doesn't work out, doesn't have a lot of
muscle, and he's 70 years old. But there's no sense in telling him to
do something different - he's going to do what he's going to do.

Zoe