On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Paul Wheaton wrote:

> >         Most times I stop from going AWOL even if I'm a still a little
> > hungry.  Just drink a tumbler of water and I'm done with my meal (my
> > tumblers are 16 oz.)
>
> AWOL?

        A World Of Lunch.


> It doesn't sound like 6500 calories.  It sounds like 2500.  Maybe 2000.
>
> If I eat 6500 calories a day will I gain weight?  Will I lose the same at
> 2000 calories to 6500 calories provided I'm never hungry?

        If you eat 6500 a day you scare me.


> I'm a little worried about this thing about eating as much as I want.  I'm
> concerned I'll eat way too much.  I'm 6'6" tall and feel like I've been
> eating like a bird the last few weeks on Atkins even though my wife thinks
> I've been eating a lot.  And yet I'm stuck.  Today I'm doing the one thing
> that ever seems to work anymore:  The Atkins Fat Fast (1000 calories a
> day, 90% fat).  So I wonder about my metabolism being whacked and maybe
> the fat fast is the last thing I should try.

        If you're that tall you have a lot of Lean Body Mass that needs to
be fed.  I'm only 5'9"&1/2, so I don't need that much more food.  Also, if
you are well muscled, you need more food.  If you're not hungry, don't
worry.  NeanderThin has a way of making people eat more than they did
before, and they still loose weight.
        Several pounds of meat and fat per day should provoke rapid weight
loss.  How much do you still have to loose?  NeanderThin follows Power Law
for weight loss.  The heavy people drop fast.  Maybe 10 pounds in the
first week as their glycogen is burned off and the surrounding water is
flushed away.  People who have, say, 50 lbs to loose are going to see a
very slow weight loss.  Set point is freaky like that.  It goes up without
hesitation, but it doesn't like to go down.  NeanderThin is a way to lower
the set point to its minimum, but it does take a while.  Right now, I'm at
my "set point," and next week I'll be there too, but lighter.