In a message dated 98-02-24 12:45:01 EST, you write:

<< 10 lbs is nothing. ........A new person
 could loose it in one if they go total meat & fat that week. >>

That is simply not a universal truth.  Even on meat and fats only it takes me
a good month to lose 3 pounds.  The differences:  I'm older, I'm female and
I'm only 13 pounds overweight at this point.

Even my first week when I still had 70 pounds to lose, I didn't lose 10 pounds
in a week.

One of the biggest problems with the mass diet programs is the oversell, let's
not be guilty of that here.

Kathleen