On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Louise Anderson wrote:

> Todd, have you been able to maitain your weight loss from the Anchell
> experiment? Have you now gone back to a straight Paleo low carb?

I can maintain the weight loss as long as I maintain the diet,
more or less strictly.  I find that I can substitute some other
vegetables without weight gain, but I do seem to gain weight when
I introduce eggs or nuts into the diet.

Frankly, the whole thing is, in the end, depressing.  It is just
tiresome to have to maintain such a strict rejectionist attitude
toward food, whether the plan is Neanderthin or Anchell.  As the
years go by it is in one sense "easier" to do this, but in
another way it is increasingly tedious.  This is why diets fail,
of course.  The mental energy consumed by this unceasing dietary
vigilance takes a toll.  When my vigilance flags, I gain weight.

Todd Moody
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