Hilary McClure wrote:
> Have any of you come down from major obesity to normal weight or even 
> leanness?
No, never been fat.

> 
> Here's one real question I have:
> If you were trying to come down from a BMI of 50-something (like if I 
> weighed 400lbs at 5'-11"), would you exercise at all, or just go 
> zero-carb? 

Zero carb is the way.
Blake F. Donaldson MD wrote a book called "Strong Medicine" ~1960 about 
his prescription for obesity. Out of print, but still available online 
from used booksellers.
It worked then and now.

William

"Against stupidity
the Gods themselves
contend
in vain"