Every week the Globe & Mail has an article on an individual who has lost a substantial amount of weight. They show a before and after photo of the featured subject. The article focuses on the lifestyle choices made by the person in both diet and exercise. The latest article is about a New Brunswick man that lost 116 pounds.
Two things struck me about the New Brunswick man's experience. One is that he confirmed what I believe, that 80% of weight loss concerns changing the diet. Exercise while important, is a significantly lower factor in weight loss. The second issue was the overwhelmingly positive comments from readers of the article.
I mention the readers comments because a man, that many of us know, was the subject of the same Globe feature a few weeks back. He lost a significant amount of weight by both dietary and what I would call extreme exercise. Unlike the vast majority of the subjects of these articles, they attached an unflattering AFTER photo. The comments were, by and large, negative. The poor guy also took to the message board to try and defend himself. The man is a former coworker of ours.
One of the many magazines I subscribe to is Men's Health. My favourite part of the magazine is a feature on a similar dramatic weight loss story. I have gleaned some interesting tips from the success stories. The primary motivation of almost all of subjects, is that at some point they determined that they were fed up with their appearance, or declining health and took dramatic action.
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