[Gary Boldwater]

I'm missing something here. If one doesn't gain weight from food, then what does one gain weight from?

[netmilsmom]

Thank you all for the well wishes about my mom. She was a great lady (I named my oldest daughter after her). I really feel that she would not have had the heart problems she had if she had not constantly been starving herself. I think her body used her muscles as the protein she needed.

Gary, part of the problem with the way that society looks at overweight people is that they constantly tell us that we "just need not to overeat." It gives the illusion that not eating is good and eating is bad. It makes anorexia and bullimia look mighty good. When one does either one of these, the body says, "I'm starving!!!" and goes into that mode. This is why most dancers (who work out majorly) can sustain body weight and eat very little. Yes, you are right, food puts weight on but when the doctors are telling you, carbs are great and they become sugar in your body so you do not lose with the same amount of calories that you would eating protein, it is pretty discouraging.

Now stare at losing 100 lbs and see how it looks....