[Myrddin]

I tried the "vegetarian" approach and didn't lose any weight. Even inline skating 70 miles a week didn't help. Some of the other speed skaters recommended the Zone diet. I dropped 40 pounds over the next year. My skating performance improved from 5 miles in 38 minutes to 15 miles in 66 minutes. My skating performance was limited by lung damage from 7 bad cases of pneumonia. Ditching the fat was a more important achievement than trying to be a world class speed skater.

[PoisedWoman]

Wow! You're really an athlete! Exercise is the dreaded E word for me. And it's beginning to show.

Nice to hear that the Zone worked for you so well. I lose the first ten and then slip back to my bad habits. I should actually drop 25 to get down to graduation weight. Staying on Zone diet would do it, but it may be an unrealistic goal.