hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (Jerry Hollombe) (12/05/84)
The diet-while-you-sleep scam is just that -- a scam. When you send in
your $30 (or however much) you get a bottle of multi-vitamin pills and an
instruction sheet. The instructions tell you to take x pills 4 hours
before going to bed and *don't eat the rest of the evening*. This pretty
effectively assures you won't be eating for at least 12 hours a day. It
also keeps you from eating in the evening when ingested calories are most
likely to be stored as fat rather than burned for energy. The TV ads I've
seen usually include a fine-print disclaimer on the screen to the effect
that this technique will work without their pills.
So now you know the secret and can save yourself the money.
--
The Polymath
(Jerry Hollombe) Opinions expressed here are my own
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...{garfield,lasspvax,linus,cmcl2,seismo}!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombecromwell@pur-ee.UUCP (Cromwell) (12/12/84)
Just to look at this from an engineering standpoint, let's consider conservation of mass. Assuming that these are not diuretics that cause you to make nlog(n) trips to the bathroom, where does all that weight go? Maybe they make you sweat profusely...... Bob Cromwell
stewart@ihldt.UUCP (R. J. Stewart) (12/12/84)
> Just to look at this from an engineering standpoint, let's consider > conservation of mass. Assuming that these are not diuretics that > cause you to make nlog(n) trips to the bathroom, where does all that > weight go? Maybe they make you sweat profusely...... I was checking out a new health food store recently when the salesperson was explaining this to a curious customer. Her explanation? "It turns your fat into muscle." Needless to say, this store is now on my "quack" list. Bob Stewart ihldt!stewart
act@pur-phy.UUCP (Alex C. Tselis) (12/20/84)
In article <2428@pur-ee.UUCP> cromwell@pur-ee.UUCP (Cromwell) writes: > >Just to look at this from an engineering standpoint, let's consider >conservation of mass. Assuming that these are not diuretics that >cause you to make nlog(n) trips to the bathroom, where does all that >weight go? Maybe they make you sweat profusely...... > > Bob Cromwell Most of the weight doesn't go anywhere. Actually, you'll still be metabolizing while-u-sleep, so you will lose some weight as expired water and carbon dioxide. But don't count on losing much. And don't count on not getting back what you lose, unless you diet. THE ONLY WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT IS TO USE MORE ENERGY (EXERCISING) THAN YOU TAKE IN BY EATING!!!!! OR ELSE, DIET!!! As I said before, this stuff is liquid B.S. (and I don't mean any sort of academic degree), with artificial color and flavor. As Bob Cromwell points out, you can also lose water through diuresis (as well as through the usual sort of micturition one performs in the morning after one gets out of bed), but you'll get all of that water back with the first drink of the stuff you take to quench your thirst in the morning! Maybe future postings about this LBS should be posted in net.jokes! :-)