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"A weight-loss theory that just might benefit a few million people." — Stephen Dubner, co- author of Freakonomics
"In fact, it might benefit a few billion." — Dennis Prager, The Dennis Prager Show interview with Seth Roberts (35 minutes).
"You actively feel like not eating. . . It's a kind of not hungry that you've never felt before" — Joyce Cohen, NY Times columnist and blogger.
"It's been two weeks since I started and oh-my-god . . . Within three days I was actually forgetting to eat." — Kathy Sierra, co-author of Head First Java and blogger.
"It has been a very positive experience and weight loss is only one of the benefits" — Food Chronicler.
The Woman's World article ("Instant Willpower!")
Watch a CBC mini-documentary (9 minutes) about the diet.
• Persons posting their weight: 125
• Total weeks of data: 804
• Total weight change (ld): -903
• Average weight change/week (ld/week): -1.1
“The most exciting thing (for me) is I was having MAJOR TROUBLE with compulsive, emotional eating prior to starting sld. It is greatly reduced and I am feeling 'close' to being 'at peace with food.' I had just about given up on feeling 'normal' about food ever again. WOW. ” — Jane Ann
“I'm 5'1" and 100 pounds, which is a normal BMI and where I'd like to stay, but I really did have to starve to keep myself there. I didn't start SL to lose weight, rather to see if I could maintain my weight while eating like a 'normal' person, and it has worked beautifully for me. While I do still think about food (that's par for the course when you've got an ED), I get ridiculously full so quickly that it's difficult to take in more than a normal portion size at any given sitting (no more bingeing!). I've also become more rigorous about eating non-processed, whole, low-glycemic foods, and the combination of those changes and the oil has been very powerful. The upshot is, I'm eating the healthiest diet in the world, and not gaining weight. It's truly amazing: this has achieved in a few weeks what years of shrinks and medication could not—go figure!” — srlygrl
“I started this on Thursday (It's now Sunday). I did 3 Tblsp. and noticed the effect of not being hungry almost right away. Another 3 the next morning and it was like a miracle. I'm usually VERY hungry in the morning but my appetite was just gone. Same thing Saturday and today ” — Cheryl B
“Missed the [Dennis Prager] interview with Seth but heard the tail-end of a discussion Dennis had with a listener who was raving about what the diet had done for her. Dennis was in agreement. So I ran to the internet and got the particulars, took a tablespoon of ELOO and immediately started preaching the Miracle of Shangri-La! It was slightly embarrassing when friends would ask how long I had been on it. I lied and said a day - it had only been eight hours but, hey, without SLD, I normally would have done a great deal of damage in those 8 hours. It's now been a week and I've lost three pounds. I love the luxury of choosing finer foods now that I'm no longer compelled to eat everything in sight when dinnertime comes around. The Monster has been rocked to sleep ” — Ranchopam
The forums contain helpful information about the diet. This is about the self-experimentation behind the diet.
Pages missing from the English export edition.
