FOREWORD<br > I gotta go on a diet" is usually punctuated with a groan or a long ex<br >lamation mark twisted into the word "ugh." This should not be th(<br >ase and certainly won t be if the approach chosen is the one outline(<br >n this book. Dieting， you see， is really a way of life. Some folks can ca<br >ike the proverbial horse and look as though they regularly dined m<br >autded butterfly antennae. Unfortunately， controlling weight isn t lik(<br >hat for most of us. We are counting the illusive calorie either to sta5<br >lira or to lose weight. Generally， we wish the calorie were more elusive<br > There are many psychological approaches to weight control， rangin~<br >tom "By gum， I m gonna do it this time，" to "If I understood why 1<br >ained weight and maintained it， I would be better equipped to los(<br >-" No weight loss program will be successful unless the dieter is post.<br >ively motivated. Motivation can come in a number of ways， but non(<br > stronger than that which originates within the individual the indi.<br >idual who takes pride in how he looks and feels unless， that is. he has<br >ad the living daylights scared out of him by his physician. Now thai<br >an induce motivation.<br >~he physician is concerned about overweight because of the generall:y<br >oor health records of overweight people. People who are grossly over-<br >，eight belong to a statistical fraction of the population which suffer~，<br >rare often from diabetes and heart and kidney disease， for example，<br >nan does the lean statistical fraction. What s more， the overweigh(<br >~gment usually presents a greater risk in the event of surgery; further-<br >lore， they don t live as long either. So you see， there are health reasons<br >s well as personal reasons for slimming down.<br > The physician is also concerned about his patients cholesterol levels，<br >articularly if a patient shows a tendency to accumulate fats in the<br >lood (hyperlipidemia). These people are usually advised to avoid<br >ietary sources of cholesterol and to keep the total intake of fat to a<br >finimum. This task is accomplished easily whether you are on a diet or<br >or， and this book s chart will help those on a low-cholesterol diet.<br > Most physicians become alarmed when their patients try out crash<br >iets because such regimens can tax the body when dealing with the<br >mtabotic idiosyncrasies generated by these nonsensical approaches. It<br >