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...dieting, or about 7% of their starting weight, regardless of which diet plan they followed. At the one-year mark, the dieters had regained some of the lost weight, and after two years, average weight loss was about 9 lb. Only about 15% of participants were able to lose 10% of their body weight or more. Across the board, however, patients lowered their risk of diabetes and reduced blood levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) while increasing good cholesterol (HDL) and overall heart health...
...bottom line, according to most obesity experts, is to set realistic goals. Expect what is achievable: a 250-lb. person isn't likely to slim down to supermodel proportions in her lifetime, but she may be able to lose 10 or 20 lb. A moderate 5% or 10% reduction in body weight can significantly improve health, by lowering cholesterol and the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. For many doctors who work with obese patients, the goal is not thinness but well-being - and, ultimately for the patient, self-acceptance...
...best, this reflects the closeness of the human-animal bond. After Hurricane Katrina, one of the most moving stories told was of an old man found floating with his dog on a trailer tire. When asked to leave the dog, he refused, stating simply that he’d lose everything except the one creature he knew he could trust...
...This is the place they call ‘Wall Street,’ where men come to make their fortunes, but also to lose them. Those in their prime have been leveled by the subprime, as well as by other unexplained forces, and, as they say, every coin has both heads and tails, and gold melts to water in the fingers of those who too hotly grasp...
...misuse it and file cases without exhausting legal means at home." According to Ponomaryov, there are some basic reasons Russians do not like their own courts: "We have this inherited Soviet mentality, where judges can't conceive that in a case where the government is involved, the government could lose." Corruption is another major reason for disillusionment. "Khodorkovsky never had hope, because he was fighting against the government," says Ponomaryov. "We protested, we had meetings, but whatever we did, it didn't matter, because Putin had his own interests...