Possibly
disproving my usual preaching that people following our diet
always lose weight and become healthier are a few
extraordinary people I call “volume eaters.” They eat very
large amounts of McDougall approved foods, and their weight
remains stubbornly fixed at a point too high for excellent
health—although they all lost initially after giving up the
high-fat, high-calorie Western diet. I can vividly recall
several men and a few woman who exemplify this behavior—and
I know there are many more out there (in fact, I am guilty
of a tinge of this behavior at times myself—“it takes one to
know one”). In my experience, a “big eater” might
consume 2 plates filled 2 inches high with salad, potatoes,
pasta, beans, and vegetables. The volume eater will put down
three to
five such plates—often in less than 20 minutes—a pattern
repeated for breakfast, lunch and dinner. |