Lose Weight on a Restricted, Liquid Diet

While I was in Canada, I had quite a few chances to talk with different people about many varied subjects. Most of the guests came to Echo Valley Ranch and Spa (EVR) because of the health related programs. Everyone knew I was involved in writing about health and wellness, and the topic of conversation at the dinner table was often about those subjects.

One day, while eating lunch with one of the ranch's guest during a hike up Mount Bowman, the guest told me the following story.

One of his employees, at about 255#, was quite overweight. He and his employee ate lunch together on a regular basis and he noticed, even though the employee still ate like a pig (his words), he was losing weight. When the man was down to about 200# the guest asked him, "I know your eating habits and have noticed that you eat as much as you always have but you've lost a lot of weight. I also know that you've always been one to do a lot of exercise and I can't imagine you doing more than you did. What are you doing?"

The man answered, " I don't take any calories in liquid form." (Meaning he drank nothing but water. No sodas, no beer, no milk, no alcohol, no electrolyte replacement drinks, nothing with calories-period, water only.) "And, I haven't changed anything else. No lifestyle changes, I do the same exercise program I've done for years and, as you've noticed, I still eat as much as I always did."

The man got down to 190# and has maintained that weight which, according to the guest, is where the man looks (and probably feels) best. That particular day one of the EVR employees was eating lunch with the guest and me and decided to adopt the method and see if he too could lose some weight. He'd been carrying round an extra 40# for some time that he couldn't seem to lose.