yuio wrote:

>
> Losing weight is healthy no matter HOW you get there. My wife
> religiously reminds me of this.

Actually, that is not true. You can lose a lot of weight quickly by eating
too little to keep the machine working. Your blood sugar level drops
dangerously low. The body starts to run low on important elements. It
starts to feed on it's own protein. People have been know to starve to
death, not usually not their idea, but it does happen. Your wife's
suggestion that their weight loss was a good thing will fall on dead hears.