On the Shangri-La Diet forums I found a link to this:
A middle-aged man named Kainin has lost about 60 pounds since September (7 months) and described his experience in great detail. On Weight Watchers, he lost 40 pounds in 6 months before gaining it all back (plus 10 pounds more) — he started at 290, went down to 250, and back up to 300. On Nutrisystems, he lost 20 pounds in 6 weeks before gaining it all back. So the Shangri-La Diet has already helped him more than those two methods, not to mention being easier.
At the end of February, his BMI went below 35, the level indicating Morbid Obesity.
To celebrate I went to the local party store to look for a mylar balloon saying something like “Congratulations on being just Obese!” but found — NOTHING! The closest I found was a bereavement balloon that read “Sorry for your Loss”. Not exactly what I was looking for.
The roughly 100,000 posts on the SLD forums make the case for the diet far better than I ever could. Now, if I could just get rid of spammers …
I am so happy for you Kainin. I’ve been on SLD for 1 week and lost 8 lbs. I started at 350 and weighed in today at 342. I only half did it and got great results. I do 3 tbs. ELOO in the morning before work and get in SW during the day. I still have some hungry periods and that’s when I start to drink the SW. I don’t quite have the 2 hr window together yet but I’m working on it. This is a diet (I mean a way of living) that I can use the rest of my life.