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jenniferleia:
I dont want to sound cheeky, but just curious......seems like the plan works for people and then they just dissapear.  Does this mean it stopped working or they just got bored (or too busy) of the forums?

goblyn:
I think there are several scenarios:

1.  They stop doing the program for various reasons and are embarassed to come back
2.  The SLD method, once you have found your groove, is rather repetitive and boring.  If you're not one of the people who get a benefit out of writing down your experiences here, then once you figure everything out, you don't really feel the need to come back and post:  "lost 1 lb this week, took 2 tablespoons of oil daily."
3.  When people reach their goals, they do tend to forget about the rest of us, lol.  I think that maintenence is pretty uneventful on SLD, and we often don't hear from people until they are back on SLD to get rid of the post holiday bloat or some other issue.

Caligal:

--- Quote from: goblyn on December 03, 2010, 06:08:28 am ---I think there are several scenarios:

1.  They stop doing the program for various reasons and are embarassed to come back
2.  The SLD method, once you have found your groove, is rather repetitive and boring.  If you're not one of the people who get a benefit out of writing down your experiences here, then once you figure everything out, you don't really feel the need to come back and post:  "lost 1 lb this week, took 2 tablespoons of oil daily."
3.  When people reach their goals, they do tend to forget about the rest of us, lol.  I think that maintenence is pretty uneventful on SLD, and we often don't hear from people until they are back on SLD to get rid of the post holiday bloat or some other issue.

I'm a little of all of the above, I read often, but rarely post anymore....but we're out here!


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Tandoori Trilobite:
What goblyn said, and more.

People who have achieved a satisfactory result with SLD won't necessarily continue with it for the long term.  I, for instance, have assessed that following classic SLD is not a suitable long-term proposition for me.  I won't go into a detailed explanation here why, but, while I lived SLD very rigorously for six months back over 2006/2007 -- and was well rewarded for it at the time -- my judgement is that it will not be realistically effective and maintainable for me as a permanent routine.  Therefore, if you're no longer following SLD, you might wonder whether what you could say about your maintenance is relevant or on-topic for the board.

That's something that I thought about for a while before posting here a few weeks ago after being unheard-from for most of 2010.  Just about any weight-loss methodology could be combined with SLD -- and there is wide-ranging discussion here about such complementary techniques -- so, for what it was worth, I thought I might as well document my own non-SLD activities in that same spirit.

When you're still in your honeymoon period with SLD and getting regular positively-reinforcing results for it, you can feel pretty motivated to post blow-by-blow reports of the kind that goblyn alluded to.  Further into the long haul, what was previously new and exciting is now routine, and, if you're not a very chatty person, it can feel as if there's not much for you to say.

Personally, I'm happy to just put in a bigger-picture post from time to time, and make a contribution that way.

jenniferleia:
Hmmmm....that all makes sense.  Very interesting. 

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