# What Is Your Successful Diet Story?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-successful-diet-story/190393>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 23, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-successful-diet-story/190393 "2003-07-23T16:05:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-successful-diet-story/190393/61 "2003-07-24T20:50:20Z")

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My son was on sort of a modified atkins - ate little but burgers (no bun) and pork rinds - and lost 100 lbs. Has kept it off 3 years (well, gained some back, but he got a foot taller). Maybe not a real healthy diet, but he’s better off now without the extra weight.

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-successful-diet-story/190393/62 "2003-07-24T21:44:48Z")

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Oh, I forgot to mention when I posted my success story: My oldest daughter (she’s 16) has taken off about 25 pounds on the same plan. She went from a size 16 to a size 12. Hubby has been following it, too. He’s only lost about 15 pounds, but he’s lost about 4 inches around his waist! All his pants are falling off of him! And he says that, unlike when we were going low-fat, he doesn’t crave chips and such!

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