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Valerie, this article is great.

I've added a mention of it on the home page.

http://www.nosdiet.com/#try

Reinhard
--- Valerie Akers <valakers@...> wrote:

> 
> 
> I read this today in an article in The Washington
> Post:
> 
> Studies show that altering eating habits for good
> requires 10 to 12 
> concerted attempts to succeed – which is to say
> about a dozen failures come 
> before the eventual success. "That's not reason to
> despair," said John 
> Norcross, professor of psychology at the University
> of Scranton in 
> Pennsylvania and a researcher on self-initiated
> change. "If anything, it's 
> reason to say, 'I'm not doing so bad.' "
> 
> Here's a link to the entire article if you're
> interested:
> 
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A10995-2002Jan7&notFound=true
> 
> Valerie