Are you fat? Just pleasantly plump? Or plain obese? Are you sick and tired of being a good sport when friends call you a ‘fatso ‘ , ‘fats’, ‘moti’ ‘fatty’ , etc. instead of your name? Have you at various times tried different diets and exercises to lose weight - joined slimming centres, health clubs, aerobic classes, etc. and found that your robust figure would never resemble the svelte, slim , and sexy one on magazine covers? Do you want to be thing, but don’t know how to go about it?

If you have been nodding a ‘yes’ to any (or perhaps all) of the above questions, then this books is for you. Reading it alone will change your life and putting it into practice will automatically work wonders for you, your figure and most important your health and your life. That, is a promise.

"Doctor, I eat no more than my husband or sister or friend, but I gain weight while they don’t. Why?

This is one question which has been posed to me over and over again since I started my practice of permanent weight loss some 15 years ago. I joined my father Ayurvedacharya Dr. H.D. Gandhi, a pioneer in the treatment of obesity since 1954. My practice originated in 1076, while I was doing my M.B.B.S. internship and continued during my diploma training in Pathology and Bacteriology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons and carried on while I was holding a lecturer’s post at the KEM Hospital,Bombay for M.D. Branch XV, Bombay University. In 1981, my wife Anita, holding a Master’s degree in Virology from the famous Haffkine Institute, Bombay, joined my practice. And today, over twenty thousand patients later, we are still asked the same question.

Obese people while swallowing pills and powders, following the umpteen (and often contradicting) do’s and don’ts given in various magazines, turning black and blue with back-breaking exercises, sweating and fuming as they try out different diets and fads, even going through surgery to get rid of extra kilos, come back with just one sob-story, "Nothing works, doctor!"

The lost kilos creep back almost as quickly as they were dropped, comfortably settling down once again on the hips, thighs and paunches. And the question comes up once more. "Why, doctor? Is there no hope for me?"

The answer is metabolism. All human beings have their own individual metabolism, that is, they are unique in the way each burns his food, converts into energy and uses this energy for daily functions like working, talking, reproducing and living.

Frustrated fatties have been told over and over that it is all their fault - they eat too much, are lazy, have no will power etc., etc. Fat people are not voluntarily fat. Obesity is a disease. Failure to lose weight is not a question of gluttony or immorality.

We have written this book with the sole intent of breaking some of the many myths about slimming and weight loss and with a keen desire to share our experiences and solution to the problems that fat and obese people face. During our years of practice, we have been asked a whole lot of queries by our patients. Questions which have been often repeated over the years. We have compiled all these questions along with the answers to help you understand your problem and guide you to lead a slim, trim and healthy and happy life. We sincerely hope this factual presentation, will help you lose weight scientifically and permanently.

Dr. Rajshekhar Gandhi
M.D. (Bom.), D.P.B.

Mrs. Anita Gandhi
M.Sc. (Bom.), D.A.

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