Appalachian Trail - Best weight loss plan ever.

Thruhiking can take the weight off, but to maintain this weight loss after the hike, one needs a healthy diet (in terms of food choices and amount) and regular exercise. Unfortunately, thru hiking conditions one to exactly the opposite - an especially terrible diet that is compensated for by a level of activity that is virtually impossible to replicate off trail. What's really needed is a commitment to a real world lifestyle change. This is similar to what is seen with a lot of cardiac patients that have heart attacks and are given stents to clear arteries. A high percentage will have a second heart attack, not because the stent didn't work, but because the patient saw the stent as a reset button and never committed to a healthy lifestyle.

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