After the OK from EC the Greek Parliament approves OA privatisation. Here an article from sofiaecho.com:
"The privatisation of debt-laden Olympic Airlines was approved by parliament in Athens in a narrow vote on October 2 2008, giving the green light to a scheme which has European Union approval but which brought airline employees and unionists out in protest.

In September, the EU approved the sale scheme for the airline, which has debts of about two billion euro, but made approval conditional on the airline paying back state subsidies adding up to about 850 million euro.

Embattled prime minister Kostas Karamanlis has defended the move, while according to Greek media reports, transport minister Costis Hadzidakis gave an assurance that the air carrier's name, emblem, employees, remote routes (mostly to the Greek islands), as well as its growth prospects perspectives had been secured.

Joined by the protesting Olympic Airlines employees were representatives of the Greek Railway Organisation OSE which is also to be subject to restructuring. The General Confederation of Workers of Greece has declared a public utility strike in protest against the airline and railway moves.

Olympic Airlines began operating in its current form on December 12 2003, following the integration of all Olympic Airways and Olympic Aviation flight operations by Macedonian Airlines, which was renamed to Olympic Airlines, and until then only performed charter flights, according to the company’s website. It serves 78 destinations and has a fleet of 41. This year, a shortfall in aircraft has led Olympic to cancel some flights.

On September 16 2008, the Greek government announced a major restructuring, which will see the launch of a new private airline named Pantheon Airways, scheduled to start operations this month.

Pantheon will operate parallel to Olympic Airlines until, in April 2009, Olympic Airlines will be shut down and Pantheon will take over some of its routes. Pantheon will then be renamed with "Olympic" being in the name, while Olympic's rings will also be used. The new Olympic will be freed of the old Olympic's debts. The number of jobs at the airline is supposed to shrink from 8000 to 1000 workers."

Since inpatient two years ago, I've gained twenty pounds. I know a lot of anorexics have gained a lot more than that, but the first ten pounds I gained was very gradual. The second ten pounds I'd say I gained right after I stopped weighing myself, which was around June. So I am a little scared that my weight will go out of control if I don't monitor my weight...then again...maybe KNOWING my weight was making me restrict my food subconsciously. God wants me at this weight for some reason.

My clothes aren't fitting right, but oh well. I need three meals a day to literally fuction. If I skip lunch I will be moody, irritable, physically weak, tired, and miserable. I can't imagine ever starving again. That's the gift OA has given me, and I'm thankful for that.

I still would like to exercise and tone my thighs/hips, but I'm really unmotivated to do that.

I've been skipping meetings (some for justified reasons, some not) and not doing recovery work. I need to catch up! I feel emotionally strong...usually when I skip meetings I get very depressed and sad. So I guess that's a gift, too.

Now in my workout I did do a variety of machines but since we were busy talking we forgot to log it in my journal. That happens when you get so involved with what your doing.

On Friday we plan on taking so videos that discuss a variety of topics. That should give you insight to my journey and in the long run I hope it inspires others to get off your butt and start really living a healthy lifestyle. It is possible.

MRI RESULTS:

Now to the results of the MRI and I feel kind of stupid about this whole thing now that I know what the issue is. I guess I just have a low tolerance of pain and really need to toughen up a bit more and stop being a wuss!

The Great news is that there is NO knee damage and all; Nothing is torn nor damaged either. All is fine with the knee. The doctor says it's a very healthy knee, except for one tiny issue....

I have the onset of osteoarthritis (OA) knee pain. It's in the early stages I guess. The thing about OA knee pain is that it doesn't usually go away on its own. In a knee with OA, the joint fluid may break down and disappear over time.The cartilage in your knee joint can wear down, and the lining of the joint can become irritated. This makes your movement limited, and you may feel some severe knee pain.

So for this I will be given over a 3 week period 3 injections of what they call "SYNVISC" . What this does is it replaces damaged knee fluid, which can be one of the results of OA of the knee. In some people the results are immediate, but I require the 3 injection to get maximum results and hopefully long term. Because of insurance issues I might have to wait 2-3 weeks before I get the first injection.

In the meantime thought the doctor says that I can resume my cardio but have it low impact. That mainly means NO running or jogging. So it looks like I'll be back on the bike and it did say I could use the treadmill and lower speed with inclines to get my heart-rate up there. He suggested to start at 15 minutes on that. I'll talk with Brad just to make sure we are on the right track.

I am just so relieved about all this. Now I can get back and start having some fun again....

Many of you know that I have struggled with anorexia in the past and many many years of severe bulimia.  Many of you have heard of these ‘real’ eating disorders.  But I also hear and see so many more people struggling with the condition of binge eating, or of the less discussed disordered eating.  Because it is totally possible to maintain a weight within the ‘healthy’ range, or laugh it off as just “loving food too much” sufferers are often able to conceal their issues for years and struggle with the destructive behavior in pain and isolation without ever getting help, or even realizing that there is help.

What links all of these conditions or disorders is that there is almost always a preoccupation with food that can become an obsession.  We think about it all day, dream about it at night, plan out our next meal before we’ve started to digest the one we just ate.  When I was severely restricting my food I would find myself wandering around the aisles of a supermarket, just staring at the displays of food for literally hours.  When I was actively bingeing and purging I would be sitting in class plotting what I was going to buy from each of the different shops on my way home (so the shopkeepers wouldn’t think I was weird for buying enough baked goods to feed the 5000 in all one place). 

Even now I would be lying if I said that in moments of high stress it never occurs to me to order in enough takeout for a small army and go to town.  I’m not sure it will ever completely leave my consciousness. But I do know that I no longer live in fear of food (Too much?  Not enough?). I do know that I’m able to have a real loving and truly intimate relationship with someone other than FOOD.  Because it’s hard, almost impossible to properly love and be loved; to be fully present and honest with someone when you’re hiding food wrappers, or sneaking off to the bathroom to throw up, or endure the agonizing results of the box of laxatives you swallowed earlier. 

I also know that I couldn’t have rebuilt my relationship with food, and my body; couldn’t have recovered to the extent that I have on my own; without help.

“It’s just food, I should be able to figure it out!”  “I’m embarrassed, I’m SO weird about food; people will think I’m a freak.” “I’m fine, I just have a little willpower issue.”

Listen; IT’S NOT ABOUT THAT!

We all have ingrained patterns of behavior; I bet you brush your teeth the same way every morning.  With food, as with anything else we have to learn new patterns, new habits.  And food affects the body similarly to drugs.  That might sound extreme but too much food, or not enough can give us this strange ‘high’, where we feel insulated from our feelings.  And that is the part of the pattern that’s hard to break free from.  That’s the factor that pulls us back into the destruction time and time again. And that’s the part that needs help and support.

I went to therapy.  I went to Out -Patient rehab.  I was very sick and pretty desperate by the time I gave in to the concept of getting better and was prepared to do anything.  And I also went to Overeaters Anonymous (O.A).  I’d like to clear up the common misconception that it’s only for obese, weird people, or for those who “overeat”.  There are people of all ages, sexes, and sizes.   There are teenagers, high-powered lawyers, glamorous fashionistas, stay-at-home parents; those of us that have issue with food run the gamut of society.  It wasn’t until I started going to these (free) meetings that I really realized that how you look, or how successful you are has NOTHING to do with your real relationship with food.

I needed all three support systems to recover as much as I have, but it was the support and understanding of my peers in these meetings that really changed my views on what it was to allow food to make me so secretly unhappy and isolated.  I’m not saying they were fun, but they helped me and I needed and wanted help.

If you are struggling in secret please know that there is support out there. If you have a therapist but have resisted talking about it outside of their office then please consider a meeting.  Try therapy, try out-patients, try OA; try all three!  But please try SOMETHING.  Because if I have learnt anything over my decade plus of self-inflicted food/body misery, it is that it doesn’t just stop.  It isn’t just a case of “doing better tomorrow”, or that extra hour in the gym.  Please don’t carry on suffering in secret, and reading a model’s blog and feeling like it’s YOUR fault because you can’t not binge and eat the way she says she eats. 

I had to learn this life that I have.  I had to be helped to get to this point.  Yes, I’ve worked hard, and I have willpower and I really WANTED to get better. But I still needed help to get here.

Books:

The book that first inspired me that change is possible. I first read it 14 years ago:

Eating In the Light of the Moon

The Four Agreements

People, Places and Things

Centers for Spiritual Living

Gary van Warmerdam -- Toltec Spirit

Rita Rivera -- Toltec Mastery

Paul McKenna -- I Can Make You Thin

Susan Powder

i am just opposite to the thing or object or person or landscape that standing in front of me !

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Excerpts

This book aims to guide the scientific community on the requirements of Open Access, and the plethora of low-cost solutions available. A compendium of selected literature on Open Access is presented to increase the awareness of the potential of open publishing in general.

The book also aims to encourage decision makers in academia and research centers to adopt institutional and regional Open Access Journals and Archives to make their own scientific results public and fully searchable on the Internet.

Editors: Enrique Canessa and Marco Zennaro
Publisher: ICTP - The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy)
First edition: July 2008
PDF (6.1 MB): 207 pages.

From the "Credits":

This book was prepared for the ICTP Workshop on “Using Open Access Models for Science Dissemination” held in Trieste, Italy in July 2008 carried out in collaboration with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP).

Part 1 is entitled: "Selected Literature", and provides background information about Open Access, including sections on "Open Access to science in Developing Countries".

Part 2, beginning on page 135/207 of the PDF (page 125 of the book), is entitled "Software". There are sections on EPrints, DSpace, Self-Archiving, Open Access archives (ArXiv, Open Access services at ICTP, HAL), E-LIS, Open Journals System, Topaz and CDS Invenio.

My brother is coming to stay with us and I'm hoping it turns out to be an opportunity. I really hope he decides to live with us for a bit so he can help out with the rent. We really need that. And he (in my opinion) needs me to help him straighten out his life. He's an addict, and I want to take him to a few NA meetings. I know how much 12 step has helped me...I hope he allows me to take him so it may help him as well. The problem is that his disease wins most of the time and convinces him he has no problem. Just because he may not be doing his drug of choice doesn't mean he still doesn't suffer from his disease. Why do you think he has to move in with us? Because my dad won't enable him anymore and he's been living off of other people his entire life. God bless the boy...I love him to death...but he's almost 30 and still lives a miserable life.

Hopefully this will be a great chance for the both of us. PLEASE GOD - HELP ME. HELP US.

On Friday, Morrison noted that the growth rate of the DOAJ (directory of open access journals) has almost doubled in the past year. She writes:

This simple chart illustrates the near doubling of the growth rate of the Directory of Open Access Journals from 2007 to 2008, from an average of more than 1.2 new title per calendar day, to an average of 2.2 new titles per calendar day.

As further illustration of the growth rate of DOAJ: as of today, DOAJ includes 3,587 journals , and has added 63 new titles in the last 30 days, more than 2 new titles per day (and it's August!). Since September 30, 2007, DOAJ has grown from 2,846 titles, an increase of 741 titles in 11 months, or 330 days at 30 days/month, for an average net growth of 2.2 titles per day. In the September 30, 2007 Dramatic Growth of Open Access update, I noted a growth rate of 1.2 titles / day for DOAJ over the previous year.

Now, if you're like me and need a visual aid to understand the rate of growth in absolute number of titles versus rate of new titles, check out this chart I tossed together from Heather's data:

This post is here not only to call attention to the “Dramatic Growth of Open Access,” but also to assist in illustrating the use of Creative Commons licensed content. The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics is published under a CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Canada license, meaning I can reuse IJPE content and make derivative works as long as it's not for profit and I use a similar license.

As noted on our About page, SJL is published under the similar, although not identical Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license.

I love babywearing because it calms my fussy baby, because I love having my baby close, and because I find it somewhat of a necessity with four kiddos.  I love everything from wraps to mei tais, to soft structured carriers.  Although I could speak in great depth on each of these carriers, my topic today is the Olives and Applesauce buckle tai or soft structured carrier.

I own the Daisy Dream print 16" full buckle tai, and my little 7 monther just loves it.  Made by a WAHM in the USA I don't mind paying the $$ for such a stunning carrier to help a mama stay home with her kiddos.  No need for a big plastic stroller, we can venture off the beaten trail.  We can go enjoy nature at it's best, whether it be on the side of a mountain, down by the creek , or picking huckleberries at some random place along our journeys.  No restrictions, just babe and I.  (oh, and 3 others tagging along, LOL).  I love it.

If you want to find out more about babywearing, I highly recommend checking out www.thebabywearer.com and jumping right on in on the forums.  There is a wealth of information there for you to do your research on which baby carrier will work best for you. 

Happy babywearing!

The editorial (which isn't freely accessible) summarizes information that can freely accessed via Wiley-Blackwell and Open Access.

It's noteworthy that Wiley-Blackwell will post the accepted versions of articles by NIH grant-holders to PubMed Central, to be made publicly available 12 months after publication. However, the full text of articles in Epilepsia are already freely accessible online after one year. So, unless or until the NIH public access policy is modified from permitting a 12-month embargo on OA to a mandate the only permits shorter embargoes (such a 6 months), little has been gained from mandating the deposition, into the PubMed Central repository, of NIH-supported postprints that have been accepted for publication in Wiley-Blackwell journals.

Added September 2, 2008: Another Wiley-Blackwell journal has published an editorial, by Allan D Kirk and Daniel R Salomon, entitled: AJT's Response to the National Institutes of Health Public Access Regulations, American Journal of Transplantation, published online August 22 2008. See: Another TA response to the the NIH OA policy, Peter Suber, Open Access News, September 1, 2008.

Again, the editorial isn't OA, and has no abstract. However, one sentence in the editorial is especially noteworthy:

In response to this new regulatory mandate, the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Transplantation has unanimously approved a new policy that all publications accepted to the Journal, regardless of their source of funding support, will be automatically posted to the National Library of Medicine PubMed Central upon acceptance. Articles will be automatically available within the 1-year time frame required by the NIH.

Unlike research articles in the Wiley-Blackwell journal Epilepsia, the new access policy of the American Journal of Transplantation will be applicable to "all publications accepted to the Journal, regardless of their source of funding support". However, it should be pointed out that research articles in the American Journal of Transplantation, like those in Epilepsia, are OA one year after publication. See: Wiley-Blackwell Open Access Backfiles.

So, again, little has been gained from mandating the deposition, into the PubMed Central repository, of NIH-supported postprints that have been accepted for publication in this Wiley-Blackwell journal.

I realized a few days ago that OA has taken away my desire to restrict my food in order to lose weight. That doesn't mean I wouldn't like to lose a few or be thinner, but the thought of not eating around three meals a day just seems ridiculous. And when I'm hungry, I can't imagine ever not eating. I don't know how I did it, but I guess when you are sick you are willing to do anything to cope with whatever you are dealing with. Starving was my coping mechanism.

But because of this I am gaining weight. Trying to think of it as that's where God wants me to be, but my stomach is getting more "cushiony". It used to be pretty lean, but I have a tiny pouch thing now. Not too happy about that.

I have to admit though - I'm not really eating healthy foods. A lot of it is microwavable or fried. And a lot of carbs and peanut butter. And I don't exercise.

Afternoon: we got food from gracies and ate with out departments, we got t-shirts and a frissbe.  Later we had an "Inspirational Comedian" who lost everything to drugs and alcohol abuse.

Evening: We were entertained by (Slightly) Amazing Dave, a magician.  He did some pretty wacky stuff, and pulled a rabbit out of a hat.

Olympic Airlines decides to stop the flight to London Gatwick from Athens, and to reduce flights from Salonika to Gatwick and from Athens to Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart and Dubai. This is the plan of Olympic Airways which decided to stop all flights less profitable to contain costs in the next winter season, after continuous balances which making a loss. To reduce airports’ costs abroad the airlines is trying to find an international partner to make an alliance.

(ttgitalia.com)

Recent changes to the BMJ’s copyright licence and the information it includes in research articles means that they can be formally listed as open access articles in PubMed Central and other repositories. So should we change the labels of open access research articles on our website from “free” to “open access”?

The term “open access” implies much more than just “free”. ...

...

... [Peter] Suber has suggested the adoption of the terms “libre” and “gratis” to clarify precisely which type of open access we mean. “Gratis” would be used to mean removal of price barriers and “libre” would mean the removal of both price and permission barriers.

Whether these terms catch on remains to be seen, but what is clear is that open access needs to be more clearly defined. ...

I posted this response (on August 19):

Open Access (OA) has been clearly defined several times. Unfortunately, some of the definitions have differed significantly, and no lasting consensus has emerged, other than that a necessary condition for OA is the removal of price barriers. However, that’s only the starting point. The differing perspectives of OA publishers, traditional subscription-based publishers, OA advocates, funders, editors and authors (for example, those authors who are also text- or data-miners) have yielded a variety of other conditions. Some versions of OA permit licenced reuse. Some permit deposition in an online repository for long-term archiving. The resulting muddle has been reviewed, from the perspective of an OA publisher, in an editorial by Catriona J. MacCallum, When Is Open Access Not Open Access? PLoS Biol 2007; 5(10): e285. See: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050285

The final sentence in the editorial by Catriona J. MacCallum:

Perhaps the real key to establishing a broad consensus around the meaning of open access will be the development of resources that demonstrate the potential of unrestricted reuse of the literature—the “Lego factor.” If certain work is not included in these resources because of restrictive license agreements, authors will probably pay much closer attention to the claim that a publisher is “open access.” Enlightened self-interest can be a powerful force.

My own view: "Open Access" seems likely to continue to have multiple definitions, and those with different kinds of self-interest seem likely to continue to prefer different definitions. More categories than Peter Suber's first two ("gratis OA" and "libre OA") will probably be needed.

We ate Indian, spinach, onions, shrimp, rice, dal, cauliflower, potatoes, no cream in the sauce, lychee juice (no sugar) and tealuxe pots of teas (copley vanilla black tea with a spot of milk - absolutely delicious). I had some cheese and a few non regulation crackers, will have to give away the rest and stay away from the flour. I hope my relation pulls through and does not suffer anymore. All I can do is show up healthy and awake and offer love. That's enough. I'm enough.

Suggestions for Implementing H.O.W.

See your doctor. Have him completely review this program of eating. Follow all of his suggestions concerning this plan. Take a multivitamin every day. All food must be weighed and measured. Use a postal or kitchen scale, a measuring cup and measuring spoons. Fish may be baked, boiled, roasted, pan-broiled, grilled or oven-broiled. Salad dressing is only alloted in the evening and must have sugar listed 5th or less on the label. Food should be written down on a daily basis for at least 90 days. Successful members continue to write their food down even after the weight loss. Do not skip meals, and do not combine two meals for example breakfast and lunch (brunch). Do not weigh yourself (except once a month). If something listed in this food plan becomes a problem, avoid it. Avoid all individual binge foods. Sit down for meals. Eat slowly. Never have a second helping.

Food we absolutely avoid are: alcohol, sweets of any kind, nuts, fried foods, sugared soft drinks, cream cheeses, specialty cheeses, honey, anything containing sugar or white flour. I will probably drink wine and champagne after I reach my goal weight but I know the white sugar/flour thing is a no-no for me for life.

When in doubt, leave it out.

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Guidelines for H.O.W. abstainers: Proteins may be mixed. For example: 8 oz. milk + 1 oz. cheese

In the first 30 days, wheat germ may be used at lunch or dinner, but not a breakfast.

Sugar must be listed 5th or lower on salad dressings and should not be in seasonings or soft drinks. Dextrose, fructose, lactose and sucrose are, in fact, sugar. Soy flour or sugar should be listed fifth or lower in soy products. If fresh fruit is not available, used canned or frozen fruit that is packed in water or its own juice. When mixing fruits, be mindful that if the mixture contains a 1/2 cup fruit, then the total mixture must equal 1/2 cup. Diet, sugar-free catsup and regular mustard are acceptable; use tomato sauce for cooking or up to 3 tsp. of lemon juice for food preparation. Some artificial sweeteners contain large amounts of sugar...beware. If you want milk in your coffee, subtract 1/2 protein from your morning meal. This will give you 1 cup of milk all day for coffee. Onion soup mix may be used as a seasoning but not as a soup. When a 1/2 cup vegetable selection is mixed with a 1 cup vegetable selection, it can be counted as a 1 cup vegetable. Salad should be measured at all times. A salad can be a combination of any listed vegetables. No deep fried or breaded foods. Up to 3 Tbsp. of bran per day may be used if needed. No alcoholic beverages (until GOAL WEIGHT). 8 glasses of water are suggested daily.To create a complete protein when using legumes, combine with grain or animal protein. (example--1/2 cup beans with 1 oz. cheese.)

Abstinence is a commitment to recovery: Of course, to the new person this appears as another diet. But we who have walked this path before you know that this program of eating is unique.

First, you may not modify to suit yourself. Any additions or subractions you make must be with a physicains' advice. Commit yourself to a black and white abstinence so you may deal with the grey areas of living.
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For the Food Addicts Anonymous plan go here: "FAA food plan".

Honesty Openness Willingness - H.O.W. Food Plan 

                                             Menu outline used for the first 90 days.

BREAKFAST

1 protein
1 fruit
1 tsp. butter, margarine or oil

LUNCH

1 protein
1 vegetable
3 pieces of raw vegetables or 1 cup of salad/vegetablegoo
1 tsp. butter, margarine or oil

DINNER

1 protein
1 vegetable
2 cups salad
2 Tablespoons of salad dressing
1 tsp. butter, margarine or oil

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                                              Menu outline for continued weight loss after first 90 days.

BREAKFAST

1 protein
1 grain (optional)
1 fruit
1 tsp. butter, margarine or oil

LUNCH

1 protein
1 vegetable
1 cup of salad/vegetable
1 grain (only if not eaten at breakfast)
1 tsp. butter, margarine or oil

DINNER

1 protein
2 cups salad or 1 cup salad and
1 cup cooked vegetable
2 Tablespoons of salad dressing
1 grain
1 tsp. butter, margarine or oil

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H.O.W. FOOD LIST

Protein 4 oz. tempeh, fish, ricotta cheese,16 oz. skim milk, 16 oz. buttermilk, 8 oz. yogurt, 8 oz. tofu,
2 oz. cheese, 4 oz. cottage cheese, 1 c. legumes

Fats 1 tsp. butter, 1 T. cream, 1 T. sour cream, 1 T. oil, 2 T. salad dressing

1 Cup Veggies alfalfa sprouts, artichokes, asparagus, bean sprouts, bok choy, broccoli, bamboo shoots,
brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, chard, cucumbers, eggplant, greens,
dill pickle, lettuce, kohlrabi, mushrooms, okra, pea pods, parsley, peppers, radishes,
red or green chilies, sauerkraut, spinach, string beans, summer, crook neck or spaghetti
squash, tomatoes, turnips, zucchini

1/2 Cup Veggies beets, carrots, onions, pumpkin, rutabaga, Jerusalem artichoke, water chestnuts,
winter squash, jicama, leeks, parsnips

Fruit 1 apple, 3 apricots, 1/2 c. black & blueberries, 1 c. boysenberries, 1/2 cantaloupe,
1 c. casaba, cranshaw or honeydew melons, 2 figs, 3/4 c. cherries, 1 c. gooseberries,
1/2 grapefruit, 1 guava, 2 kiwi, 2 lemons or limes, 1/2 mango, 1 nectarine, 1 orange,
1 c. papaya, 1 peach, 1 pear, 1/2 c. canned or 1/8 whole pineapple, 2 plums,
1/2 c. raspberries, 1 c. rhubarb, 1 c. strawberries, 2 tangerines, 1/2 c. unsweetened juice,
1 c. watermelon

Whole Grains 1 oz. (EZEKIAL) bread, 1 oz. dry cereal, 2 rye crackers ( 3 1/2 x 2), 1/2 c. cooked cereal, cooked (EZEKIAL) pasta, brown rice, kasha, millet, barley, bulgar

Condiments all spices, onion soup mix, 1/2 c. tomato sauce,  soy & worcestershire sauce, salsa. 

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NOTE: I am trying to follow this plan, throwing in a bit of Grey Sheet for the weight loss period and the FAA for the maintenance part of the plan. I did Grey Sheet for years but found it to not be healthy for me past the initial weight loss. H.O.W. is something I can see as more sustainable in a maintenance plan with the introduction of healthy whole grains and more fruit, protein and vegetable choices.