John McDougall, MD and The McDougall Plan Changed My Life In 1995, I weighed 260 pounds. I’d been overweight or obese all my life. My blood pressure was high and I was borderline diabetic. Cheese, ice cream and Coke were staples in my diet. Our daughter-in-law somehow convinced me to try the McDougall plan for six weeks. During those weeks I felt better and I lost weight. However, since I was in diet mentality, once those six weeks were up it was right back to hot fudge marshmallow malts, cheeseburgers and fries, and I regained all the weight back that I lost and more. |