I fully believe, that if you follow those 5 rules, you will become more active and able to DO more hence loose more.
My wife is currently doing these 5 items, sticking to the whole ideals set forth by them. She has ALSO lost 65 pounds. She is about 3 pounds overweight now.
Karen(My wife) had a checkup today in fact.
Doctor indicated, looking at her chart for the last 25 years, she has never been able to do some of things she can now. Her Body Fat percentage is right where it needs to be. Her heart rate is awesome, Blood Pressure is actually on the low side, but stil in the Good range. She ahd a blood test done last week, she got results today, cholesterol, blood chemistry it dead-center, posture has improved to great, knees no longer hurt while walking.
Me, I am starting to feel the effects of loosing weight. My sternum has started to come back together, hurts... weird like, but is normal for "FAT" guys as they loose weight. I have also lost 3 sizes in shoe size, from 14 to 11.
There ya be...