The statement that diets are frustrating is true for 95% of persons who have been on a diet for two or more years. This is evident by the failure of their diet to maintain weight loss. The fundamental problem with diets is that they are focused primarily on the quantity of calories consumed rather than the management of those calories by the body. If one restricts their caloric consumption but the body poorly manages how these calories are used it is likely they will still remain fat despite their effort.

Recent studies have shown that over the past 20 years fat persons do not consume more than most slim persons. On the other hand you could have a high consumption of food and remain slim because of how your body manages the food.

The problem of obesity is not due to the quantity of food consumed but the pattern of how this food is taken. The pattern of food consumption dictates what management systems the body uses to manage the food consumed. The Sabbatical Diet ensures that the body