31.   The program had no effect on their weight, nor was the purpose of the therapy to help them shed pounds.

32.   Those who smoked or began smoking during the seven years of the study did not shed pounds.

33.   While many other players are shedding pounds and fine-tuning skills during spring training, Edgar Martinez is already fit.

34.   But Jordan has been trying to shed several pounds, working out at health clubs in Chicago and playing pickup games with working stiffs and ex-college players.

35.   But this latest fad diet promises you can shed the pounds fast while eating all the meat, cheese, eggs and fat you want.

36.   McClellan, who says he eventually plans to move up to light-heavyweight, struggled to shed the pounds as a middleweight.

37.   Mothers benefit, too, shedding pregnancy pounds faster.

38.   Weiss declined to say how many pounds Cheney has shed or how much he weighs.

39.   Both groups were also given medication to help them shed the pounds.