small percentage of dieters actually succeed and keep it off.uper dieters. >> drop a size. >> 'tis the season of dieting. so many of us motivated to shed the pounds. >> i lost 50 pounds in about 6 months. >>reporter: take marshall brain. we followed his journey on the diet back in 2011. >> time for lunch. >>reporter: but when we returned recently the pound were starting to pack back on. fichlt 2 33. one pound away. one. >>reporter: she went on the best selling rehab diet back in 2012. >> so hungry. >>reporter: and similarly in the long run she wasn't able to keep the weight off. >> i was able to keep it off at bit and i gained it back in a little bit more. >>reporter: turns out they are among the 85 percent of dieter who fail. recent study say a matter of biology. >> body starts to create who are moon that make you feel hungry. the brine respond to eat the foods. >> but there is an elite group people who beat the odds. they are called super dieter. not only lost weight they have kept it off for years. more than 10,000 of them are being tracked i

dieter sturm joins us now from chicago. great to have you with us. not need any brand-new snow, but how does someone get into the business of making fake snow? >> we are a special-effects company by trade. i'm a special effects coordinator. my business partner is my wife. we have a company called sturm's special effects, and we do all the live-action special-effects. including environmental, mechanical, pyrotechnic. everyone in the business insight with a specialty. we kind of fell into the snow making category in the 1980's. the snow guy for chicago retired, and we were working under him at the time. everybody started coming to us. >> what makes your snow so special? what makes it better for movies than mother nature? >> it's all about control. we have the opportunity to place the snow where we want it. we can make it where and when we meet its. mother nature, as you well know, is pretty unpredictable, and a lot of times when you think you're going to have snow, she does not come through. we are standing by to make sure that is happening. that does

of others that are on trial so potentially not affecting this man but maybe in the future richard dieter of the exit executive director of the death penalty information center thank you so much thank you aaron national negotiators have started to arrive in geneva switzerland ahead of a second round of syrian peace discussions set to begin on wednesday now representatives from the united nations russia the u.s. the syrian government and its opposition will take part in these talks u.n. secretary general ban ki moon had extended a last minute invitation to are wrong to participate however that invitation was or send it after the syrian opposition threatened to pull out of the negotiations altogether if we did in fact attend parties or pissing off reports from switzerland . international peace conference on syria taking place here in this small swiss town of montreal on the shores of lake geneva is truly an international achievement it took so much time and so much effort but it's finally going to happen. and the rebels after years of fighting and unimaginable violence are going to finally

of others that are on trial so potentially not affecting this man but maybe in the future richard dieter the exit executive director of the death penalty information center thank you so much thank you. well to ukraine now where anti-government demonstrators have taken to the streets nine to after night ever since new laws were in place limiting the rights of its citizens to protest thirty people were arrested today according to the interior ministry and more than one hundred one thousand nine hundred s. have been injured since sunday afternoon the new law bans protesters from wearing masks or helmets at rallies they are allowed to set up tents or sound equipment systems without police prom mission and convoys of five cars or more traveling together must seek a private approval protesters say that these laws and french on their rights are alexei euro chef king is in ukraine and brings us this report. tension may have come down in terms of the noise at the governmental court in kiev but it's still far from settled only a few meters are separating the police lines and the line of the protes

richard dieter. and he made a comment roords to fall billty. i find that very disturbing in regards to the method of the injection. i think that when something is not palatable, i think it just brings more of an aware necessary that when somebody contemplates taking a life unless someone is mentally deranged and goes out and murders somebody they may think twice in doing that. and i have to say that i know you're showing all the statistics and everything. but i still depee. i think that we as people are trying to form our own laws. we're not using a guideline. i believe when a life is taken and someone is judged by their peers that they should nay penalty for taking that life. i think about the people who have lost children or husbands or wives to murder. and so what we're saying is well, that's not a heinous crime, but it is if we put somebody if we deem that somebody convicted and should be tried for murder that we should have second thoughts about that. because of all these statistics you're talking about. host: we'll let our guest answer. g

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. >> reporter: turns out, they're among the 85% of dieters who fail.recent studies say it's a matter of biology. >> your body starts to create hormones that make you feel hungrier. the brain responds more to food cues, telling you to eat those foods. >> reporter: but there is an elite group. people who have beaten the odds. they're called superdieters. they've not only lost weight. they've kept it off for years. more than 10,000 of them are being tracked in a database by the national weight control registry. >> we've been able to study these individuals carefully and find out what strategies have been related to their success. >> reporter: the data suggests there are golden rules to these superdieters. rule number one, don't cheat. they never give themselves a break. not even on holidays or weekends. and rule number two, eat breakfast. get this. the registry shows that's one of the most common traits of those who succeed in keeping those pounds off once and for all. and some good news? there is a point where it does get easier. >> the registry suggests

of new drugs for lethal injection caused slow painful deaths lasting over twenty minutes richard dieter of the death penalty information center says old execution methods being advocated are prone to even more mistakes you can imagine with a firing squad you know someone stumbling in only partly. bleeding. you know these are things that are also prone to error to pain to to you know revulsion from the public and so states chain. to protect. to lethal injection so to go back would certainly jeopardize the whole purpose of carrying to carry out executions some us states already provide alternatives to lethal injection alabama arkansas florida kentucky oklahoma south carolina tennessee and virginia it administer the electric chair if requested by the defendant delaware new hampshire and washington state allow inmates to choose hanging while arizona and wyoming legally allow gas chamber executions as an alternative currently lethal injection remains the only enforceable method of execution in the us but if states get their way somewhere down the line death by firing squad or electric chair

richard dieter of the death penalty information center says old execution methods being advocated are prone to even more mistakes you can imagine with a firing squad of tea or some stumbling in only part of the plane didn't leave him you know these are things that are also prone to two characters painted two of you know revulsion from the has those states. changes to protect the death penalty to lethal injection. so to go back when gently and jeopardize their whole purpose of sharing to carry out executions. some us states already provide alternatives to lethal injection. alabama arkansas florida kentucky oklahoma south carolina tennessee and virginia. mr the electric chair if requested by the defendants delaware new hampshire and washington state allow inmates to choose hanging wall arizona and wyoming legally allow gas chamber executions as an alternative. currently lethal injection remains the only enforceable method of execution in the us but it states get their way somewhere down the line death by firing squad or electric chair may become the new norm in america. according to me

. >> reporter: the 15% of dieters who've not only lost weight but kept it off for years. >> the totaleight loss of 158 pounds. >> reporter: more than 10,000 of these long-term losers are being tracked by the national weight control registry. their secrets, stored in a database. >> we asked them in the registry, what made this successful effort different from all your past unsuccessful efforts? and they say that this time, they were more committed to losing weight and keeping it off. >> reporter: steve porter is a registry member. >> i started having back issues. and the doctor said i'm happy to give you injections as you need them. but where are you going to be five years from now? >> reporter: after initially losing 105 pounds, he managed to keep off about 75 of those pounds for the last 3 years. and he says maintenance is the hard part. but it's possible for him, with daily exercise and meticulously recording everything he's going to eat. >> we plan our meals very carefully. keep everything on an excel spreadsheet. it's posted on the refrigerator. >> reporter: getting on the scale,

adults are clinically obese and yet according to market data america has one hundred meat million dieters revenues for the weight loss industry are over sixty billion dollars so we're all obese but we're all diety because we want to look like movie stars and we just can't seem to lose that weight that's the conundrum and a plastic surgeon has an answer for it that is nothing short of amazing and he's offering a procedure where he implant a hard plastic mesh things into a person's tongue that makes it incredibly painful to eat and he's solid food he implants it for two thousand dollars a person follows a strict liquids only diet for one month they lose a ton of weight and then the match implant is removed there are movies to our doctor should get the cosmetic surgeon who introduced the procedure in the u.s. so the procedure is not unhealthy at all he says it's all about interrupting patterns like when patients throw of ding dongs into their mouths they'll be inundated with terrible pain which will make them stop and think for a second hey i probably shouldn't eat any more horrible ding don

adults are clinically obese and yet according to market data america has one hundred meat million dieters revenues for the weight loss industry are over sixty billion dollars so we're all obese but we're all diety because we want to look like movie stars and we just can't seem to lose that weight that's the conundrum and a plastic surgeon has an answer for it that is nothing short of amazing he's offering the procedure where he implant a hard plastic mesh thing into a person's tongue that makes it incredibly painful to eat and he's solid food he implants it for two thousand dollars a person follows a strict liquids only diet for one month they lose a ton of weight and then the match implant is removed whom they are movies to our doctor should get the cosmetic surgeon who introduced the procedure in the u.s. so the procedure is not unhealthy at all he says it's all about interrupting patterns like when patients throve doing dongs into their mouths they'll be inundated with terrible pain which will make them stop and think for a second hey i probably shouldn't eat any more horrible ding don

. >> think you very much, dieter sturm, sturm's special effects international president joining us fromcago. jim been making more headlines today. we will have some insight on the world of whiskey from a young lady who knows one of the top experts in the world of spirits. this is "taking stock" on bloomberg. ♪ >> first we reported from bloomberg news that berkshire hathaway and regulators -- regulators will be scrutinizing warren buffett's company. here to tell us more about this detail, our reporter from washington, d.c. what is this all about? scrutiny over berkshire hathaway . is it specific to berkshire hathaway? it is specific to berkshire hathaway. what regulators are looking at is the financial stability oversight council. it was set up after dodd frank to prevent another financial crisis. it is led by the treasury secretary jack lew. they look at companies that could potentially be a risk to the broader financial system if they were to fail. mean that they think berkshire is in trouble or anything like that. the part of berkshire they are looking at for the time being is the rei

i was chilling earlier by richard dieter executive director of the death penalty information center. these are not talking about today's appeal hearing. i don't think the judge and the ruling but no will be making it prior to the execution obviously this is a talent to the clemency process in texas which has been upheld in the past. i know you are against the death penalty. what this case goes beyond whether you are for or against capital punishment. it's not arguing over whether or not this man is in fact guilty of this crime was about to international diplomacy if you can you explain the love of words and tell for sure and i think the chief concern is that us citizens who travel abroad may get arrested article that may get arrested anwar consult with their us embassy very quickly and that treaty that protects that is is the same treaty that implicated in two miles case he mean a mexican citizen had the right to consult with his embassy. one is consulate when he was arrested and that right was given to him so all that's being asked for his hearing test. let's see when that have chan

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the goal of his new book, to help dieters lose up to five pounds in five days. >> i just don't like them on. >> reporter: 43-year-old lisa delporto has been 30 pounds heavier since her first child was born. to lose that baby weight, she's following rocco's diet which she says essentially turns your body into a fat burning machine. in phase one you consume lots of water, half your weight in ounces every day along with six small protein-packed meals, 850 calories a day. more on the weekend for a month. then phase two starts. you get to eat more but learn to keep the weight off for life. i got to check this out. >> hello. >> reporter: we met up with rocco in lisa's home in brooklyn, new york. how is this diet difference? >> number one, it's delicious. these recipes are easy to make. they taste great and it's a chef's point of view that's been missing is health. >> reporter: don't have time to cook? no problem. >> you can do my 28-day phase one with store bought food if you really want to. >> reporter: part of the diet's appeal is quick weight loss so dieters feel motivated that they're on

> it seems like the pattern is teenagers, teenagers and into your mid-20s, people who are chronic dietersow a lot of anxiety. gerri: frequently eat alone, eat rapidly. that is very interesting. so what do you do about this? it seems to me this sounds like something you might do for a short period of time in her life so maybe h can get beyond it. how do you do that? >> part of it is letting the people in your life knowing you are having this issue. it is the fastest growing eating disorder in our country. and so it is really i would say challenging to get over it if you have a very tough problem with it without help from the counselors. counseling is really helpful, and learning how to get your anxiety and people have depression also battling this getting that under control is incredibly helpful. gerri: so there are root causes rather than worrying about the binge eating. >> we all do that almost on a daily basis. we almost laugh about it, ate so much over the weekend, but we're talking about a completely different group of people. people who are doing this daily and usually by themselves.

dieters just get more of their calories from food. in a twist researchers found that healthy weight people who drink diet soda do consume less calories. we have david united statesser ishuster in for alivelshi. >> reporter: we will explain a d weigh in from davos. we'll talk about the secrets of success. all that and more on "real money." real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm tony harris with a look at our top stories. tensions are high in switzerland. secretary of state john kerry put the u.s. position on the talks quite bluntly saying that president assad cannot remain leader of syria. but others said removing assad is not an option. three people have died in ukraine as protesters clash with police. today opposition leaders issued an ultimatum calling for new elections or face more popular rage. >>> a new chemical was leaked intinto the river in west virgi. freed

they're dieters, our society and culture emphasizes and appreciates fitness and skinny, that's what wewhy it's a $60 billion industry. people are desperate so they want to believe, that yes, the sensa is going to work, or hcg. >> you got to work out. >> even if everything you're saying is true -- >> work your heart out honey. >> even if everything she's saying is true, it doesn't mean the government needs to get voovd. >> the government does need to get involved buzz consumers deserve accurate information. you cannot be a fraud, you cannot lie to consumers. this is a bogus claim. >> i just think that there's another way to figure it out, whether it's common sense, i don't know, i mean i'm sorry that as a host of a show on the fox business network at 5:00 here, i'm sorry that i didn't -- >> do you wear head bands on your show like i do? >> i'm sad they didn't have one of my producers use the sensa for a month and that it doesn't work. >> what are you saying it sounds too good to be true? >> it's probably not true. >> shouldn't you go after those who -- >> i think that's why we're talkin

so that's why dieters weigh food. the scale shows you things the proteins and sugars and -- not grams and ounces. i can put something on the scale say like milk. i can scan the bottle using my ip ipad. it will shoot the results over to my ipad so. here is a close-up of my ipad showing me exactly how much saturated fat, unsaturated fat, protein and sugar and what not are in my glass of milk. or i can tell it to weigh an apple and the same thing is going to happen. check out my ipad. apples have way more sugar than i thought. pretty much all carbohydrate. you can tell the scale to alert you when you go over a certain limit. helpful to diabetics, what is neat you can start stacking things together and so if you want to limit say your fat intake, start adding almonds and watch your ipad and figure out how many fat grams you're getting, no hold on. >> how would you scan your almonds? >> you have to tell it almonds. it will know. things that have the upc symbol you can go like at the store. you watch the bar graph move. >>

richard dieter, the executive director of the information center, the non-profit organization that tracksjoins us right now. a recent report detailed where the death penalty is being imposed and where executions are being carried out. what did you learn in that report? the numbers were extraordinary. there's been a 75-% drop in death sentences in the past decade and a 60% drop in executions. most abolished the death penalty leak maryland last year and public support is at an all-time low. >> why is it going down? >> i think innocence is the biggest issue. the public, jurors, prosecutors know that the public expects a very tight, scientific case and that's not always possible. dna has revealed that the system makes mistakes and death penalty doesn't fit well in that system? how does public opinion factor into this? >> public opinion, i think, keeps the death penalty rolling along. it's not going away in 2014, but i think the use, the practical assessment of the death penalty is that it's a program that isn't working. it's becoming irrelevant even if people support it. >> so the majority of

so where does that leave the dieters? dawn zier is ceo of nutrisystem.yself up as exhibit "a." i've done weight watchers, jenny craig, cabbage soup, the all hot dog, the all watermelon, i've done them all. you've done that. this is thing. they'll all work if you stick with it. not a one size fits all. they will all work if you stick with it. and therein lies the problem. what makes nutrisystem so good? >> it can't be that deprivation. it has to be about variety and having healthy food option. nutrisystem is a structured food program. where people fall off is when people try to do it on their own. it's hard in today's busy lifestyle to do it without help. >> people need structure to say you're going to eat this at this time and this at that time. it has to be that strict. i think i need that, too. >> it takes the guesswork out of dieting. losing weight is all about portion control. but try to figure out what exactly the right portion s portion control and calorie control. ultimately limiting the number of calories. >> yes. >> how long is the program you g

after that, richard dieter of the death penalty information center on the use of capital punishment in 2013. plus your emails, phone calls, and tweets. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. the c.e.o. of heritage action, the advocacy organization linked to the heritage foundation is our guest this weekend on "newsmakers." founded in 2010, he talks about his group's roles and issues in topics dividing conserve tiffs in the republican party. watch "newsmakers" sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. astern here on c-span. >> about 10, 15 years ago, we started looking at the census department data, and very strange kind of pops out. when you look at where profits are of multinationals, you know, if you look at europe, you see germany, france, ireland, italy. but if you look at the data on where the profits are, france, germany, ireland. it's just this -- a unusually disproportionate amount of profit information ireland, so that was one indication that something was going on. >> more with marty sullivan, chief economist for tax analysts, a nonprofit global provider of tax ne

that, richard dieter on capital punishment. "washington journal" live at 7 on c-span.n deadline's approaching for c-span's student cam video competition open to middle and high school students, answering the question, what's the most important issue congress should address this year with a five to seven-minute documentary that programming.an there's $100,000 in total prizes. by january 20. studentcam.org. >> the supreme court heard oral airlineson whether need any reason to drop their frequent flyer programs. arthwest airlines stripped rabbi from its world perks membership because according to airline, he abused the program. at issue is whether rabbi to bringhas a right his case or whether it's preempted by the airline act which prohibits parties from bringing claims the airline because of price, service or route of the carrier. this is an hour. >> we hear argument first this 12462, northwest rabbiorated versus ginsberg. mr. clement? itmr. chief justice, may please the court. under this court's decision there are only two relev

. >> richard dieter joining us from washington. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> ukraine's stability may rest on negotiations ongoing between opposition leaders in the government. we want to show you live pictures from kiev. after five days of violent chance in the city's main square, both sides are taking a break while talks resume. negotiations ended wednesday with opposition leaders demanding new elections right away. they say if they don't get what they want, they have promised to the protests will begin again. government forces stepping up their crackdown, closing streets and firing water cannons at protestors. at least four people were killed yelled. >> iranian president addressing the world, using his trip to meet with oil company executives and financial leaders. he said iran now ready to engage the international community. >> i here announce that one of the theoretical and practical pillars of my government is constructive engagement with the world. without international engagement, objectives such as growth, creditti

control and lead to increased calorie intake and scientists are not encouraging a switch but say dietersd be aware. people are actually making better choices when it comes to food, according to a study adults consumed 117 fewer calories a day compared to four years earlier. americans also reported eating more home-cooked meals and reading labels at grocery store and shopping for healthy options. in south korea ice fishing is a national pastime as harry faucet tells us an annual festival is in full swing in the town and a million people are expected to grab their fishing gear and take part. >> it's a winter tradition here and january is ice fishing season and not just for a few high highly enthusiast and they come to the frozen stretch of river a couple hours's drive from seoul. >> it's fun. this is my third year here. sometimes we come here twice a year. the whole family. and there is the fun of eating as well. >> the common factor in the hunt for the prize of the trout is a need for patience. rewarded with the arrival of the fish truck. each day 3-8 tons of farmed fish added to the damm

we actually polled our viewers to ask them what kind of dieter are you. what did we find?ep, emotional eating, fitness focus or an anti-diet approach is about 40% of people said, you know, i'm sick of a regular plan. i want to make my own thing and get my own lifestyle. which is good, but we're going to cover all the basic categories. you've got to eat less and move a little more. if you find a book that speaks to you, you're more likely to stick with it. >> let's do step by step. these are people who want to know, tell me everything i have to eat and i'm going to stick to it by the book, so to speak. >> a plan that tells you here's what you need to do every day. we look at the every other day diet. that's our first one. it's alternating days you eat 500 calories and go to about 1,600 calories. if that doesn't sound good to you, that doesn't sound like a lot. it's basically a meal a day and fruits and vegetables. but one way to do it. it alternates every other day. perfectly safe. and everything we're doing is no quick fixes and sound science. >> now, no guarantees you're

i mean we call this the dieter's approach to change is basically everybody's default model for how changelly we haven't yet begun to teach, it's a new course that's going to be offered online through harvard ed-x and we already have 40,000 people registered for it. amazing. and what we're hoping to teach people is that there is a method that they can use that helps them get beyond the behaviors, dig inside, see what's going on in their internal landscape that is really leading them to behave in these ways they want to change. and then we put tools in their hand to help them to be able to basically explore, is there mindset so correct or not. >> i don't know if the syllabus is done yet, but just beyond what we've already talked about, can you give us a nuance or some little nugget here that people might not know as they sit here and watch? >> well, let me give you an example, because this is a real person and it's the sort of thing that we hope for, for everyone. a pretty typical new year's resolution is to want to stop smoking. and some fellow in his 40s said to me this is a goal i have t