How to Lose Weight and Keep It Off
I found an excellent article I'd like to share..... How to Lose Weight—and Keep It Off by Jennie McCary, MS, RD, LD How do people successfully lose weight and maintain that loss? To answer that question, the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) tracks successful weight losers--individuals who have lost at least 30 pounds and kept it off for more than 1 year. Common behaviors that these individuals share include monitoring weight and food intake, maintaining a low-calorie and low-fat diet, eating breakfast almost every day, engaging in 1 hour of physical activity daily and limiting television viewing to 10 hours or less per week (NWCR). Here are some tried-and-true weight management methods. 1 . Monitor Weight and Food Intake People who weigh themselves regularly are more successful at weight loss and weight management, as the monitoring process allows them to make adjustments if weight begins to creep back. Since many people grossly underestimate the number of calories th