Most dieters gain back the weight -- and then some -- after losing it. So what's the secret of the few who have kept it off? For starters, they didn't diet. Instead, they changed how they ate -- long-term, wholesale changes, not just cutting back for a limited time and then returning to their old ways of snacking on Doritos and Haagen-Dazs. And they exercised -- consistently and in copious amounts, incorporating it into their daily routine.
The National Weight Control Registry, which tracks thousands of people who have kept off a significant amount of weight for years, has found that 98% have transformed their eating habits and that 94% got moving and stayed moving, way more than most people.
