Lose It For Ever – Dave Elger

There are currently more than five thousand members of the National Weight Control Registry, all of whom have lost significant amounts of weight and kept it off. These members lost the weight in a variety of ways and for a variety of reasons. Some have lost 30 pounds, some 130 pounds. Some have kept the weight off for one year, some for decades. What they all have in common, though, is a commitment to successful weight loss maintenance. These are the success stories of just a few of our many participants. -national weight control registry

MY COMMENT: These people are to be commended for what they’ve been able to accomplish. If you need to lose more than 30 pounds, I’d be looking closely at everything they did to lose weight and how they’ve been able to maintain their success.

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I co-founded the National Weight Control Registry, which tracks about 6,000 people who have, on average, lost 70 pounds and kept it off for seven years. What we’re doing is trying to learn how these people manage to do it. What strategies really work? We’ve found some common factors. People in the Registry tend to do a lot of physical activity. They tend to eat a low-fat diet and pay attention to overall calories. They self-monitor: they weigh themselves and keep periodic food diaries. And they eat breakfast every day. -James O. Hill, Ph D. webmd

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