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WHAT YOU DO The book doesn't lay out a strict plan but offers common-sense advice from "masters" who have lost 20 lbs. or more and kept the weight off for at least three years...
...something just clicked. I knew I had to do something." Arias started swimming at a local pool and limiting what she ate. At first, she didn't tell anyone what she was doing because she feared she might fail again. But after the first month, when she lost 25 lbs., people at work started to notice and compliment her efforts. After two years, she had lost more than 100 lbs.--and she has kept the weight...
Arias' success story qualified her to join the National Weight Control Registry, a study of men and women who have lost at least 30 lbs. and kept them off for at least a year. The registry was founded in 1993 by James Hill, an obesity researcher at the University of Colorado, and Rena Wing, a behavioral psychologist at Brown University, and although it's a self-selected group of self-described "successful losers," it has taught researchers quite a bit about how to achieve long-term weight loss. Today there are 5,000 Americans listed in the registry, and their...
...that they necessarily count each calorie or weigh every portion, but they often started by looking up the calorie content of their favorite foods. "I was surprised at how calories can sneak up on you," says Gregg Fields, 44, a college professor in Delray Beach, Fla., who lost 35 lbs. and has kept them off for eight years. Fields quickly determined he needed to get rid of what he calls junk calories. "All fried foods are gone--particularly French fries," he says...
...have to make it a priority," says Chris Stock, 51, a 6ft. 2-in. clinical pharmacist in Salt Lake City, Utah, who lost 70 lbs. seven years ago after suffering a heart attack and adopting a vegetarian diet and a daily exercise routine. Stock runs at least an hour each day, keeps himself busy and leaves encouraging notes for himself around the house, on the refrigerator and on the computer as a way to deal with frequent thoughts about food. "Every diet is designed to be short term," he says. "But this has got to be a commitment...