How To Choose A Weight Loss Plan

As it turns out, losing weight isn't really that hard, as just about any weight loss plan can result in pounds lost. Keeping it off is the most difficult part.

So how do you know which weight loss plan will help keep the weight off over the long term?

Simple, look for the plan that strengthens good eating habits.

The reason why so many weight loss plans fail is because they don't teach you how to eat healthy.

• Diet drugs fail because they make you dependent on drugs, and allow you to eat anything you want.


• The HCG diet fails for the same reason, making you dependent on hormone injections, and not teaching you good habits.


• The lap band, gastric bypass, stomach-staple, all fail as well because they too don't teach you good eating habits.

Weight Watchers is a good plan simply because it teaches you which foods are healthier through the use of a scoring system. But I wouldn't buy Weight Watchers food. Rather, their use of the scoring system reveals which foods to encourage, and which foods to avoid. It's not as good as reading nutrition labels and ingredients lists, but it still develops a pattern of healthy eating that you can rely on for years ahead.

Any kind of weight loss plan that categorizes foods into groups, either by their fiber content, calorie content, fat content, carb content, is a plan that shows you which foods help you lose weight, and which don't. That's a plan to consider.

A weight loss plan that rewards you for eating fresh fruits and vegetables will help you change your taste buds so that you actually love eating them. That's a plan to consider.

On the opposite side of the coin, any plan that says you can eat whatever you want, is a plan to avoid.

Any plan that makes you dependent on something, such as a drug, device, or surgery, is a plan to avoid.

Here's a tip, decide if the weight loss plan you're evaluating is going to help you deal with a 1/2 pound bacon cheeseburger oozing with secret sauce. If that plan doesn't strengthen your resistance, then you're not going to succeed over the long haul.

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