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Lessons From Those Successful At Losing Weight

Although many people who lose weight may eventually gain it back, it's a myth that this happens
to everyone, according to Rena Wing, Ph.D., a professor of psychiatry at Brown Medical School
in Providence, R.I. Wing, the co-developer of a research study known as the National Weight
Control Registry, has worked to deflate this myth. Stored in the registry's database is information
about the weight-control behaviors of more than 3,000 American adults who have lost an average
of 60 pounds and have kept it off for an average of six years.

How Did They Lose The Excess Body Fat?

The successful weight losers report four common behaviors:
ñ    They eat a low-calorie, low-fat diet, 
ñ    They monitor themselves by weighing in frequently, 
ñ    They are very physically active, and 
ñ    They eat breakfast. 

Six years after their weight loss, most of the registry's successful losers still report eating a low-
calorie, low-fat diet. They also exercise for about an hour or more a day, expending about 2,800
calories per week on a variety of physical activities.