Weight loss strategies from the masters of weight control

From the National Weight Control Registry (people who have successfully lost more than 30 pounds and kept it off for a year): “Almost all patients who successfully maintained long-term weight loss used both diet and physical activity to lose weight. These people also shared strategies for maintaining the weight loss: eating a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet; eating breakfast almost every day; weighing themselves frequently; and engaging in 60 to 90 minutes per day of moderate-intensity physical activity. Although we do not know for certain, we think that this behavior probably led to their success in keeping weight off. These characteristics could be effectively used as components of programs for helping overweight and obese people to achieve and maintain weight loss.”