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As anyone who has been on a weight loss program knows, losing excess weight is often easier than keeping it off.
Dr. Wing and colleagues from Brown Medical School studied 314 subjects who had lost weight in the preceding 2 years as part of weight loss program. They divided them into three groups for further study. One group received face to face intervention while others were based on quarterly newsletters or Internet. The intervention involved emphasis on daily self-weighing and self-regulation.
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They concluded that face to face intervention involving self-regulation program based on daily weighing is superior to receiving quarterly newsletters.
While it is intuitive that a regular self-monitoring of body would be important for long-term weight maintenance, this study emphasizes that only those active face to face teaching about eating or exercise habits is likely to keep most of the extra pounds off.
Bottom line: Self-regulation is important and that includes weighing everyday for maintaining a successful weight loss program.
Have you been involved in a diet or weight loss program? Which diet plan did you use and how effective was it and for how long? What are your thoughts on commercial weight loss diet plans?
