Will You Gain the Weight Back?
Although many people who lose weight may eventually gain it back, it's a myth
that this happens to everyone, says 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.
Tucked away 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 do they do it?
These successful weight losers report four common behaviors, says Wing. They
eat a low-calorie, low-fat diet, they monitor themselves by weighing in
frequently, they are very physically active, and they eat breakfast. Eating
breakfast every day is contrary to the typical pattern for the average
overweight person who is trying to diet, says Wing. "They get up in the morning
and say 'I'm going to start my diet today,' and they eat little or no breakfast
and a light lunch. Then they get hungry and consume most of their calories late
in the day. Successful weight losers have managed to change this pattern."
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
activities.
Wing also reports that more than 70 percent of the registry's weight losers
became overweight before age 18.
Although Barbara Croft of Columbus, Ohio, was not an overweight child, she
gained weight once she left home and started cooking for herself. Replacing the
plain and simple meals she had as a child with pizza, sodas, and meat and
vegetables laden with sauces, the 5-foot-5-inch Croft worked her way up to 350
pounds. "I always ate from all the food groups--I just ate huge portions and I
ate in between meals," says Croft.
Next: Maintaining a Healthy Weight: When Change Comes From Every Angle
Adapted from: Losing Weight: Start By Counting Calories
(http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/102_fat.html)
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