The most common reasons for being overweight is just plain overeating and to lose weight and keep it off is what everyone who has ever embarked on a diet, tries to achieve as everyone know that its fairly easy to lose weight, but how on earth does one keep it off! The first step in weight management is to gather all of your old fad diets, quick weight loss remedies and "magic cures" and trash them. Fad diets don't work and actually can make things worse as they provide short term weight loss but they are generally too difficult to stick with for a lifetime. The majority of people who lose weight on fad diets regain that weight within three to five years. Over time this yo-yo dieting effect can slow your metabolism, making it harder to lose weight and keep it off.

Being overweight may be related to the wide availability of cheaper and more varied foods of a less nutritious value. Overeating due to anxiety, which is a huge factor for many South Africans today, may also be a factor. People are also expending less energy due to the increased popularity of sedentary pastimes such as watching television, or using personal computers for hours on end.

To lose weight and to keep it off is to be balanced in your dieting. Balance is providing the appropriate amount of calories and nutrients from our meals. With a balanced diet you don't have to starve yourself, it could just be that you eat too many starchy foods and too little fat which stimulates the appetite and causes you to consume more than your body needs. Weight loss has to be approached on an individual basis because not everyone is eating too many calories from bread; we are all individuals and our eating habits are all unique which is why the one-diet-fits-all plans don't work. The ultimate key to lose weight and keep it off lies in eating smaller amount of the right foods and moderate exercise.

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