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Most people who put the work in to a weight loss plan get results. However, when you see that person a year later, they may have put the weight right back on.
Maybe that person has even been you one or two times. No matter who you are, losing weight is rarely as hard as keeping it off.
Keeping weight off requires more than a diet plan and exercise. In fact, when it gets right down to it, keeping weight off is often more about psychology and how you think, than it is about exercising (though regular workouts should still play a key role in your weight loss efforts). When your head is in the right place, your body often follows.
The Psychological Effect of Keeping Weight Off
One study I recently came across took a look at how psychology impacted weight loss in two groups of women. The study followed 28 obese women who had lost weight but put it back on within a year; 28 obese women who had lost weight and kept it off for at least a year; and 20 women who had a stable weight in the healthy range.