End the Yo-Yo Diet Cycle
Tired of watching your weight go up and down (and up again)? Here's how to ditch diets forever and get happy, healthy, and body confident. Why Yo-Yo Dieting Is Bad for You Last spring you reached your goal weight and celebrated by hitting the beach in a bikini. Then your job got stressful , you had trouble finding time to work out, and your cruise vacation had a round-the-clock all-you-can-eat buffet. Now when you step on the scale, you realize there's no way you're going to fit into the dress you bought for your friend's wedding next month unless you start dieting...again. We're betting that this scenario sounds all too familiar. Yo-yo dieting — or weight cycling , as experts call it — is practically a national pastime. An estimated 54 percent of people in the United States are currently trying to shed pounds, fueling a $59-billion-a-year industry of supplements , books , and packaged foods that promote weight loss, according to Marketdata Enterprises, a marketin...