You can’t go one day without hearing about some new “top secret” Hollywood diet that’s guaranteed to shed pounds from your frame with minimal effort. Whether it’s our favorite celebrity “spilling the beans” about their miraculous post pregnancy weight loss, some lady with a dieting success story on the Today Show, or just plain old hearsay among girlfriends – there’s always a new way to lose weight that everyone’s trying. But ask yourself this: “Is it a good thing to be jumping from one horse to the next in the middle of a race? Does a best way to lose weight even exist?

The short answer is yes; there is one “best” way to work the fat off, but there are a million ways to lose weight. It all depends on your current weight and health status, your weight loss goals, your time frame, and your preferences. However, there is another phase of dieting that no one ever seems to talk about: Keeping off the weight you’ve lost.

To keep the weight off, after you’ve hit your goal, you have to maintain a steady, healthy lifestyle of eating right and exercising regularly. Now, that might sound pretty easy, and it can be, but if you’re just coming off a crazy fad diet that only allowed you to eat cabbage soup, grapefruit, or that neglected one large part of a balanced diet like carbs, then maintaining your ideal weight may be a hard nut to crack.

Let’s face it – even the best diet in the world that makes you lose all the weight you want is not sustainable over the long term. Are you going to follow the Atkins Diet, and never eat carbs again? Are you going to pay Nutrisystem to prepare every meal you eat for the rest of your life? Are you going to keep the full Weight Watchers points list in your handbag until you’re 85 years old?

When it all comes down to it, the best way to lose weight is comprised of two elements:

A Healthy Diet.

Do you want to drop the excess weight? Then eat less. For the maintenance phase, eat more until you stop losing weight; stop when you start gaining weight because that’s your maintenance level. But the most important thing is that you eat HEALTHY. Eat natural foods close to its source (a fresh baked potato is healthier than a soggy Lay’s potato chip, and a slice of tomato is much healthier than ketchup).

Exercise.

There is no way to get around this one. Regular exercise keeps your body in good shape, helps your system process food more easily, and keeps you stronger and healthier in your old age. Paired with dieting, regular exercise is going to help you shed pounds and tone your body.

Sounds boring, doesn’t it? This weight loss plan doesn’t have a catchy name, and it isn’t on the cover of any women’s health magazine. It’s just plain common sense. Just what it takes to get you down to your goal weight.

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