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[hungryrunner]

This is a great post from MadSweat about successfully losing and keeping off weight over an extended period of time. In it they highlight the most effective habits of people who have successfully lost weight "permanently."

Eat breakfast daily

Exercise approximately 60 minutes a day

Check weight at least once a week

Watch less than 10 hours of television per week

Maintain a consistent diet on weekends and weekdays

Track food intake

All of these are smart and effective, but two also contradict a lot of what I said in my previous post. The studies referred to by MadSweat show that weighing yourself frequently has been a helpful and positive measure for "successful long-term losers," but I still think that if you can learn to become really in tune with your body, anyone can make progress without doing so.

Regarding tracking your food intake, in my previous post I did fail to mention that although I don't count calories, I do keep a close log of what I eat daily by either posting it here or writing it down. That way by the end of the day I have a clear idea of how much I actually ate and don't have to guess about whether or not I ate properly. This I do think is important, because as this MadSweat post did point out, "most of us underestimate [what we've eaten] by at least 20-30 percent."