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Lots of folks need to drop weight, and lots of people are always searching for diet plans that work. The trick isn't really finding a diet that works, but rather locating a diet to which a person can stick. The diet industry is very large. Including books, diet food programs, trainers and nutritionists, spas, and all the other elements of the health and diet industry a lot of loot, over 46.8 billion dollars in 2005, is earned not from people becoming healthy or losing weight, but rather from people trying to become healthy or lose weight. Because repeat business brings in the cash, the focus is surely on the up and down reality of un-healthy living followed by short stints of diets and health programs.

Here's a diet that sheds pounds. Drink only water, eat only a thousand calories each day, and combine it with 30 minutes of aerobic activity 5 days a week. That diet will result in losing weight. Only two small problems. #1 cravings will likely blow the diet. 1000 calories and all that exercise will eventually lead to ruinous hunger and binge eating. First it's a potato chip or piece of cake, then it's an extra hot dog and the whole bag of snacks, and then the diet is over. The second problem is what happens after the diet is over? What happens when the weight is gone? What, you'll return to eating the same way you ate prior to the diet? Guess what, then the weight will come back. Next spring, or next time to try on that dress or tuxedo, or next family trip, or simply the next time you glance at a looking glass on the way out of the gym it will be once again be diet time.

The best diet is a permanent diet. A lifestyle change to healthier eating habits and more exercise is the best way to lose weight and keep off the weight. Connie Guttersen created the Sonoma Diet which, as a base, discusses 10 'power foods.' These are almonds, bell peppers, blueberries, broccoli, grapes, olive oil, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes and whole grains, combined with the cuisine of the Sonoma country, which includes Asian, Latin American and Mediterranean influences. The diet is full of real food, and real portions, combined into enjoyable dishes to help motivate someone to stay with it .

Want a diet that works? Move your mind from a short term diet to permanent eating habits that go along with an overall healthy and active lifestyle. That's the way to not only lose the weight, but to avoid gaining it in the first place.