A study has found that a simple strategy for people who want to keep their weight loss off is to weigh themselves daily and track the results. The strategy was found to be particularly effective for both losing weight and keeping it off, especially for men.
The results were from a two year study recently published in the Journal of Obesity. The study showed that people that had lost weight in the first year were able to keep it off in the second year as a result of tracking their weight. This is important because other studies show that 40% of weight loss is regained in 1 year and almost 100% of weight loss is regained by the end of 5 years.
The author of the study David Levitsky said that the method of weighing yourself daily “forces you to be aware of the connection between your eating and your weight.”