Top 10 Diets

If you've been on the internet for more than five minutes you'll know that there are always 10 top weight loss diets somewhere on the internet, listed as a definitive resource.

The real question is, do they work?

Well, almost any diet will work initially. The more important question is whether you can sustain them for long enough to achieve your weight loss goals and then keep the weight off.

Every year the top 10 diets change, according to what's popular at the time. Diets get in the top 10 by the number of people who are interested in them at the time. What's really interesting is that generally that doesn't mean they're effective and safe over the long term, it just means they're popular.

Have you ever followed a top 10 diet plan?

Think back: why?

Did a friend recommend it to you? Had they had tremendous and sustained success with it? Did the front cover look good and appealing? Or was it that the promise of easy weight loss was just too much to pass up? Let's be really honest, easy weight loss sounds awfully tempting, doesn't it? I mean, how many diet books would sell with the title "The Really Hard Weight Loss Diet"?

It's probably that most people who are reading this page have tried more than one diet in the past. You already know that they didn't really work for you, but you're looking for something that will work - this time. What you should know is that just because a diet is popular does not mean it will work well for you.

Worst of all is that statistically you are very likely to put back on more weight than you lose on the diet in the first place. Something like 85% of dieters end up putting back on at least as much as they lost.

When I checked with Google I found about 31,000,000 webpages that deal with diets in some way. How many do you think you can try in one lifetime before finding one that works for you?

There are many ways to deal with weight issues; ways that offer you sustainable and permanent weight loss. But chances are good that you probably won't find them in the top 10 diets list.

Don't be fooled by miracle cures - that's all the top 10 diets are. Ultimately you have to find what works for you. You're unique and your personal weight loss program needs to be unique too. If, on the other hand, you want a fast weight loss diet to lose a smallish amount of weight - say up to 10 pounds in a week - you could look at the fat burning soup diet. As long as you're sensible it works very well. Here's a full review of the cabbage soup diet.

For longer term weight loss you might want to take a look at the articles we have on the Atkins Diet.

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