As the new year dawns, you may be considering a weight loss goal for the coming year, or a New Year’s Resolution to be more active or eat more heathily. While your plans may be successful in the short-term, the only way to lose weight and keep it off, is to develop the habit of a healthy lifestyle. Whether your body is revolting after years of abuse, or you are simply realizing that you can’t eat those cheeseburgers the way you used to, adopting a healthy lifestyle can make you feel better about yourself and your body. If you have a family, you will be much more successful in changing your lifestyle if you make it a family affair. Whether your partner needs to lose a few pounds, or the kids aren’t as active as they should be, everyone can benefit.

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People will do almost anything to lose weight. While the most logical, sustainable means of doing so hasn’t really changed—eat less and exercise—every day it seems there are a host of new and outlandish methods to lose those love handles. Most of these ill-fated regimes will help you lose pounds, at least in the short term, but sometimes it’s at the expense of an organ or your sanity. Here are a few of my favorites:

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Losing weight can be as simple as cutting out one teaspoon of sugar in your morning coffee or forgoing that extra slice of bread with your dinner.

To lose a pound of fat a month, assuming your intake and expenditure of all other calories remains the same, all you need to do is cut 100 calories a day from your diet. That’s because a pound of body fat is equivalent to about 3,500 calories. So if you cut 100 calories a day for 31 days, you’re cutting 3,100 calories or about a pound.

If you’re concerned that this pace is not fast enough, consider that research shows you’re more likely to keep weight off if you lose it slowly. In addition, it doesn’t take a Herculean effort to make changes so it doesn’t feel as though your on a diet to begin with.

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