Sticking to a diet can be tough, but researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine has found that doing a test run before the actual program may increase your chances of maintaining a healthy weight even after your diet supposedly ends.

The study, which was featured on ScienceDaily.com, included 267 overweight women who were separated into two groups. The first acted as the control group and immediately started a 20-week behavioral weight-loss program, which required a steady intake of vegetables and fruit, an increase in physical activity, and diet journaling.

On the other hand, the second group learned weight stability skills for eight weeks before taking on the weight-loss program. They were encouraged to search for low-calorie food that tasted as good as their fat-heavy counterparts to avoid feeling deprived. They also sometimes indulged in their favorite treats in order to see how their weight fluctuated depending on what they ate. These were conducted along with other exercises, so that participantswould be able to adjust to certain dietary and lifestyle situations and still maintain a healthy weight.

After both groups have finished with the 20-week program, the participants were left to their own devices. When the researchers got back to them the following year, they found that those who participated in the weight maintenance activities prior to undergoing the weight loss program only gained three pounds, while those who went ahead with the program gained an average of seven pounds.

Although diet programs are generally effective, its really important to first know how your body works. Its like preparing for an exam--you review before you jump in. Instead of shocking your body into a diet, ease into it by looking for great food alternatives that wont make you feel short-changed. Also, try to do a little research--once you get to know your body more, itll be easier to make healthy adjustments.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Dieters who eat meals and snacks high in protein might lose a bit more weight than those who get less protein and more carbohydrates - all other things being equal, a new analysis of past studies suggests.

Researchers found that over an average of 12 weeks, people assigned at random to a high-protein diet lost about 1.8 extra pounds, and more body fat, than those assigned to a standard-protein diet.

There was no difference, however, in how much participants' blood pressure, cholesterol levels or markers for diabetes risk changed based on the protein content of their diets.

Thomas Wycherley from the University of South Australia in Adelaide, the lead author on the study, said in an email to Reuters Health that the extra weight loss in the high-protein group was "only modest," but that "it may still represent clinical relevance on a population level."

For the study, he and his colleagues analyzed 24 past trials that included a total of 1,063 people.

Participants were all put on a reduced-calorie, low-fat diet designed to help them lose weight. About half were prescribed a high-protein version of that diet - containing about 85 grams of protein per day for a 150-pound person - and the other half a standard-protein diet, with 49 grams per day, on average, for a 150-pound person.

Across all trials, high-protein and standard-protein diets were designed to provide the same calorie reduction.

Depending on the study, participants lost an average of anywhere from 2.4 to 25.1 pounds, according to findings published last week in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

It's not obvious why a higher protein-to-carbohydrate ratio might help people shed more pounds - and one obesity researcher not involved in the new analysis questioned whether the trials were even robust enough to make that conclusion.

"The studies are generally far too short to tell impact," Dr. James Levine from the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, told Reuters Health in an email. What's more, he added, "many are inadequately conducted to be relevant."

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