Every year millions of people tune in to watch the Oscars to see how many golden statues our favourite movies win, but many people tune in to gawk at the all the celebrities- what they are wearing, how their makeup and hair looks, and who was able to muster up enough glamour for one evening to drown out a downward spiral of drugs and alcohol. For some mystifying reason, we love comparing ourselves to celebrities, and finding out what they do to look so good. Among these, diet and exercise is a big topic. There are countless of sites and articles telling us how famous people lost weight and what they do to look so fit, waiting for us to try out the next big fad. We have heard of every type of diet known to humankind from Atkins Diet, Weight Watchers, Cleansing Diets, the Tracy Anderson Method, the 5 Factor Diet, Kirstie Alley Weight Loss to Jenny Craig, and many more.
Many of these "diets" work mainly because they unhealthily restrict your calorie intake, and of course if you consume less calories than you burn, you will lose weight. However, most people who go on diets cannot maintain this type of eating for very long, thus gain all that lost weight back. Not to mention that it is very unhealthy to cut out any of the macronutrients (like carbohydrates) or starving yourself.
There is no easy solution or quick fix to a weight problem, and we all know it! If there was, the person who came up with it would be the richest person alive.
The way I see it, short-term fad diets are only as effective as their brevity. Change your lifestyle in a way that the food that you eat is wholesome (whole grains and unprocessed), filled with vegetables and fruits, lean proteins and balanced. With that, find an activity that makes you feel good and happy and incorporate it into your life. It is not an easy feat, but one that will change your life for the better! 
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