So, every once in a while you stumble across something you hadn't heard about before regarding weight loss.  Most of what I read is not new.  I follow a number of healthy living accounts on twitter and see articles on websites and in other publications and the advice is almost always the same things.  (Excercise more, eat less, don't skip meals, drink lots of water, avoid processed foods, etc.)  

I realize those are all good things to do, but sometimes, getting the information from the horse's mouth is also a good idea.

I had never heard of the National Weight Control Registry before until very recently.  To join the National Weight Control Registry, you have to lose at least 30 lbs and then keep it off for at least one year.  There are researchers who then periodically poll this group of successful weight losers and use that research to help others.

Here are some of their findings regarding those who have been successful in losing weight and in keeping it off...

• • 78% eat breakfast every day.
  • 75% weigh themselves at least once a week.
  • 62% watch less than 10 hours of TV per week.
  • 90% exercise, on average, about 1 hour per day.

Some of that, I've heard before, but the weighing yourself at least once a week is something new.  Makes sense.  If you want to keep weight off, you have to know when your weight is starting to creep up again.  I'm actually ok with most of the advice.  I think I may watch more than 10 hours of  TV a week, and I don't quite hit an hour a day of exercise, but those are both things I'm willing to work towards.  And, breakfast, every day?  I have been much better about that the last four months.  That's also the time frame in which I have lost 24 lbs.

Hope it's good information for others.  If you want to read more, here is their website: http://nwcr.ws/Research/default.htm

Now, off to get in another walk today ...