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25 Tips for Weight Loss That Actually Work
From savoring your food to prioritizing protein, check out this practical advice for losing weight, courtesy of registered dietitian-nutritionists.

keeping a food journal
Keeping a food journal may help you hit your goal weight.
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Over the years, you’ve probably heard your fair share of wacky weight loss advice, whether it’s to drink celery juice every day or replace your meals with weight loss “cookies.” Often those tips are promoted by people without any health expertise, so if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. But just as there’s a ton of misguided weight loss advice out there to be avoided, there are also a lot of legitimate, research-backed, and expert-approved suggestions for people who are in the right mental health space and have weight loss as a personal goal.

One such tip is to improve your diet quality. Researchers looked at data from more than 15,000 people and found that those who ate the least processed foods had a lower risk of obesity, while those who ate the most had an elevated risk, according to a study published in February 2023 in Nutrición Hospitalaria. The merits of plant-based diets have been particularly well researched. In one study of more than 200 dieters, those who adopted a law-fat plant-based diet for 16 weeks lost significantly more weight compared with a control group, according to results published in October 2022 in Obesity Science & Practice.
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25 Tips for Weight Loss That Actually Work
From savoring your food to prioritizing protein, check out this practical advice for losing weight, courtesy of registered dietitian-nutritionists.

By Lambeth Hochwald and Leslie Barrie
Medically Reviewed by Lynn Grieger, RDN, CDCES
Reviewed: April 7, 2023
Medically Reviewed

keeping a food journal
Keeping a food journal may help you hit your goal weight.
Chad Verzosa/Shutterstock
Over the years, you’ve probably heard your fair share of wacky weight loss advice, whether it’s to drink celery juice every day or replace your meals with weight loss “cookies.” Often those tips are promoted by people without any health expertise, so if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. But just as there’s a ton of misguided weight loss advice out there to be avoided, there are also a lot of legitimate, research-backed, and expert-approved suggestions for people who are in the right mental health space and have weight loss as a personal goal.

One such tip is to improve your diet quality. Researchers looked at data from more than 15,000 people and found that those who ate the least processed foods had a lower risk of obesity, while those who ate the most had an elevated risk, according to a study published in February 2023 in Nutrición Hospitalaria. The merits of plant-based diets have been particularly well researched. In one study of more than 200 dieters, those who adopted a law-fat plant-based diet for 16 weeks lost significantly more weight compared with a control group, according to results published in October 2022 in Obesity Science & Practice.

There are also multiple studies suggesting having strong social support in your weight loss effort can help, whether that comes from family and friends, a coach, or even an app or online community. Participating in an online support group can help increase motivation, according to research published in July 2022 in Digital Health. And a 10-year review of literature on the role of social support in online obesity health communities concluded that such support is associated with better adherence to weight loss behaviors, according to a study published in June 2022 in Review of Communication Research.

Your mindset matters, too, when it comes to weight loss. Research published in February 2022 in the journal Obesity found that those who lost weight and maintained it #weightloss #weightlose jurney #2023 #AIM Pharma