Losing weight is hard. Keeping it off is harder.

If you've lost weight before only to watch it slowly creep back, you are far from alone, and it isn't a failure of willpower. After a diet, your body changes in ways that push the weight back on. The good news is that thousands of people do keep weight off for years, and researchers have studied exactly what they do differently.

Keep It Off explains the science of weight regain in plain language and turns it into practical habits you can actually live with. You'll discover:

• Why the weight comes back, and what happens to your metabolism when you diet
• Energy balance without the myths
• Why the best diet is the one you can keep
• How protein, fiber, and whole foods make maintenance easier
• The truth behind the great nutrition debates
• How exercise, daily steps, and everyday movement protect your results
• How to manage the critical transition from losing to maintaining
• The mindset and habits that last for the long haul
• The supporting role of sleep and supplements

Includes an 8-Week Diet-to-Maintenance Transition Plan, tools and templates, twenty maintenance-friendly meals, and answers to frequently asked questions.

Stop starting over. Learn how to keep the weight off for good.