{"id":34665,"date":"2012-11-01T08:04:46","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T15:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=34665"},"modified":"2012-11-01T07:48:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T14:48:00","slug":"how-to-lose-a-lot-of-weight-and-keep-it-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=34665","title":{"rendered":"How to Lose a Lot of Weight\u2014and Keep It Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Check out this article:\u00a0This Study Shows How to Lose a Lot of Weight\u2014and Keep It Off<\/a>. It was a really interesting read. The study was based on results from the National Weight Control Registry<\/a>, which is part of Brown Medical School.\u00a0I’m a member of the registry. The registry is for people who have lost more than 30 pounds and have kept the weight off for at least a year. Having lost 110 pounds and kept it off for over 4 years, I definitely qualified!<\/p>\n

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To be part of the registry and study, I had to fill out a pretty involved application packet detailing my weight gain, loss,\u00a0maintenance\u00a0and exercise. According to the above article, the registry currently has 4,000 people in it. I found the article really interesting because it broke down how these people (me included) lost the weight and how they are keeping it off.<\/p>\n

The four things they all had in common were these:<\/p>\n