>The problem is the long term efficacy rate of dieting is around 5%. If dieting were a drug it would never pass FDA approval for effectiveness. If your diet ha

>The problem is the long term efficacy rate of dieting is around 5%. If dieting were a drug it would never pass FDA approval for effectiveness. If your diet has an "end" you have already failed. There's a huge difference between a fad diet and a lifestyle change. If we are going to compare it to medicine, let's use this as an example: You suffer terrible headaches. Your doctor prescribes you a once-daily pill to treat it. After 30 days, you suffer no more headaches. After 60 days, you stop taking the pill. After 70 days, your headaches are back. The pill didn't fail to fix your headaches, you failed to keep up with your medication. If you diet for 6 months and lose 40Lbs, congrats! If you "stop dieting" and gain all 40Lbs back in a year, the diet didn't fail, you failed to maintain a healthy diet/lifestyle.