How to choose a diet that works for you

Don’t just pick a diet because everybody else is doing it. Even if it helped your best friend lose 25 pounds, it doesn’t mean it’ll work for you. Look carefully at the program: can you see yourself doing it for several days, weeks, months even the rest of your life? There are a variety of diets available, so find one that allows you to eat the things you like (or at least provides a structure you can live with), otherwise you’ll be doomed from the start.

• The Atkins Diet
• The Blood Type Diet
• Bob Greene’s Total Body Makeover
• The Bread and Butter Diet
• The Cabbage Soup Diet
• The Chicken Soup Diet
• The Chocolate Diet
• The Grapefruit Diet
• The Peanut Butter Diet
• The Mediterranean Diet
• The Metabolism Diet
• The Negative Calorie Diet
• The Pritikin Diet
• Russian Airforce Diet
• The Scarsdale Diet
• The Subway Diet
• The Sugar Busters Diet
• The South Beach Diet
• The Vegetarian Diet
• The Weight Watchers Program
• The Zone Diet