Men who lose weight successfully and keep it off share these eight characteristics according to Suzanne Phelan, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University.  You should be striving to live by these rules!

1. They eat 1,850 calories a day – 27% of which come from fat
2. They burn 3,300 calories a week through exercising
3. They watch less than 10 hours of TV per week
4. They weigh themselves every day
5. They eat the same way on weekends and holidays as they do during the week
6. They eat breakfast every day
7. They limit the variety in their diet – i.e. they eat the same foods pretty consistently
8. They rarely eat fast food

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