Of the many people who attempt to lose weight, some will succeed and others will fail. However, the biggest battle for people who are able to reduce their weight is often to keep to their ideal weight. 

Many people will find that they have soon returned to the weight that they were before they went on their diet or even that they are actually fatter. This can of course be very depressing and can result in them losing a lot of their self-esteem. What they need is a permanent solution to their weight problems.

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There are some obvious routes to take in the battle to lose weight. They would include increasing the amount of exercise they take and reducing the amount they eat. It is this eating issue that can be the most difficult to control, as our temptations often get the better of us.

What you need to do is to make your house a fat-free zone. If you become hungry and start looking through the cupboards and notice, for example, a packet of crisps, it can often be very difficult to avoid them. 

Our desire for instant food can become too great and our inner demons try to convince us that consuming one packetful will not hurt. If that packet of crisps had not been in the cupboard, we would not have been able to yield to that temptation. We also, of course, would not have been able to eat them.

A number of years ago, when I went about losing my own excess weight, I decided to remove all of the foods from my cupboards of which I was aware that I needed to stop eating. I also removed certain drinks such as alcoholic drinks which were also contributing to my weight problems. 

I trashed all of the takeaway menus that I had and tried to make it as difficult as possible for me to eat or drink anything that I should avoid eating.

When out and about I had to be determined to keep to my diet and not be tempted to buy any of those. This was not easy to do, as I am one who loves fatty-type foods.

In my weekly shopping, I bought far more fruit and vegetables and was surprised at how quickly my taste buds started to change. I soon looked forward to eating an apple, as an example, and the weight slowly but surely started to reduce.

After a number of months, I reached a weight that I was happy with. My wife said that I could now start eating foods such as dry-roasted peanuts - this had been a particular favorite of mine. This might have been true but could easily result in a return to my old bad habits and, of course, weight problems. 

However, I decided to stick with my new diet - and my cupboards are still free of those foods which I loved to eat but which are not good for my weight.

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