Accountability

Win the battle of the bulge by enlisting help. Finding a weight-loss program, like Weight Watchers, that tracks your progress and makes you accountable to others may be just what you need to reach your weight-loss goal.
Two new studies show that working with a counselor or coach — even a remote one — will help you drop more pounds than trying to do it on your own.
Checking in with someone in person, by phone or via email, helped dieters shed six times more weight over the course of two years.