Losing weight and keeping it off CAN be done—I’ve seen it done. The main ingredient in success is knowing what you really want to accomplish. Determining your ultimate goal and deciding that you WILL achieve it is first step.

Here are some tips to lasting weight loss:

Calories DO count—It’s a fact. Our bodies use calories we consume as fuel for our daily activities, so we need to eat. But, eating more calories per day than we burn leads to stored fat. The key is to burn more calories than we eat. Losing weight slowly is important for maintaining weight loss—to lose about a pound per week means consuming 250 calories less per day and increasing physical activity enough to burn an extra 250 calories per day. This is a simple and workable formula.

Due to its popularity and health issues related with it, government has laid down many regulations for tanning saloons and tanning beds. While home tanning is convenient and readily available, tanning saloons have some unique advantages including variety and safety.

There are five advantages of a tanning saloon over home equipment. These are:

1. Tanning saloons follow government regulations: Tanning saloons seek approval from FDA for tanning procedures and use of tanning beds and strictly follow them. They keep client's record and history.

Tanning salon operators ascertain client's ability to tan, history of sunburns, history of skin infections, rashes or other conditions and use of certain medications or cosmetics to prevent phototoxic and photo-allergic reactions. A tanning expert will use this information while planning your tanning exposure on tanning bed of tanning saloon.

2. Use of Equipment Under Expert Guidance: At tanning saloons, you use tanning beds and machines under guidance and care of tanning experts. Well-trained tanning bed operators have thorough knowledge of equipment and they can program tanning bed according to individual client's need. They will indeed control your dose of ultraviolet light and save you from its harmful effects.