How many times have you had some initial success only to fall short of your goals?

How many times have you achieved your initial goals, only to see them fly away faster than you were able to enjoy fruits of your labour?

Why does this happen?

In most cases, answer is simple. You've failed one test... This is a difficult test. This test I like to call consistent persistence.

Sometimes, you will be missing other essential components. You need to also include a variety of other things that will make consistent persistence useful. If you are consistently persistent in doing wrong things, you will still fail. So before we get in to final key, let's review other essential components.

Successful dieting and or weight loss should always be geared towards a total lifestyle change that you intend to be permanent. If you cannot healthily sustain changes for an indefinite period, it probably isn't right diet for you. Reasonable exceptions would include medically necessary emergency weight loss, with a view to changing program once crisis management was concluded.

If you are trying to lose weight, you should have a goal of maintaining that weight loss for at least five years. How many of fad diets out there today could withstand a five year test? Not many.

With diet changes (that can be maintained for five or more years in a healthy fashion), it is essential to increase your energy expenditure.

You can increase this energy expenditure with a variety of strategies. Some of those include supplements that boost your metabolic rate. As we have seen with ephedra issue, it isn't always safest choice. A safer way is timing your activity to boost your energy expenditure throughout day. One of those ways is to exercise early in morning before eating, and then waiting for a period of time after having concluded your exercise before you eat. If you have blood sugar regulation difficulties such as diabetes or hypoglycemia, this may not be route for you to take.

Additionally, because your body will accommodate to any exercise regimen after a period of time, you will need to vary your programs.

Water consumption at adequate levels is a must in any successful plan. This will help to wash away waste products and toxins that body will release as you burn away fat (which does store some toxins).

Anxiety, Depression and other forms of phobias are described as psychological phenomenon in our medical science. Anxiety and Depression are two forms of behavioral imbalances with different set of symptoms. Feeling of hopelessness, negativity, lack of concentration, feeling of guilt and decrease in energy are some common symptoms of Depression. While, tension about day to day works, dizziness, nausea, difficulty in breathing and light headedness are few common symptoms of Anxiety.