First, the researchers surveyed more than 1,100 people who had achieved significant weight loss and maintained it. The researchers identified 36 weight-loss and weight-maintenance practices that at least 10% of the group used.

首先，研究者们调查了超过了1100人的情况，这些人均已经取得了显著的减肥效果，并且设法保持体重没有反弹。研究人员们发现，受访者中至少有百分之十的人进行了36种减肥之后防止体重增加的方法。

The study noted¹ four strategies that were associated with weight maintenance but not loss:

研究列出了能够有效保持体重，而非减轻体重的四个方法。

1.Eating a diet rich in low-fat proteins

日常饮食做到低脂肪高蛋白质

2.Following a consistent exercise program

持之以恒的进行某一项减肥的计划

3.Rewarding yourself for dieting and exercising

不时犒赏自己在饮食和锻炼方面的坚持

4.Reminding yourself of why you need to keep weight off

时刻提醒自己为何要保持体重

Still, say many nutrition and obesity² experts, the basic underlying³ principles of weight loss and maintenance are the same: you have to eat a healthy diet and increase your exercise. People who lose weight and keep it off tend to eat significantly healthier foods and do a lot more exercise than the average American.

不过，也有不少的营养师和肥胖病专家表示，减重和保持的基本原则还是相同的：你必须养成健康饮食的习惯，同时增加体育运动。能够在减肥之后有效的保持成果的人们通常在饮食方面非常的健康，并且要比普通人更加多的参与运动。

But what may shift between weight-loss and maintenance phases is a person's mindset: rather than focusing on actively⁴ losing weight in the short term, people have to start focusing on long-term, permanent lifestyle changes and behaviors, if they want to maintain the weight that's been lost. The key to success, experts agree, is motivation, not necessarily the particulars of your weight-loss program.

不过在减重和维持两者之间起着最关键作用的还是人本身的心态，我们不应该仅仅是追求在短时间内减轻体重，如果想保持减肥的成效，那么就应该是树立起长期的生活方式，改变习惯。在专家们看来，成功的关键是保持动力，这不仅仅是在你的减肥计划中的某一部分，应该是贯穿始终的。