How to lose weight permanently?

Eat less & exercise: The key to losing weight is not a temporary diet but permanent changes. Sugars & simple carbs from grains esp. Cause weight gain. I like dr. Furhman's diet: http://www.Drfuhrman.Com/library/what-is-a-nutritarian-diet.Aspx dr. Weil has useful info: www.Huffingtonpost.Com/andrew-weil-md/carbohydrates-weight-loss_b_1937312.Html- see his "discuss that" link in his article. Exercise is also important!

Here's some ideas: If you want a permanent change, then you have to make a lifestyle change that you can adhere to. "a week in the zone", by dr. Barry sears, is a very helpful book, that offers the very thing you are looking for... It's a very reasonable approach to longterm weight loss. It's about burning more calories than you consume, so exercising helps tremendously in living a healthy lifestyle. Good luck!

Nutrient dense foods: Eat foods that are nutrient dense (like meat, fish, poultry, eggs, cheese, low starch vegatables and water) avoid foods that are not nutrient dense (like starches and sugars, including fruit) nutrient dense foods will increase your basal metabolic rate. On the other hand, starches and sugars impair thyroid metabolism via affects on your liver (which helps activate thyroid hormone).