Hello,

This is a very challenging question to answer. A few questions I like to ask patients to consider are: what program is right for me as an individual? Does my health care provider support my weight loss program? Am I combining both healthy eating and physical activity? Do I have a support system? Am I tracking my progress? So without knowing a person, this is a difficult question to answer. There is some recent concern about low calorie diets and long term weight maintenance. That said, I do not think we currently know, other than bariatric surgery (which is only recommended for some people) what is the best weight loss program for long term success. I therefore would mostly recommend that you start creating a personalized weight maintenance plan for yourself. And be sure to include a health care provider and a support system into your weight maintenance plan.