Dieting is the practice of ingesting food in a regulated fashion to achieve a particular objective. In many cases the goal is weight loss, but some athletes aspire to gain weight (usually in the form of muscle) and diets can also be used to maintain a stable body weight.

I have been involved in a personal quest to find the ultimate diet for as long as I can remember. Since I was a very small child I battled with weight issues and tried a variety of methods for losing weight. I finally ‘hit bottom’ and got serious about weight loss at the age of 21 when I topped the scale at the doctor’s office at 396 pounds.

Only “good” fats, not other kinds of fats, may have a good influence on children`s metabolism. To read the rest of this article, go to www.projectweightloss.com, an online weight loss community featuring calorie counter, carbs counter, BMI calculator, diet planner, workout planner and other weight loss tools.