Most of us have had a bad experience of dieting. Which is not surprising as 95% of dieters on an old style weight loss diets do not lose weight. Of those that do lose weight 80% put all the weight lost back on in less than 12 months. This awful success rate demonstrates that there is a problem with diets that promise a simple or quick fix for the habits, behaviours and attitudes that have often built up of many years.So, is there a better path to long-term, sustainable weight loss? Certainly it is not the old calorie counting or food restrictive diets. Maybe the answer is to make diet part of you daily lifestyle, much in the same way that putting on the weight in the first place was also part of your daily routine. By thinking of weight loss in this way, not the primary focus yet more a by-product of your lifestyle choices, it is possible to start to reverse those bad habits. Yet more importantly you will begin to change the habits, behaviours and attitudes that caused the weight gain - rather than just tinkering with the symptoms.