You have all see them. The dramatic before and after pictures of your favorite celebrities losing 20,50 or 100 lbs. That is Weight Loss!

But then a few months later, you see in the grocery store a picture of that famous star right back to the weight they had started at!  That is lack of weight control! Weight Control is the ability for a person to maintain their desired weight and not regain all the weight or even more than what was lost!

It really is as simple as this. To lose weight, you must use more calories than you eat. To maintain your weight, the calories you eat must equal the energy you burn. (source: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

A successfully weight control strategy can be as diverse as the diet programs available. But for the majority of us weight control is a life changing experience. After you have lost your desired weight you can not go back to the way things were. The way things were is how the weight gain happened to begin with. 

For some it just maybe cutting out the colas, switching your sugary treats to fruits or low-calorie treats and going for that 20 minute walk everyday.

For others a complete weight control program of maintaining journals, counting your in-take of calories and determining the calories burned daily will be the key to success.

At Youngertoday.com there is a convenient Calorie Burner Counter that can help you determine how many calories will be burned from common household activities such as cleaning or mowing the lawn, to hiking, swimming or walking!

There are also tools to calculate how many calories certain foods have. There are free online tools to convenient handheld calculators.

What has your Weight Control Strategy been? Is there a book or program that has been beneficial to you?

Let us know..share your thoughts!