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Simple beats complicated - the diet you keep wins

Simple beats complicated - the diet you keep wins

The best diet is not the one with the most rules. It is the one you actually keep. Sticking to a simple calorie deficit beats a complicated plan you quit - high adherers lose about twice as much as quitters, no matter which diet they follow.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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People think the perfect diet has many rules: cut carbs, time your meals, hit protein, avoid fruit, take supplements. But research says the opposite. The diet that wins is the one you keep - and simple plans are far easier to keep. Burnie keeps you to one simple thing: log your food and stay in your deficit. That is the whole plan.

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