6 Long-Term Weight Loss Success Secrets Based on Research Maintain, don’t gain If you’ve ever dropped pounds and then tried to maintain your lower weight, you’ve probably blamed yourself when the scale started creeping back up. Well, emerging research shows that faulty willpower is not the main culprit. “Multiple systems in your body conspire against you in a push to regain lost weight,” explains Michael Rosenbaum, MD, an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and a top obesity
