Your body needs energy to work and this energy is provided by calories, which are contained in the food that you eat. When you consume more calories than your body can burn you then have a problem with fat. Eating more calories than your body can turn into energy results in your body turning that energy into fat cells. Eating the right amount of calories recommended by a trained doctor will limit the body turning excess calories to fat.

You can stop smoking, drinking, abusing drugs, biting your fingernails, etc. However, you cannot stop eating. No matter how much you want to lose weight, you have to eat. The secret is to slowly but permanently change your habits. Continue to enjoy eating and the social interaction that eating usually involves. Don't be too hard on yourself or feel guilty about eating. Do follow some very common sense tips about healthy eating. These tips are available in so many places. Practice some of these methods and stay away from fads.