I have never actually dieted in my life.  I know this sounds absurd, even to those with ridiculously high metabolisms, who I hate by the way.  Everybody diets, right?  Wrong.  A diet is a change in lifestyle that is temporary.  A diet means that you are eating a certain way only to lose weight, and then you plan to go back to an old plan hoping it will maintain things.  I’ve never done that, and frankly it’s an old habit of yo yo dieters to try that method and approach, simple fact.  Luckily, I was taught better eating habits when young.  So I never really had to make some huge lifestyle change or anything.  There are times when I go on vacation, and then you end up eating at tons of buffets, eating with your party all the time, even when you may not be all that hungry and therefore you don’t really follow your regular schedule.  Just about everybody gains weight during that time.  But I’m also rather active during vacations just as I am in my regular life or more so, because there’s so many opportunities to run around and play.  But when I get back, I fall back into my old habits.  The key is to develop good habits to fall back into.