And she was always on some sort of fad diet.

But that's all any fad diet is designed to do.

Answer: Don't waste time and effort by following a fad diet.

The reality is that fad diets don't work to help you lose weight and keep it off.

You write about trying different fad diets, like Atkins, from a young age.

After gaining 10 pounds, she started a series of fad diets.

But the Dukan is far from the only fad diet to cut out entire food groups.

You've heard it time and again: fad diets don't work for permanent weight loss.

Now the trend has shifted, as it always does with fad diets.

The answer, of course, is that fad diets and quick weight loss tricks don't work in the long run.