Is your New Year dieting resolution running out of steam?
 
Many New Year dieting resolutions is now running out of steam in Britain, a survey shows, despite a trend towards longer-term dieting as opposed to celebrity-inspired quick fixes.

Weight-loss plans advocated by A-listers -- such as the maple¹ syrup², Atkins or cabbage soup diet -- are becoming less widely followed, with over a third of British dieters now seeing efforts to shed the pounds as an ongoing³, permanent lifestyle change rather than an attempt to quickly shed extra pounds.

However, the poll of 3,292 British adults by insurer PruHealth also found that the average dieter sticks to a regime for only 78.6 days -- often from January 1 to March 18.

Over two thirds of British women (69 percent) planned to embark⁴ on a new diet or fitness regime at the start of the year, according to the survey.

Katie Roswell, marketing⁵ director at PruHealth, said: "It's encouraging to see a common move towards long-term healthy lifestyles, rather than people opting⁶ for more short-term fixes, such as unhealthy, fad⁷ diet plans.

"However, it's also clear how important it is to maintain momentum⁸ and motivation to stick to a permanent lifestyle change."

 
跟明星倡导的快速减肥法不同，长期减肥已渐渐成为一种新潮流。尽管如此，一项调查显示，很多英国人的新年减肥决心已开始慢慢动摇。

目前，采用明星倡导的快速减肥法（比如：枫浆减肥、阿金饮食法、或白菜汤瘦身）的人越来越少，英国超过三分之一的减肥人士开始将减肥视为一种长期、持续的生活方式的改变，而不是试图快速减掉体重。

然而，PruHealth保险公司对英国3292名成年人开展的一项调查发现，从今年1月1日至3月18日，普通减肥者仅有78.6天在坚持减肥。

据调查显示，超过三分之二（69%）的英国女性曾立下新年决心，打算开始改善自己的饮食结构或准备开始健身。

PruHealth保险公司的营销总监凯蒂•罗斯韦尔说：“如今越来越多的人开始崇尚一种长期的健康生活方式，而不再选择流行饮食计划等不健康的快速减肥法，这是件好事。”

“然而，很显然，保持劲头、激励自己坚持长期生活方式的改善也十分重要。”

Vocabulary:

run out of steam:失去劲头；没有精力

quick fix:速效对策；快速解决问题的办法

A-lister:指“一线演员”

Atkins:阿金饮食法；一种少吃淀粉多吃肉的减肥法