From time to time a new diet appears accompanied by a book, TV interviews and all sort of declarations.

If a star supports the diet, surely we are tempted to try it out. First, there was the wave of “the cabbage soup”, than the Atkins diet, the Danish diet, the Mayo diet, South Beach and several others. Each grants 100 % success. I am not denying that they don’t work, but I do not agree with the high hopes attached to them. Most of my acquaintances who’ve lost weight and managed to keep it off never tried celebrity titled wonders. Or they might have, just until they’ve learned that a successful diet depends on your own will and motivation.

The recipe of success is simple:

eat less and avoid as much as possible unhealthy foods. But we always need something to hang on to. We need lists of forbidden foods, plans, predictions, as we lack the most important thing: will.

There's no reason to destroy your body by trying out a series of inventions that worked at others. Yes, it is true that Beyonce lost 10 pounds in 2 weeks following a diet based on syrup, lemon and Cayenne pepper. It is also true that Rihanna wears two size small after eating a small piece of pineapple and chicken breast.

The two singers needed to lose weight rapidly for some projects (a movie, an album release) but what is rushing us? Must we get rid of the fat we accumulated in many years just in 2 weeks?

Some diets actually work, some even match to people's lifestyle, but this doesn't mean that it fits you as well. Instead of spending time on a chase of some celebrity success diet, have a talk with yourself. Do you need a weight loss diet, are you ready to follow it through, is this what you really want? It is more important to educate our will, to look for wonders inside of us, rather then chasing some dream image in the outer world.