If you really want to stay healthy and lose weight permanently, youll need to find a diet plan thats going to support you for the rest of your life. So-called fad or quick fix diets are certainly nothing new, and theyve been around for a long, long time. They do work for short-term results, such as if you want to get into a bikini for summer. However, the diet industry actually thrives on our failure, because lets face it; if we actually succeed long-term, they no longer make money from us.