Beverly Hills, CA (December 29, 2007) – More Americans will be resolving to lose weight in 2008 than any other New Year’s Day resolution, says NoDiet-WeightLoss.com, an online community that stresses lifestyle changes over dieting.

Based upon a demographic review and projection of those who wish to swear off their various vices, including smoking, drinking, narcotics, lack of exercise, insufficient time spent with family and friends, and messiness, NoDiet-WeightLoss.com concluded that taking off extra pounds is #1 on the wish list of more Americans than other self-improvement step.

“Between the tens of millions of Americans who are overweight and the many millions more who think they are overweight, all of the other vices just don’t compete,” says Dean Rotbart, founder and editor.  NoDiet-WeightLoss.com estimates that weight loss is on the New Year’s Resolutions list of at least 64% of all Americans and at the top of the list of 42% of all Americans.

Each year in January the various diet promoters use people’s New Year’s resolve to roll out new products, services and systems designed to help people shed the pounds.

“Enough people have tried these diets and dieting systems that we ought to be the trimmest nation on the planet,” says Rotbart.  “The fact that obesity is an epidemic in the United States is strong testament that these diets – which may work marvelously in theory – don’t provide all the necessary elements for people to consistently take and keep the weight off.”

NoDiet-WeightLoss.com argues for changes in lifestyle and self-image to lose weight, rather than restrictive diets.  “Before any of us can have the resolve to permanently reduce our weight, we must first come to peace with our own inner demons,” Rotbart says.

NoDiet-WeightLoss.com believes that rather than focusing so extensively on “How” to lose weight, the diet industry should instead focus on “Why” we gain weight in the first place.  The equation, NoDiet-WeightLoss.com says, is far more nuanced than “we eat more calories than we burn.”

People who are serious about permanent weight loss must evaluate the stresses in their lives that cause them to turn to food for enjoyment and comfort.  “When you address the true causes of obesity,” says Rotbart, “the symptoms – aka extra pounds – will slowly and permanently melt away.”

NoDiet-WeightLoss.com is free to everyone who is sick and tired of dieting.  The site offers a comfortable community forum to share workable suggests for taking off pounds without diet depravation.