Dieters flock online to take weight off

Like most yo-yo dieters, Jacqueline Foss struggled with different fad diets only to watch the pounds creep back. Left with little choice, she turned to an unlikely source to help her slim down -- the Internet.

Foss enrolled in an online diet program where she recorded her weight, noted every meal in her food diary and chatted with support groups. She reached her goal of a sleek 125 pounds after six months -- losing 28 pounds from her 5-foot-5-inch frame -- and even managed to keep the weight off nearly a year later.

"It was convenient for me because I just log on from my house," said Foss, a 41-year-old software saleswoman from Syracuse, New York. "It was also private and if I failed, nobody would know but me."

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