THOUGHT that losing that extra 10 pounds was the most difficult thing ever?

Guess what, it's only the beginning. Keeping these pounds off is the real challenge.

"Most of us can lose weight if we set our minds to it - but we are not so good at keeping it off," says Arne Astrup of the University of Copenhagen and coordinator of an eight-country study that has undertaken to identify the most effective diet to help adults stop regaining weight after initial loss.

All eyes are on Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor, now that she has lost oodles of weight and toned up into a bronzed beauty for Tashan.

But now what? Will Bebo manage to stay sexy?

Sure she will.

We spoke to her weight management expert Rujuta Diwekar and the woman behind Kareena's oh-so-hot body.

Rujuta recommends a six-step programme that Bebo uses to fight off that lost weight the right way.

Let's get a skinny of it, shall we?

1. No crash diets, please

Rumour had it that Kareena was on an orange juice only diet. Apparently not.
 
Her dietician Rujuta says that the major problem with people who gain weight after they have lost it is the way they lose the weight in the first place.

Starving yourself or crash dieting can really wreck your system. When you completely avoid fats and carbohydrates, your body doesn't understand you are dieting. It thinks that you are not getting these foods and hence stores them to create reserves for you. So in actual fact you are doing your body more harm than ever, she elaborates.

2. Get the motive straight

"You can't wake up one morning and decide you want to look like Kareena Kapoor," Rujuta laughs.

Remember, you want to lose weight because it is healthier not because you want to fit into that sexy pair of jeans or because you have set a wedding date. You need to be willing to let the weight loss process take its course. Don't rush it.

Get this - Kareena began working on her look for Tashan back in May 2007!