I don't believe in short-term dieting as a valid form of weight-loss. This is not to say that I have ever actually changed my diet to achieve long-term goals either. It just means that I continue to gain weight.

BobTheCorgi (6/21/01) gives a nice succinct overview of the drawbacks of a lifetime of dieting.

I'm on the phone with PacBell (20 minutes and counting ... their hold music sucks) and I almost fell off my chair laughing.