Oh and as Arnold Schwarzenegger said, if it tastes good, spit it out.
That is true, to a certain extent. The more overweight you are, the harder it is to lose significant amounts of weight simply by reducing caloric intake. That's because the bigger you are, the less surface area your body has in relation to total body mass. Since heat dissipates from the surface, very fat people tend to hold their heat; thus, the fatter they get, the fewer calories (relatively) they require to maintain their body temperature. This is why very thin people often can eat whenever and whatever they like without gaining weight, and why so many are comfortable in temperatures that would make other people sweat like pigs.
I dropped the same amount in three months by eating more and moving less. I went vegan upon learning I have cancer and I eat about 2500-3000 calories/day, and I stopped cardio and just weight train. Voila!
People are different....your admonition only works for some...
>> Losing weight is easy. Eat less, move more.
Losing weight is a side-effect of eating less and moving more. That’s not often ‘easy.’
Not to be obnoxious, but weight management is very important, and very important to me as I have T2 diabetes.
Inevitably, weight management works best with a state of mind that focuses on planning. That is to make sure there’s a good menu for the days ahead. And we all know that planning makes things easier.