Diets don’t keep the weight off because folks go back to the habits that made them fat to begin with.
It requires a change of lifestyle. Moving more, eating less still works - but it only keeps it off if you ‘diet’ for the rest of your life.
Lost 25 pounds over 5 years and am now holding steady...because I’m not willing to change my lifestyle. I’m already running/exercising as much as my time reasonably permits, and I don’t want to cut back on eating any more than I have.
Great post & I agree, its gotta be a lifestyle change. I’ve been learning to eat clean for the past few years (along with exercise) and it shows, I’m in better shape than ever. Yet people who have known me the whole time and watched my progress over the years will still ask “when does it end?” or “so when do you get to stop dieting?” It drops my jaw even though these people are typically unhealthy and/or fat.
Someone on another thread a year ago mentioned the NoS Diet at nosdiet.com and it has helped me a lot. It is just sensible small lifesytle changes and your post reminded me of that. They mention Wansink’s Mindless Eating book on that site too.