Your absolutely right. A diet doesn't work if when you have lost the weight you are immediately going to go back to your old habits. Also, most "diets" will restrict something you like so dramatically that you will have a hard time sticking to them. One thing I like about this site is that most people are committed to losing weight as a lifestyle change and working on ways to incorporate food choice changes and exercise into your current lifestyle on a permanent basis. It's hard work, but you'll get there!
For me, calorie counting works. I don't have to "give up" anything. I just have to count it and budget it in. For exercise, DVD's work for me. I can easily get some variety in, and I don't have to waste time going back and forth to the gym.
It's been slow and steady for me this time. What I'm liking though, is even when I fall off the wagon, I'm not backsliding. I am maintaining. Which means that my diet / exercise changes are sticking!
Also, after a few weeks, or a couple months, I'll get back into it and move forward a few more pounds.
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