Looking back over my weigh-ins for last year, I recognize what my problem was - I plateaued at 130 for months. Up 2, down 2, with calorie-counting and exercise. Then I started slipping and my weight stayed about the same, and I lost motivation and focus by September. And here I am, up 10 lbs.
In general, I think this is a lifestyle change and not a diet, and the foods I eat now and the amount of exercise I do is something I am willing to do forever. What I am wondering is whether anyone has changed their behavior dramatically to get through a plateau, using methods they would not use over the long-term? In my case, I'm thinking of things like going very low-carb(I normally eat very little meat and a fair amount of things like otameal, borwn rice, and ww pasta) or going to the gym twice a day or doubling my cardio. My only fear would be whether when I went back to old behaviors, the few lbs. would come right back.
Does anyone have any experience with this?