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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cut your carbs. At least to 100g, if you can go under 50-60g there are  benefits. The first few days will massively suck, and then it will get easier. Count carbs and calories using MyFitness Pal or something similar. Track before you eat. Weigh/measure foods for a few weeks until you can accurately eyeball, and even after that spot check several times a month to make sure portion sizes aren't increasing.

I have more to lose but have lost 50 lbs in the last 3 months (not a typo) this way. My doc is thrilled. I think at a lower weight you may lose slower, but aiming for 1-1.5% of your body weight a week is doable. There is evidence  (studies) that the common wisdom of 1-2 lbs per week isn't right and people who lose fast are more likely to get closer to their final goal weight and no more likely to gain it back (BTW - EVERYONE is likely to gain it back no matter how fast or slow you lose, so you have to be vigilant long term).[/quote]

Congratulations on your weight loss, but that kind of quick loss is almost certain to be unsustainable.[/quote]

Based on what? Unsustainable in terms of speed (agreed, it will slow down), or unsustainable in terms of keeping it off? As I mentioned, there is newer research out that shows losing fast is NOT correlated with your likelihood to regain. The fact is, most everyone is statistically likely to regain - slow or fast loss. And those who lose slowly are less likely to get close to their goal weight. It's depressing, but for some of us, it has to be a life-long commitment to regular weighing, monitoring our food, etc.

Long term, I plan on weighing in at the doctor every 3 months in addition to continuing forever with weekly Weight Watcher meetings (which I'm already doing). Something about the doctor keeps me really accountable. And I'm accepting I'm going to have to log my food daily, forever. Not everyone has to do that, but I have a serious "medical" issue and that's the way for me I'll have to treat it. If someone is diabetic, they have to take their blood sugar daily/more than daily forever; for me, to fight obesity long-term, I have to log my food daily. I really am starting to look at it that way. I think the difference is that this time I've approached weight loss from a true health point-of-view. In the past, deep down I was approaching it from a vanity point of view but paid lip-service to health so I wasn't really willing to do what it took long term, put accountability systems into place, etc.

Anyway, back to the quick loss thing - here's some research on it. I did a ton of research before deciding how I was going to eat, how much, etc and was surprised to learn the quick vs slow loss thing isn't really proven in terms of keeping it off.

http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2015/mar-apr/is-fast-or-slow-weight-loss.html
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(14)70200-1/abstract

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