[coloroadie]

We need to eliminate the idea of the diet. The only way to lose weight and to keep it off is to commit to a long term lifestyle change. Similar to how recovering addicts continue to go to meetings years have they've gotten sober, people need to make the same kind of commitment to their weight and general health.

Disclosure: I lost nearly 100lbs 15 years ago. The most I gained back was 20 pounds. Never going back.

[Retric]

I gained 100 lb in less than one year. Most of that showed up in 6 months.

That's the side nobody talks about. Losing a pound in a random week is easy. Keeping a pound off for 15 years is much harder and I commend your resolve.

[torrent-of-ions]

If it's hard then you are doing it wrong. The point of the post you are replying to is that people shouldn't "go on a diet" and spend weeks or months not enjoying their life. Instead you should find a way to eat a normal amount of food and enjoy it. Then you'll lose weight and never gain it back.

[Retric]

I don't mean hard as in will power. Rather, there is a huge trend to gain weight as you age. http://stateofobesity.org/obesity-by-age/

PS: The 65+ numbers seem to be better except morbidly obese people tend to die young and weight loss is often a sign of a medical issue.

[ch4s3]

"Similar to how recovering addicts continue to go to meetings years have they've gotten sober"

Turns out, that's not a plan a plan supported by scientific evidence either ;)

[delecti]

You're probably referring to the recent debunking of 12 step program?

Isn't that more centered around getting clean, and not keeping clean, and also more centered around the 12 step programs themselves rather than the support groups?

[ch4s3]

I wouldn't call it recent per se, it's been unsupported by research since perhaps the 1970's. Anyway, I just meant that the support groups lack the backing of research.

[delecti]

True, it's always been BS, but there was a recent prominent article or study calling it out.