[newaccount74]

I managed to lose about 10% of my body weight with calorie counting in a few months. I was quite happy.

But it made me generally very hungry and I gained almost all of it back within a year or two.

I guess it only works as long as you don't stop calorie counting.

[solaxun]

I think the idea is that once you've been counting long enough, you know the reduction that you need to make intuitively. Of course weight will come back if you revert to old habits, but I don't think counting calories forever is necessary.

If you're hungry between meals, eat low calorie density foods like broccoli and drink water. I realize that's not exactly as fun as eating doritos, but it's how sustainable change happens. Fad diets never work because they are by definition temporary.