Consistency and accountability friends

Exactly what @mtaratoot says above!

It boils down to what you’ll hear referred to here as CICO (calories In/Calories Out).

You can eat anything or any “way” you want, as long as you’re eating fewer calories than you’re using.

Have you figured out how to create your calorie goal yet?

Once you do, you’ll begin weighing and logging your food. Don’t expect to be perfect at first, or even in a year or two. But paying attention to what you eat, and making adjustments is a beginning.

For me, I eliminated sugar sodas, and (regretfully) milk (I downed my sweets and chocolate with four or five glasses of milk a day). I learned to cook with very small portions of oils. In fact, I seldom use oils at all now. I made fabulous chicken and beef fajitas with onions and peppers the other night in an un-oiled nonstick pan, seasoned with A1, fajita seasoning, and a little squirt of concentrated tomato paste. A giant, including a couple of low carb tortillas and some queso fresca came to well under 700 calories. A restaurant portion would have been about 2,000 and I’ll stack mine against theirs any day!

Don’t get me started on balsamic vinegar and the 101 ways I used it during my weight loss!

You just have to start being mindful about what goes in the grocery basket and across the lips.

Count me in. I just started yet again after a year off (from this site). I'm 67 and need to shed 60+ pounds. I lost 30 lbs. in six months on strict Keto and then wound up at the ER. Turns out my old kidneys did not like the Keto regimen. I was disappointed since I had been doing so well so, of course, I consoled myself by eating my way right back to where I started. I, too, have returned to the tried and true "eat less than you burn" method. I'm feeling hopeful since I think I'm more realistic now. It took time to put it on and it will take time to take it off again. I would love to be part of a group. I love hearing how others are doing and sharing their ups and downs. Keeps me motivated.