DIET FAILURES

With any kind of diet, by the time you reach the 6-12 week mark,  the selected strategy has given you its maximum benefit.  Hopefully, by then you will have achieved the 10% reduction of your total weight which is the realistic goal to pursue.  If you did it right, 1-2 pound per week of weight loss, you would have lost at least 10 pound by now.  After this, maintenance is the challenge and your body's response is even more of a challenge.
The body wants to get back to the size it knows you can achieve.  Make no mistake, size is the major killer.  Just look at the tumor, when it gets too big, areas of necrosis soon happen because some areas will suffer ischemia.

Your body will start asking for food, will try to tell you that just this small thing will not be harmful, and it will tell this throughout the day.   TIMING, WHEN YOU CAN AFFORD TO EAT SOMETHING IS AN IMPORTANT STRATEGY TO PUT IN PLACE.  KEEP CONTROL OVER THIS.  REMEMBER ONE THING IS FOR SURE: BY THIS TIME, GROWTH HAS STOPPED AND THAT THIS IS ALREADY A GREAT GOAL ACHIEVED. KEEP IT THERE.

To go further down, avoid staying home near the refrigerator.  Go out, walk at the mall without money, just your ID! Or best go to the gym or call your support buddy.  When the diet effect is maximized, that is when you need to exercise the most, and that's when you need Calorie control the most, and your vitamins.  Whatever you do, do not increase your Carbohydrate intake, or any excess calories. Remember, you will not increase your weight doing this.  The body will fight back, trying to use what you have given it to its maximum advantage, using everything to its advantage, constipation will set in to prolong intestinal absorption and reduce stool size, but work on staying "regular".  Constipation is a proven risk of Colon cancer.  Take it out. At this stage, it also is hard to exercise. Your body will tell your brain not to exercise.  Any excuses will come to mind.  Double down and keep exercising.  A walk will be good any time.  Remember, staying home with the refrigerator in the house is one of the brain challenges.  If you do reach for the refrigerator, have safe options.  Very cold water, sweet non sugary options or a fruit.  Dried vegetable chips or low calorie nuts.  Here, frequency to the refrigerator needs to be controlled by a schedule.

So, schedule or time your eating, when you reach to eating, find options that are safe, and keep on moving or exercising; this should be your strategy.  And remember, if you do not increase your weight, that's an objective success already.  We will keep trying to find more and let you know!