Long term successful dieters will often remember how absolutely obsessed with food tracking and planning they were in the earliest stages of their weight loss. They can tell you their own personal calorie maintenance levels and how this fluctuated as they lost weight. They will most likely tell you that they now currently eat quite a large amount of food. Their metabolisms have been basically repaired as they experience a healthy bodyweight for an extended period of time.
People who have lost a large amount of weight and kept it off tend to eat some variety but not too much. They have at least 2-3 meals that they consider go-to meals that they can access easily and know they will enjoy. A typical example would be how I chose to eat bacon, eggs and vegetables for breakfast 95% of the time.
Many people who have lost weight and kept it off long-term changed their focus from food to some sort of physical activity or sport.
True to their circadian rhythm - early to bed and rise.
You can experience hunger without headaches, tiredness, moodiness - Hangriness is at a minimum because we are not diabetic. Remember, excessive appetite is a symptom of being diabetic.
Losing the weight took a long time. The longer it takes to get the excess bodyfat off the better chance of keeping it off. The weight loss was a product of long-term lifestyle changes.
A change of friends, a brand new social network is created. This is something of a secret, this idea that you will need to change your entire social identity to succeed at losing a large amount of weight and keep it off. Water seeks its' own level.
Regular doses of long-slow-distance. Walking, cycling, swimming, etc.
Carbohydrate and alcohol restriction at some stage of life.
Some sort of obvious and serious motivation. Actors and athletes have an obvious motivation to stay lean. Some are motivated by a past illness or illness of somebody close to them.
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