First, let me say that I have had problems with my weight since I was about 10 years old. When I was younger than that, I was "too skinny", according to my mother. Fattening me up was no problem, but once I got "too fat", going the other direction seemed to be impossible.
I swear I have tried every diet possible, other than fasting. Yes, I know, I suppose I should have tried that, but when you literally start dreaming and daydreaming about food, even when you ARE eating, it just didn't seem to me that I would make it one day fasting.
Don't get me wrong, I would lose weight on some of the diets. I would lose it and then it would find me. I know you know what I'm talking about; otherwise, you wouldn't be reading this article.
It seems to me that the main problem was that if something changed or upset my routine, I would find that I "had to" drop the diet. I would tell myself it was "just this one meal" or "just this one day". One day turned into 2 days, which turned into a 4 day weekend and it was bye bye diet.
Let me tell you what I did instead that actually seemed to work for me.