I think I meant that if you lose it too quickly you might well be more liable to put it back on again. I think my problem is bad habits, especially comfort eating in the evening. So far this year I've broken that habit. All my weight loss is a direct result.
Every day this year my daily food routine has been typically:-
Breakfast - bowl of porridge or cereal and a cup of tea or two.
11ses: a cup of coffee.
Lunch: three or four slices of bread with soup, some fruit and more tea. I might also have a bit of cake or a geobar.
Dinner: meat & three veg, something for afters which is normally more fruit. Sometimes, if Aunt Phyllis comes, we will have a proper "afters" of a pudding or a pie.
During a day's cycling there may well be more intake.
That's causing me to lose weight reasonably quickly, I think, but it's something I can keep up. If I went much below this, reducing portion size etc, it's something I would have to change again when I reach the target weight. I think the above is perfectly OK for keeping body & soul together and I'll maintain it as long as the weight is coming off. I'm not feeling hungry all that much - perhaps for the last hour or so before a meal, so I can hang on that long. What I'd dread is sitting down to a meal with portions so small that I'd still feel hungry when I finished.
