After a late winter cruise, it was time to lose some weight. I decided on a calorie/weight scale based diet. I determined that my break even is 2,500 calories a day, add on for exercise. The diet is eat and drink whatever I want to a maximum of 1,500 calories a day. One day a week is off the diet allowing 2,200-3,000 calories for that day. Getting on the scale once a day is mandatory. So is recording every bite of food and drink, no lying.
So far, I have lost 25 pounds in 8 weeks. I have had great food, changed my diet to accommodate the calories, had the odd scotch or manhattan, bottle of wine. My fruit/veg count is averaging 7 or 8 per day and I have more energy than I've had in years.
I am 65 years old. If I believed in what I read, this diet would not work. It does and I have only felt hungry on rare occasion. My wife is on the same diet with 1,000 calories per day. She has lost 17 pounds.