Don't give up! 5% is nothing to sneeze at, and that pace is actually probably the best way to go about it as it's not radical changes to your lifestyle. It also

Don't give up! 5% is nothing to sneeze at, and that pace is actually probably the best way to go about it as it's not radical changes to your lifestyle. It also gives your body, both inside and out, more time to adjust. The tracking might be a thing for the rest of your life, but it's so easy these days with things like MFP. There's also hope in that once you maintain a weight for a year, your hormones (ghrelin and leptin) will adjust and you won't be as hungry. Also, people love to trot out the "all diets fail" and claim no one has ever shown otherwise, when there are things like the National Weight Control Registry that put that pernicious myth to rest. As another poster said, most people don't realize that you don't just diet temporarily and stop. The word "diet" derives from the Greek "diaita" which means "way of life".