For me personally diets that switch between what I eat never work. My wife is an amazing cook, she cooks for fun more than as a sustenance which means there is

For me personally diets that switch between what I eat never work. My wife is an amazing cook, she cooks for fun more than as a sustenance which means there is always amazing stuff to eat around the house. The only things I HAVE been able to do (I went from 223 to 152 now) are: - track what I eat exactly without cheating. - account for equivalent amount of base calories + exercise. - control the # I eat of all the fancy stuff. If it is a brownie, I have to walk away after half a piece. If it is a couple of cookies, no lunch. In general, there hasn't been an easy replacement meal. Thankfully I control breakfast and lunch (oats / skip it / replace with carrots/eggs etc. in office) and I ride over weekends.