>My point is that maintenance becomes simple once you get used to eating less. Eating the amount you used to eat before now seems like a terrible excess (and I

>My point is that maintenance becomes simple once you get used to eating less. Eating the amount you used to eat before now seems like a terrible excess (and I wasn't even overweight before). This honestly surprised me once I started trying to lose weight. I assumed it be a constant war with my will power to not gorge myself. After about two weeks of a very restricted diet, the desire to eat a lot, and often, just kind of drifted away. I now feel super lethargic if I eat a big meal. I prefer eating a couple small meals through out the day. "Eat not to dullness," and whatnot. Your average fast food meal is now a pretty big amount of food for me -- I used to eat the stuff twice a day, and still want more.