One of the best weight loss articles I ever read - with one tiny exception.

I am NOT presenting simple anecdotal evidence - many thousands HAVE done what I did - but I thought it worth mentioning since at least some of your readers will be able to do it also.

I was 30 pounds overweight by the end of my graduate studies in 2000. I was not motivated (here is where your "90%" mental is exactly right) to do anything about it until 2003 when my wife finally convinced me to go to the doctor's office and get an "official" blood pressure reading.

I had left New York City in 2001 with a BP of 130/80. In 2003 the reading was 160/100.

I simply chose 1500 calories as my daily intake and started a 6 day a week, 1 hour daily exercise routine, 3 days aerobic (+HIIT) and 3 days resistance training.

Lost 30 pounds in 3 months and kept it off since.

NOTE THIS IS NOT MERELY ANECDOTAL! look up the National Weight Registry, look up studies by Joel Fuhrman, Neal Barnard and many others.

BUT THIS ARTICLE IS, MOST CERTAINLY, CORRECT. It's perhaps better to be patient and recognize it's 90% mental. Prepare for the long run.

just don't think you've done anything wrong if it happens to be the case that you lost what you wanted to lose in a shorter period. If so, BE PREPARED TO BE VERY VERY MINDFUL DURING THE MAINTENANCE PERIOD SO YOU DON'T GAIN IT BACK.

Thank you for an excellent article.

I would add just one thing - if you have tried everything else and nothing else worked, try in addition to the 16/8 window of intermittent fasting, making it 2 meals with no snacks. I never could figure out how to lose the infamous "last 10 pounds" (tried extreme keto, tried everything else) but that worked - many years after the 2003 initial 30 pound success.