I've lost about 80 lbs with maybe another 50 to go. I wonder if my "strategy" would

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. You got it! Gradually substitute healthy TASTY food for processed & high cal food. Rome not built in

The other thing is that Rome was not built in a day.

People spend years building up to their weight and then go on a "diet" or some combination involving some drastic action hoping that the pounds will disappear in a month or two. They either fail quickly or bounce back as soon as the "diet" is over, thinking that the problem is fixed, whereas the real problem is the daily eating patterns.

If it took ten years to gain a lot of weight, make a plan to take it off in 3 years, maybe 5 (figures are speculation, not based on any study). If you click with eating healthily and exercising, then maybe and only then and only maybe will you be able to take it off faster and keep it off.

Unhealthy food leaves the body unsatisfied, so people eat more and more.

Healthy food (low or no processing, little added sugar or fat, lots of fiber, lots of anti-oxidants) satisfies the body easily especially when it includes delicious fiber-filled food to bulk it out a bit.

Exercise is not for the calorie burning. It is for the efficient metabolism and invigorating gains to circulation.