29/f I can def relate, the statistic are there for sure, I lost a lot of weight with keto from 208-170 and hovered at 170 for years and during Covid got up to 188. I’ve been doing IF and low-ish carbs and feeling really good and I know I’ll be back where I was at.
If it helps my mom was well over 330 when I was little and she got into running slowly overtime (as well as diet choices) and is now strong as hell and probably around 150 and she’s maintained that well over 15 years now. It can absolutely be done and I think the fact you’re concerned about it means you’re already on the right track.
F31, i lost 18 kg some years ago with CICO and irregular IF. Meanwhile I had a baby. Pregnancy and maternity leave in a pandemic, stress-eating, tiredness-eating, depression - and here I am starting again with my all time high weight. But you know what? After I did it once, it’s completely different. I know what to do. I know I can do it. It’s soothing to know that even if you slip up in the future, you can get right back on track.
That 80% includes everyone who did crash diets, lost weight for a specific event, or did other methods that weren’t feasible in the long term
Take it slow, and focus on building healthy routines that are sustainable in the long run. Sure, you could do week long fasts to purge weight faster, but when you reach your goal weight, will you keep fasting?
I’m currently doing maintenance now, though I have more weight I’d like to lose. My focus is making sure I can balance my weight despite exercising less and eating more. I think it also helps reset your body’s weight “baseline” if you happen to pig out a bit (as I know I will over Christmas), so your body will return to your current weight easier if you do put on a couple of kilos