I should say that I did weigh myself every day. No need to analyse, but you do need feedback in order to know if what you're doing is working.

Same here, measure and eat less, but everyone is different and may require a different ritual. Whatever works!

Loosing it is easy, keeping it is superb hard. Call me in 5 years when you return everything and add some more as your diet is unsustainable.

That's why it is important to keep weighing yourself, as it is very hard to otherwise notice slow weight gain.

you can't bother to read it but you can bother us with your opinion in the discussion of the article? That's a big self-esteem you have here.

I'm not bothering anyone with my opinion. You are completely free to not read my comment.

There has to be something like Dunning–Kruger effect but for situation where you try to improve something, learn a convoluted (and rarely scientifically confirmed) solution, apply it for like a month only to then crash back to the start and realise there is no workaround to eating less calories for example

Instead of accepting that big, sustainable changes are not achieved through shortcuts, my brain needed some convoluted or painful solutions (like extended water fasting) which also makes you think like you "cracked the code" and you are better than your mum who told you to just not eat sugar

In dieting these "convoluted solutions" might make sense because it's also about satiety control, energy levels and ease of adherence.

True in the end what matters is calories, but if, let's say IF makes it easier for you to consume less then for all means do that.

That is a really good point. "Whatever works for you".