Hot take: The 'cabbage soup only' plan was a joke compared to just eating less of my normal food.
I did the soup thing for a week and felt awful, but lost nothing. Then I just cut my usual dinner portions by half for a month and dropped eight pounds. Why do we make this so hard?
Remember my friend who tried that juice cleanse? She spent a week feeling cranky and broke, then just started skipping her afternoon candy bar and lost weight.
Isn't it funny how the simplest fix is usually the one that works? Your friend's story, grace_knight70, reminds me of how many people buy expensive gear for a new hobby but quit after two weeks. The real change comes from the small, boring habit you stick with, not the big flashy thing you buy.