Diet IS a four letter word. Or is it???

It is true that restrictive, low calorie dieting can trigger the "famine response" in the body.  This can slow our metabolism dramatically and induce psychological cravings for high density food (i.e. high fat and sugary foods).  Diets are at best temporary because they are an abnormal process, in that once we've lost the weight, we go back to our previous way of eating, sometimes gaining back more than we actually lost.

And diets come in all shapes and sizes.  I did an experiment recently after reading a book supporting the notion of high protein, fat and low/no carbs (both simple and complex) being able to create weight loss.  I ate steak and salad, fish and salad, chicken and salad, pork and salad, eggs and salad, lamb and salad, xxxx and salad for about three weeks.  Despite the consumption of plenty of saturated fats and calories, I did lose a little weight.  What I also lost was the ability to go to the toilet (Number Twos, that is).  And I was bored, and uninspired by eating the same thing all the time.  Towards the end I started craving complex carbs and fruit (which was also banned).  So, technically, the diet was causing weight loss, but at what cost?  And who could do that for a lifetime?  

Speaking of a lifetime....A sustainable, enjoyable lifelong change towards  eating food that supports health and well-being is likely to lead to reduction in weight.

A recent meta-study (i.e. a study of a wide variety of studies) has indicated that reducing total fat calories in what we eat, without reducing overall calories, can lead to weight loss.  So replace fat calories with something healthier and weight loss will occur.
http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e7666 

It is believed that 70% of overeating is emotional in nature. So find a different coping strategy and weight loss will occur.

Give up dieting per se, and make adjustments to have more control over what you eat (avoiding processed and pre-prepared foods and weight loss will occur.

So a change in diet (rather than being "on" a diet) can result in weight loss.  And hopefully help you to lose that particular kilo for the LAST time.  Under those circumstances, diet is NOT a four letter word.

And if you want to be totally constipated, see above.  (Who are you, you crazy nut!?)