Again said with the best of intentions, but you may be slightly missing the point of a lifestyle change vs. diet, and why diets dont work in the long run unless certain changes are made forever. Yes, once you've lost your weight you can eat more, at your maintenance level rather than in a calorie deficit. But I'm hoping you realize that if you go back to all your prior habits once you drop the weight then you'll be right back to square one. The majority of people who lose weight regain it because they simply go back to what they did before. And surprise! The weight comes right back. So yes, eating out once in a while or eating pizza or junk here and there will be fine. But if you do that to the extent that you did before, you will not keep the weight off long term. That's why severely cutting cals short term doesn't teach you anything about developing healthy habits for the long run.

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