Thanks Marie, not really advice, more common sense:
The only reason people put it all back on, whatever diet or method of weight loss they've done, is if they go back to their old habits.
One of my favourite reminders.
"If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got!"
Lots of people say they put the weight back on when they go back to eating "normally". Was it eating "normally" that got us there in the first place??????????
My sincerest advice would be - see it through to whatever goal you set for yourself, don't be tempted to give up before that and think you can finish it off on your own -and the real important bit seems to be. Do RTM at the end which is the 12 week controlled, gradual re-introduction to food.
It really seems to be what makes the difference. So many Returners say they wish they had done it.
I'm so glad I did. It's not easy. It's still a challenge, no-one can be 100% strong willed all the time and life throws things at us which make us wobble sometimes, but follow the programme, engage with the psychological side, see it as more than just another "diet" and you'll have a good chance of success.
Good luck. xx