From the “other people’s weight loss” department.

Sci-fi author and blogger John Scalzi has a post up (with info-graphics!) describing "The Incredible Scalzi Weight Loss Plan."  It might interest.  

Thought this point was very relevant:

3. I didn’t freak out when I slipped because I knew it was a long term project. Which meant that on the occasional days I ate more calories than I was supposed to, I didn’t get OCD about it. I just kept to the schedule after that. Alternately, while I did make a general effort to eat better, I didn’t feel guilty about ice cream or other empty calories when I had them. I just tried to keep the portions from being stupidly gargantuan, and compensated later with better, healthier foods. Over time everything balanced and I lost weight on a fairly steady basis, as the chart suggests.

I expect there will be some interesting stuff in the comments.