Diets don’t work….sorry correction - they do work on a short term basis if you stick to it long enough to see results. Often diets are too restrictive and people end up giving up before they see results. There are odd few who will be able to stick it out, but then gain all the weight they have lost, if not more as soon as they stop and start eating “normal” again. 

I have never been a fan of diets/quick fixes, I find they don’t teach people how to live a healthy balanced lifestyle. I don’t believe we should be taking short cuts to reach our goals. Rather have the ‘everything in moderation’ approach. If we all learned how to lead a healthy balanced lifestyle 80% of the time, there would be no need for the extreme diets and we would all have much healthier relationships with food.