It would be interesting to see research studies on the people who *quit* dieting and returned to *normal* eating, either at goal or before and include information like - type of diet they were following, number of repeats of the same pattern, re-gain weight rates and amounts, general lifestyle profiles... etc - REGARDLESS of the diet they were on, in fact, cover off ALL woes - not just LC.

You're right - we hear a lot (and claim ourselves) that low-carb is the easiest to lose on and stick with - and yet people quit it all the time and gain and repeat - hard to tell if overall, low carb REALLY is any different than any other WOE in the stick-to-it attributes - or if the carb addiction, regardless of the *treatment* is truely what must be combatted by the individual alone - and that the *battle* is not food related - as you said before.