&gt; One key thing to remember is: You cannot outrun a bad diet.<p>I&#x27;ll also add that you can&#x27;t undo a bad diet over x years in much less time.<p>Obese people are shocked that changing the course and loosing fat takes time. Of course, they didn&#x27;t also get obese in a year.<p>When you&#x27;re getting fatter and fatter you don&#x27;t even register couple extra kilograms, compared to if you have a healthy habit of measuring weight&#x2F;lean body mass&#x2F;body fat weekly (this is crucial, because measuring JUST weight is just half-assing yourself) and staying in shape. 
One who&#x27;s doing that will notice the weight change even without measuring, your more attune to your body and you &quot;know&quot;. It&#x27;s ironic that more better you&#x27;re in shape, easier it is to stay in good shape, but hey that&#x27;s how law of fittest works.