Diet vs. Re-orientation

Perhaps I'm still high on my horse from my big 5 lbs. drop from yesterday, but I wanted to rant a bit about diets in general...

I keep seeing these ads for Nutrisystem and Jenny Craig that talk about eating all of the food you love and losing the weight. Congrats to the people that are successfully losing weight on those programs. But my question is: What happens when you reach your goal weight? Are you planning on subscribing to those meals for the rest of your life?

Those programs allow people to get away without thinking about how to eat properly. All they know is to eat a Jenny Craig breakfast, lunch, and dinner and trust that Jenny has figured out portion control, healthy choices for them. Then they hit their goal and go back to "normal food" and put some or all back on.

That's why I'm not necessarily reading any diet books or subscribing to a diet program. And that's why I'm setting my goal to lose 1 lb a week for 50 weeks. That way, I can find what works for me by just eating healthy and exercising. There are plenty of choices out there (especially these days) that you should be able to do well if you cut out the McDonalds, Cokes, Sweets, etc...

That's why I'm looking at this journey as more of a re-orientation of how I live instead of a diet to be done with once I've hit my goal...