I think I am suggesting the secret is that if you are unable to lose 1 lb. every 3 days then try 1 lb. every 4 days. If you keep sabatoging yourself then try 1 lb. per week. You know exactly what the calories are to achieve that. After all you took decades to build up your weight, it might take some time for it to go down.

I am currently at the 1 lb. per week. If this breaks down on me then I will go for 1 lb. every 2 weeks which should be really easy to achieve, but hope it doesn't come to that, because I want to be 155 wake up weight by the end of July (my wake up weight has ballooned lately to 170 lbs. from 162 lbs.).