[Etana]

I've been thinking of the GWF and logging calories and creating results over time (not in 2-4 weeks, but over a period of 6 months, say...)

If I eat 1400 cal and burn 2400 cal, or hit a deficit of 7000 cal per week, could I really expect to lose 2 pounds per week averaged over that 6 month period? Or close to that?

Say 25 weeks, that would be 50 pounds.
Hopefully I would gain some muscle, and so, with extremely vague math, say that would decrease the 50 pounds to maybe 35-40pound loss, or still a net of 1.5 pound loss per week?

Is it that simple, even for those of us who don't seem to drop scale weight? Perservere with the math of cal burned and cal consumed, and results will follow over the long term?

what is missing? Is it only that I get frustrated after a month and binge for some weeks that foils me?

Now that I have the GWF and fitday.com, it seems I can take a more rationale mathematical approach, and if the actions are spot on, it should generate results.