Not at all. If you've eaten a high sugar/carb diet, it doesn't matter if you eat less because your body's still not going to burn off the fat unless you actually starve yourself. Eating less is completely different to starvation, and starvation is not a good long term strategy.
1. Cut out sugar and most other carbs (potato,bread,pasta,biscuits,fruit, etc), not counting fiber as a carb). Have a modest amount of protein and as much fat as you want. There are multiple diets such as Keto and Paleo that play with ratio of fats protein and carbs, but they all amount to pretty much the same thing--cutting out sugars and carbs as much as possible.
2. Eat as much as fills you up of everything else.
3. Body learns it needs to use fat for its energy.
4. Get to target weight, reintroduce yourself to carbs in moderation and leave sugar for special occasions.
The hardest part is sugar withdrawls for the first couple of weeks. There's also possible problems with a lazy bile duct due to the body not being used to a high fat diet, but can be dealt with by taking a modest dose bile supplements for a period of time.
Other than that, pretty damn easy. Compared to giving up cigarettes or coffee of which I've done both, it's a walk in the park.
1. Cut out sugar and most other carbs (potato,bread,pasta,biscuits,fruit, etc), not counting fiber as a carb). Have a modest amount of protein and as much fat as you want. There are multiple diets such as Keto and Paleo that play with ratio of fats protein and carbs, but they all amount to pretty much the same thing--cutting out sugars and carbs as much as possible.
2. Eat as much as fills you up of everything else.
3. Body learns it needs to use fat for its energy.
4. Get to target weight, reintroduce yourself to carbs in moderation and leave sugar for special occasions.
The hardest part is sugar withdrawls for the first couple of weeks. There's also possible problems with a lazy bile duct due to the body not being used to a high fat diet, but can be dealt with by taking a modest dose bile supplements for a period of time.
Other than that, pretty damn easy. Compared to giving up cigarettes or coffee of which I've done both, it's a walk in the park.