Research!

I found this article on the Livestrong website (Which is increasingly becoming a great resource for me) from the author of the book called The Virgin Diet. Essentially in this article she debunks two myths from the nutrition and diet world. The first myth being that slow and steady weight loss is the key to successful weight loss. She found two studies that have been completed that state that quick weight loss can actually be better for people, and that it can practically be permanent weight loss. Reading this was actually satisfying, because in one week I went down 5 pounds. Although I can probably contribute that to bodily functions and chemical imbalances and yadda yadda yadda, it was still a big difference for me to see. Knowing that losing weight quickly is okay gives me the boost I need at the halfway point in my project.
The second myth she debunked was that all calories are created equally. I won't elaborate much on this section because you should all go read this article, but she compares a bagel to a "Virgin Diet Shake" (I'm assuming that's something from her diet plan/book) and shows how the body processes them differently. Pretty neat stuff. Here's the article if you're interested!:

http://www.livestrong.com/blog/2-diet-myths-debunked/