Part of a healthy diet is managing calories in such a way that you remain at a healthy weight. It may be useful to create a calorie deficit for a limited time.
Then you are inconsitstent with what you called success above, where you call any small reduction or zero change in weight a success of dieting.
Then you are inconsitstent with what you called success above, where you call any small reduction or zero change in weight a success of dieting.