Vanity contiinued

So after another month of eating well except for weekends I've found that regardless of what I do to lose body fat I need to do a fee things:

Workout in the am doing cardio
Drink over 8 glasses of water
Eat no carbs or fatty foods
Not eat after 9pm

I had my body fat down to 12 but after 3 days of not doing thr above it's back to 17. If course I'm losing weight but I dint want to.....

So I guess i have learned this: vanity either comes through hard work and disciple or lots of money and surgery. I am hoping the first builds character.