I got bad news for you: I know multiple people who lost weight for two months (as anyone can on literally any calorie-restriction diet) but simply couldn't follow it for much longer than that.

I myself stopped being keto a couple of days after the evening crying started.

What is the bad news? It sounds like they stopped eating healthy, and got fat as a result of it.

Eating a healthy diet for two months doesn't mean you can go back to eating trash and expecting to stay healthy.

Your advice is not actionable. I know several people including myself who were simply unable to action it for longer than the two months that anyone can stick to any diet.

If you are capable of sticking to a diet that literally brings you to tears on a daily basis, then sure, but do realise that you're probably in about the top percentile of willpower. (I imagine you were not in fact brought to tears by this diet, or you wouldn't be recommending it; in which case you may not be aware that it's not a panacea.)

Are you saying you were brought to tears because you weren’t eating carbs? I have known many people who have lost weight very successfully by switching a healthy, safe, and effective low carb/keto diet.

In fact I’ve never even heard of crying being a side effect. How are you suggesting these things are even linked?

All I know is that I couldn't think of anything other than carbs, and started crying because I wanted carbs so much, and then when I ate carbs it was blissful and I stopped thinking about carbs and I stopped crying. I don't know what more evidence it would be possible to have that they were linked.

Isn't that called addictions? Replace carbs with any drug and it sounds quite plausible.

I don't think you're actually arguing with me. I claim that keto doesn't work for everyone, and so apparently do you.

I like keto because it helps me maintain energy throughout the day, but I need to eat practically non-stop to avoid losing weight while on it. It's crazy.

Exact same experience. It honesty feels like unlocking a cheat code, and makes me really frustrated at the “diet industry” which is constantly pushing these absurd fad diets onto people.

So are vegan diets. (By which I mean: whole food, plant based.)

But you don't need to pick a team with all the tribalism that's involved. It really is as simple as eating less, like the article lays out.

And eating less is much easier if the foods you are eating are fiber rich (more filling).

> But you don't need to pick a team with all the tribalism that's involved.

Sometimes labels are just easier than a "wishy-washy" "yeah I'll do something in that general direction". That doesn't need to involve tribalism; pretty much all vegan and keto people I know are fairly pragmatic about it.

You are describing most of a keto diet, which is high in fiber, and sources most of its calories from fat instead of carbohydrates.