Dieting is pretty simple.
Get a weighing machine and weigh urself everyday.

Eat less & exercise more to see 0.5kg drop per week. If it doesn't happen then eat lesser & exercise more.

Whats so hard?

To exercise or to eat less?

I think many people seriously misinformed about carb.

You don't need any special diet/program like keto, carb cycling, fasted cardio, lemon juice diet, or whatever.

It's all about calories in vs calories out.

Tell me whats so hard to exercise or eat less?

Say your maintenance is 2,000kcal per day. You eat 1,700kcal. If you've eaten 2,000kcal then exercise more. Cardio for 2hrs so that you can burn like 200-300kcal.

If you don't lose weight then you must've counted wrong calorie consumed, over estimate the kcal u burnt (you believe the treadmill says u burnt 500kcal? Seriously?), or as most ppl do they don't count in the snacks they eat (cheat).

These are the ppl who cannot lose weight
- misinformed. No idea what they doing. Not willing to listen. Read too much craps / studies / research / marketing gimmicks.
- always look for shortcut or magic program/diet.
- lazy ass who think they go to the gym then body goes into auto-burn mode. Never work hard enough.
- overeating
- trust so much on BS machine like those treadmill or fat detector
- no discipline. mentally weak to continue.

Why people think by reducing carb works?

Because whenever u are on carb-restriction diet. Your body will lose water weight. That's glycogen = energy. So whenever you're on those diet, you will lose weight fast for the first 2-weeks and then slowly reduce or plateau depending on how u diet/burn thereafter.

Many ppl mentally & physically weak at this point so what they do? They eat like mad carb-rich food and gained alot of water-weight back. So there goes CARB being labelled as the enemy.

Then do a slight deficit as i said earlier. You guys have to be realistic. You think the weight u lose in first few weeks is fat? Not even close.

Just lose 0.5kg a week. Don't have to follow sh!tty diet, don't have to worry cannot eat this and that, mentally & physically healthy although will feels weaker at deficit, no risk of losing tons of muscle, less stress, sleeps well, and many more benefits.

Try follow those diet and tell me how long you can stand. Does it benefit you in the long run? Congratulations if you get better body but most ppl gets fatter at the end due to crash diet.

This is not my method. This is how your body works. Science.

Consumed food is energy. You do activity uses energy. Extra energy not used will store as fat. Simple as that.

You eat 2,000kcal but used only 1,800kcal. You gain fat (200kcal will store as fat).

You eat 1,500kcal but uses 1,800kcal. You lose fat (your body will tap to your body fat as energy).

Easiest and sustainable way of losing fat is slowly change your diet and routine.

1. Cut down all snacks. If still not losing then.
2. Cut down all sugary drinks. If still not losing then.
3. Cut down eating portion. If still not losing then.
4. Cut down one meal of the day.

In short, eat less but not go crazy like totally starve yourself. Go stage by stage.

If you feel like sh!t and crave for food. Don't torture yourself. Eat but in small portion. Throw in cardio to burn those energy consumed. Take the stairs instead of using elevator. Go window shopping at night (walk as much as you possibly can). Go hiking or swimming in the weekend.

Not saying those diet doesn't work. It requires mentally strong ppl. I can tell you straight more than 95% will fail. Or maybe 99%. IDK.

p/s : kinda free these days so can comment alot.