Unless you follow the diet to the maximum - eat only compatible food and skip incompatible (according to the chosen diet), calculate calories every single day. In my case keto diet worked the miracle. Maybe other people could be successful with other, different diets. But it does work if done properly. Same with exercise. Random exercise can be just as bad as restricting calories. Exercise should be systematic and balanced, as well as a diet.
Keeping track of macronutrients and carb counting sounds significantly harder than “just eat less” and I think bolsters the argument that it may in fact be hard to lose weight.
