The problem is knowing what the "right things" are. What we've been told is a healthy diet for decades is basically flat wrong. Turn the food pyramid upside down and it's closer to being right.
I now eat a high fat, low carb diet (basically ketogenic), and am dropping weight at about the same rate as you. Do not work out when trying to lose weight, it makes you hungrier, and it takes a lot of exercise to burn significant calories.
I eat when I want, how much I want. I just don't eat if I'm not hungry. I find that without the carbs I don't get hungry very much and am easily satisfied.
The key variable is not to focus on quantity but on kind. Eliminate the carbs, especially sugar and refined grains, and the rest will likely follow.
Yep. Been down the Keto road. It’s okay and if it works for you then great. It didn’t really do much for me. Lost a few lbs that was about it. One thing I really didn’t like and I have to watch out for now is when carbs are eliminated from the diet the body goes into ketosis as you know. What they don’t say up front is that it will make you feel like you have a cold or flu for up to a week while your body adjusts to this new way of burning fats instead of sugars (carbs).
I’m not going to say it’s a bad diet because some folks really benefit but I would not stay on it for more than a couple of months. The pyramid isn’t wrong. Keto cuts out some key nutrients. Might be a good diet for those who like it to do 2 months on 1 month off; repeat.
I’ve tried them all. The only thing that really worked was lowering the calorie intake. It’s going to be different for everyone because everyone has different activity levels.
You’re right about working out making us hungry. The body is craving those used up cals and wants to replace them.