i've lost 25 pounds on keto and low-carb. some days i eat more carbs than others because pure keto is extremely hard to sustain especially when you eat sociall

i've lost 25 pounds on keto and low-carb. some days i eat more carbs than others because pure keto is extremely hard to sustain especially when you eat socially and aren't a teetotaler. i need to lose about 15 more to get back to my college freshman weight, so i was at the high end of 'overweight' and close to 'obese' if you look at the official classifications. even as a keto fan, at the end of the day the most important thing is eating less calories than you expend if you want to lose a significant amount of weight in a 6-12 month period - which really means, the most important thing is for people to actually count their calories. when i first started counting there would be some days where i'd eat 4000+ calories! it's amazing i wasn't 100 pounds overweight. there came a point where i asked myself, "why the hell am i eating this much?" after seeing 3000+ on the graph for a few days in a row, and just decided not to anymore. that was an extremely important point in the process. having to face the quantified view of your terrible choices every day has a profound effect on your decision making.