I just lost about 130 pounds over the past two years (328 -> 196). It wasn't because I learned something new. It was because I figured out how to actually do th

I just lost about 130 pounds over the past two years (328 -> 196). It wasn't because I learned something new. It was because I figured out how to actually do the things that I already knew that I should. I didn't even do anything as dramatic as keto. I just ate less and exercised more (and spent time at high altitude, which seems to be a massive factor for me). But the "just" there is doing a lot of work, because actually doing that was really really hard and was the result of nearly a decade of growth and self-improvement in my ability to manage my own behavior. Nutritional advice is pretty simple, at its basics. Eat a reasonable number of calories, minimize saturated fat and sugar intake, eat red meat sparingly, get some vegetables in there. There's more detail than that (obviously, that's what this thread is about), but that's sufficient for basic health. There's almost no one in the developed world who couldn't give that advice. But we have an obesity epidemic anyway. People know what to do. They just don't do it, and that's a different category of problem.