Honest take, because I wish someone had told me this earlier.
Everything you will read about best will make it sound more complicated than it is. Here is what 4 years of working with diet has actually taught me.
Everyone who's good at this now was terrible at it for longer than they'd admit.
What actually moved the needle for me: I stopped trying to understand everything before starting, and just committed to finding one person who had already done it and asking specific questions. After that, lost 18 lbs sustainably over 5 months.
The one thing I would prioritise: set a two-week checkpoint to assess what is actually working.
The learning curve is real but it is not as steep as it looks from the outside.
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