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I can’t keep up with whether it’s fat, sugar, carbs, or anything else that I need to avoid to lose weight. I’ll just try to eat food that’s not very processed / not very artificial and eat small portions. I’ll just try to very roughly count calories and keep track of the simple math of calories in vs calories out.

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> I’ll just try to very roughly count calories and keep track of the simple math of calories in vs calories out.

I had excellent results with this. No tricks, just count the calories (write down everything you eat) and stop when you hit your daily budget, whether it is a day full of ice cream or steak. Each time I weighed myself wasn't totally predictable as some weeks I'd lose very little and some weeks I'd lose more, but over the 6 months I made it a goal it was very effective.

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