[jdege]

People are different - What works for one person won't work for another.

And people change - What works for a person at one time won't work at another.

I found, after having been strict low-carb for a couple of years that I could introduce occasional high-carb cheat days without problem.

And then after a couple of years I found that I couldn't, anymore.

I've been trying out a number of alternatives, over the last year or so, with varying degrees of success.

My latest variant, started just a couple of weeks ago, looks promising:

But it's only been a couple of weeks, so we'll see.

[bert]

FWIW........

I was able to lose from 230 to 200 and got stuck for years.

I had major surgery and lost weight down to 180.
it dropped my A1c by 1% : )