I saw a video this guy's fitness journey on Facebook and it is truly inspirational. He documents his transformation from the very beginning, 312 lbs to 172 lbs.

While checking out his YouTube channel, I stumbled across this video (embedded above) entitled, "Stop the Low Carb Diets". As someone who is doing a low carb diet, I naturally gravitated to this video first.

Here are my thoughts on it:

• In terms of marketing, he did a great job of using a click-baiting, polarizing title to get page views.
• While I don't agree with his click-baity title, he actually offers some sound advice.
• Agreed: whatever diet you do, you will need to have a caloric deficit to lose weight. If you're doing keto but still eat the same amount of calories, don't be surprised if you don't lose weight.
• Agreed: tracking your intake is the smartest way to get started. (I personally don't track my food intake because I'm lazy, but I'm okay with learning the slow, hard way because I'm patient.)
• He promotes what he calls Flexible Dieting, which worked for me for a short time but wasn't sustainable for me. (I may revisit this later when I'm satisfied with my body fat loss from keto and want to slowly reintroduce carbs into my lifestyle again.)

On the internet, everyone is a fitness expert. There are countless ways to lose weight. But the reality is, you just need to be an expert of your body, your lifestyle, and figure out what works for you.

Open your heart and mind to everyone's advice, but don't take any one person's word as gospel. What worked for them may not work for you. What's true for them may not be true for you.

Take the time to experiment and find out what's true for you. That's the only truth that matters.