I don't think there is a best answer, only a best for you answer.
Most of my life, I believed the hype and thought that low-carb diets were unhealthy, so I never gave them a chance, tried a few, but the "induction flu" did NOT disappear after two or even three weeks, so I saw that as proof that the diets were unhealthy - now I recognize the symptoms as low blood sugar and would have found the diets successful if I'd raised my carb level just a little - Instead I switched from super low carb to high carb, rather than try moderately low carb.
It's taken me more than 30 years of dieting to realize that low carb diets work for me much better than low calorie. To lose the same amount of weight, I can eat at least 350 to 500 more calories per day on low-carb - and I'm a lot less hungry. No matter how many calories I eat, I feel as if I'm starving on high carb diets. I could eat 6000 calories (and have) and STILL feel half-starved.
From my experience you might think I would have answered your question with an emphatic "counting carbs," but I don't believe that my answer is a universal answer. I think different people find different plans more effective and/or more doable.
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