Originally Posted by
Revi
Sorry to come in all negative, but this really isn't true. Muscle weighs around 10% more than fat, per volume, and packs on slowly. If you're gaining muscle at the same rate as you're losing weight, that means you're eating enough calories to outpace the added caloric cost of building muscle, this is counterproductive to the goal. It means you're losing weight incredibly slowly or not at all and need to reevaluate what you're doing.
OP, there's no magic in keto, low carb, high carb, carnivor, vegan, paleo, intermittent fasting, whatever. They're all tools that can help you eat fewer calories, but that's all there is to it (barring food allergies and IBS). Pick one, or none, whatever appeals to you enough to stick to a caloric deficit.
There's no fooling the body, starvation mode isn't a thing, "cheat days" don't reset your digestion or whatever, they're just helpful mentally.
It's all calories. Figure out which method sounds appealing to you, because none of them hold some secret to cheat the body or thermodynamics. Losing weight takes time, watch the scale on timescales of weeks not days.
Studies do not support the existence of starvation mode, nor does the experience of people who are successful in losing weight, or of body-builders who make going up and down in weight both a sport and a science.
It's been studied and tried to death, it's not a thing. The few studies that claim to have found something show results so small that the amount of calories "starvation mode" saves you is about the same amount you burn thinking about it for a minute. It's a harmful myth.