I’ve seen a lot of vilification of the phrase ”eat less, move more.”
It comes from people thinking that “eat less” means restricting food from entering your mouth.
People are taking it too literally. You don’t have to starve yourself.
But really “eat less” means consume fewer calories. Depending on your strategy, some people might end up eating far more food by volume (and/or weight). 100 calories of broccoli is a lot more food and a lot more filling than 200 calories of ice cream.
The rabbit hole begins here…
Which, of course leads us to another controversial phrase “calories in, vs calories out.”
This is the key mechanism that makes all popular diets “work”.
Keto evangelists will tell you the ketogenic diet is about more than calories. That it’s about decreasing insulin response. And maybe that will shave off a few calories here or there. I don’t know. I try not to deal too much in the tiny margins.
Keto’s major power is that it cuts an entire macronutrient out of your diet. And for most people… that makes it more difficult to eat in a calorie surplus.