Losing 43lbs in 144 days on the ex150 diet
exfatloss.substack.com
exfatloss.substack.com
In this specific case, going from ~300lb to ~250lb is significantly easier than losing ~50lb to reach optimal weight.
I also don't claim that it'll work for everyone. But if you've struggled using other methods, why not try it?
I've tried a few keto diets myself and never had good experiences with them but I can't deny that they work for him. There's probably a genetic or environmental factor causing different people to react very differently to similar diets, which actually makes n=1 experiments more valuable (for the one doing them).
Looking at the content of the recent ones, it looks like either someone has a grudge or there's a serious glitch in HN's moderation systems. I vouched a few, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.