Originally Posted by JLx

I would encourage you to stick with it and not worry too much about the science and whether it gibes with your experience as your experience is what's more important. I've lost weight despite rarely or ever being in ketosis, I suspect. And there are people here who have been stalled for a long while while eating low carb who then have success on JUDDD (Johnson's Up Day Down Day Diet) which would seem to defy the idea of ketosis being necessary as their "up day" may or may not even be low carb.

Which is not to say that figuring out what's needed for ketosis wouldn't be useful.

I am just not so sure in general that permanent weight loss isn't still a conundrum that science really hasn't cracked yet.