In short, if there are really tons of variables that all have to be simultaneously satisfied for weight loss to work, there’s a decent chance than any conclusion you draw from your personal observations will be useless or counterproductive for anyone else.
Hell, some of them are probably useless or counterproductive for me! ;-)
Hell, some of them are probably useless or counterproductive for me! ;-)
(Hence the admonition to try different things.)