Try keeping carbs below 30 grams per day and eat all the fat you want. Fat is what keeps you from getting hungry on the low carb / high fat diets and makes them fairly easy to follow. The excess body weight comes off fast. The first 10 pounds is easy because it is mostly water weight causing metabolic disorders from too many carbs. The internal body fat (the dangerous kind) starts dropping off next. Went from an A1C of 7.1 to 6.3 in a year and a half and uric acid (gout indicator) is well into the normal range now. Lost 25 lbs. and not chubby anymore and feel way better. I cheat here and there and probably consume more like 50 grams of carbs a day on some days, but because the insulin resistance has improved greatly it isn't a big deal. Insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, gout, etc. are all metabolic disorders that, for me at least, have been about cured by cutting carbs, eating fats (cheese, butter, olive oil) and watching to not overdo the protein. If I get a little off the diet, cut back to 30 grams carbs for a couple days and get straightened out.