Yeah, the calorie tracking can be a pain in the ass, but once you get used to it it takes about 10 mins to plan for the day using that tool I shared in this post.
The benefits are showing already @vincentnijman
As I mentioned, I'm doing this diet for more than just weight loss but I weighed myself yesterday and have dropped from 17.1 stone to 16.6 stone in three weeks (24 pounds or 112 ounces weight loss). As far as reductions in symptoms from my chronic illness are concerned, it's a little slower progress. I do feel like I have more energy, and the abdominal bloating is slowly decreasing which is awesome, but it is taking longer than I thought. I won't know for sure until about week 6 I think :)
Thanks for the curation buddy :)