I was eating more than I thought without knowing it. When I became very careful about logging everything I could see this. I abandoned CKD. It's an advanced dieting technique for competition bodybuilding and therefore doesn't apply to me. On training days I keep the carbs around 100-150, consuming most of the carbs after working out.
The key is calories. I know there are people on the forum that would like to believe that calories don't matter but laws of physics still must be followed.
And of course consistency persistence and discipline. All the people I've met that are in excellent condition have these three characteristics.