Being Realistic
Seeing results takes time. This is not a "drop 10 lbs in 10 days" gimmick, quick fix, or a cookie cutter meal plan; it is a lifestyle. Forming new habits takes time.
The majority of people will need to start with a reverse diet phase. They are already consuming too few calories and this will make a cutting phase extremely hard and in some cases near impossible.
The goal at the end of a reverse diet phase is to exceed the daily amount of calories that you were previously eating. This will make a future cutting phase considerably easier and set you up for success.
Calories and macros are analogous to a financial budget. Making $3,000 a month provides you with the ability to cover expenses as well as some discretionary purchases, as opposed to making $1,000 a month which will be hard just to cover expenses. Cutting 50 calories from 3,000 to create a deficit is much easier than cutting 50 from 1,000.