@ Orville - now that you've read all the advice, no doubt your head will still be spinning. Could you really recall any one post and adopt that method when you'd reached base leg?
At the end of the day, you will have to be guided by your instructor at the time. These posts show that there is more than one way to skin a cat, and that you are not alone in getting to grips with this manoeuvre.
Once you've understood what's happening to the a/c, you'll start to fly more by feel and intuition. You won't be trying to force the numbers: if it feels right, the numbers will be there in support of you.
It's a learning curve - you're on it - you'll get there.