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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zand" data-source="post: 2580752" data-attributes="member: 85197">I would advise anyone to start off doing low carb with no calorie counting.  The reason being that a coffee with cream has very few carbs and is great for stopping the need to snack.  Similarly a bacon, high quality sausage and eggs  has more calories than porage.  If you count calories as well then you would never consume these low carb mainstays and run the risk of becoming hungry.  Hunger could lead to snacking on the wrong foods.  It can be quite an adjustment at first to go low carb.  You need to get used to how a low carb diet works without complicating things by adding in calories too.   After years of calorie counting (which I loved doing, but which simply didn't work) I finally lost some weight when I switched to low carb.   Unfortunately the call back to calorie counting was strong.  The thought 'wow! I lost some weight, I wonder how much more I can lose if I eat less' crept in.  Alas my weight loss stalled as my body adjusted and hung on to the pounds as it feared it was starving again.  If you eat the right things then eating less isn't necessarily better.  Re exercise I walked 2 miles a day for months and at times years.  Great for my overall health but little effect on weight.   Exercise which uses the muscles more is better as it can help address insulin resistance.</blockquote>

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