@Winnie53 ...
What a fantastic write up.
Does clearly separates the CICO dogma, from what many of us know to otherwise be the truth of food.
Personally I find I eat plenty, but am eating fewer times then I did, but when I tried the eatwell plate I was ravenous and exhausted.
Now I've lost weight, and got my HBA1C into a much better place then I could have on the eatwell.
That report cleared up for me why I was having issues.
In a young healthy, undamaged system maybe CICO, has a lot of merit, but once any sort of metabolic damage begins..(pre diabetic ?) Then the rules change, and CICO loses the relevance it had, as your husband helpful list explains.
Thank him so much for posting in.
EDIT. Had meant to mention that the calories pre diabetes was as you'd expect..I was eating sensibly I thought, fruits, fresh baked bread, lie calorie, low fat choices... So probably in and around 2000/2500, .. But OMG, the carb level was in the hundreds easily...
I think I'm eating a reasonable amount of calories, but I don't even count them anymore it's all about the carbs for me.. And they now run at a max of 60/80 grams a day, usually lower.