Hi Eggs11. Yes, I did stick to 800 a day for about 3 months - from mid september til Christmas. I also ate low carb over christmas (indulged with some 85% chocolate, and more blue cheese than I should have...but otherwise low carb - no roast potato or parsnip, no pud, pies, etc). I'm now on around 1200 - 1300 a day and still losing very slowly - but that's fine. I'm now in normal BMI range, with good blood levels, so slow is fine. (I'd like to lose another half stone or so). I only actually counted the cals for the first couple of weeks, until I knew more or less what things worked out at, but then figured if you have calculated the cals in the mixed salad you're eating, and you eat the same mixed salad (which I tend to do) on other days, you don't need to work it all out again - except perhaps weigh the toasted seeds, as they're harder to judge and small differences can be a lot of cals. I would add that I have done NO excercise at all to aid this - purely diet. I know I SHOULD excercise...but the truth is I don't! I've always hated all forms of exercise (probably goes back to being fat as a child, and no-one choosing me for their team, and me failing miserably every time I was forced to participate!) and I do work full time - which of course is no excuse at all!