I think there are a lot of people who gain weight because they suffer various degree of insulin resistance or other things.

There are other people who gain weight because they just eat too much or massively fattening foods.

People in the latter category can usually lose the weight without any big problem, even on low-cal diets.

People in the latter category who also do mega-exercise for a living no less, are probably not in need of a low-carb eating plan.

It will work to take off weight, but chances are Weight Watchers and a lot of other options would work for you as well.

People who consider lowcarb a 'way of life' do so because their bodies function in such a way that if it is NOT, they are not merely gaining 20lbs over the winter, they are in some cases gaining 20lbs per month and feeling lousy and even borderline diabetic besides. That is quite different than your situation.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

PJ