It seems like most of the members on this forum are either (1) consciously trying to restrict calories, or (2) trying to get their calories up because their appetite is suppressed. I am in the distinct minority of people who would like to eat less calories, but aren't trying that hard! I guess it's because the lowfat diet I went on years ago left a sour taste in my mouth -- I always felt deprived. One of the things that attracted me to Atkins was that one didn't have to eat a low calorie diet -- I want something I can stick with for the rest of my life, and I love food too much to count every calorie and stop eating when I've gone over my "limit". I probably eat between 2000-2500 calories a day, although my protein-fat-carb ratios are right on target. I'm losing weight slowly, like a pound every few weeks. Could I lose faster if I ate less? Probably. But in the long run it's not worth it. I don't want to cut my calories, only to gain weight again when I up my intake.