Hi - I think everyone decides for themselves what is best. I do personally think that eating this way has made me more aware of the impact of food on my system i.e. I can tell more now when something affects me. I chose to monitor my calories to see if it would make a difference in how fast I could lose and it did. Still not as fast as low cal low fat, but I am not going back to that. I know that for me, based on my resting metabolic rate I can eat 1800 calories a day and lose about one pound a week. I choose to eat a little less (averaging 1600-1700) to lose a littl e more but I eat fat etc. My numbers are not in the 70% range of fat, but never dip below 60%. I eat between 25-30 carbs a day, getting them vegetables and berries which is how I keep the calories lower.

For me, for now I have decided I will not try to lose faster, even though I know I could. But I also don't want to take four years to achieve a healthy weight.

PecanPie