About 10 years ago I lost more tha 50 pounds the old low fat/low cal/starvation way, because I believed the "experts" who said this was the way to go. It was very hard, but I managed it by often reducing my calories below 1000 and aiming for 30g of fat per day. I found I had to convince myself it was "good" to go to bed hungry. Needless to say after about 2 years of this the weight started coming back.

Now I am on a low carb WOL I don't count calories, but I know I am on way more than my low fat diet - and I still lose weight - maybe a bit slower, but as this is a way of life, who cares?. And I don't go hungry any more.

Now I know that some people respond differently in this regard, but one thing I think that is very common, is that subconsciously you tend to drift into a calorie and fat restriction way of thinking - because you have been indoctrinated that this is "healthy" for much of the last 25 years. It is a hard habit to break.

Regardless of the calorie level that works for you, you may find like me that you have to actively seek out healthy fats to include in your diet, or the percentage of fat will drop - leaving you on a sort of high protein/low fat/low carb diet which is not ideal for health or weight loss.

Cheers,

Malcolm