Thank you Nat for your explanation!

I am like 28% body fat (Is that possible? I weigh 120lb and I only need to lose about 10 lb! The number is much lower when I use web sites for calculation, but with a caliper, it is 28%. ) That being said, it is pretty obvious 1) I am a total beginner (as I said before) 2) I have LOTS of fat I can burn, so I guess I'm a good candidate for losing fat and gaining muscle at the same time

From what you said and what Friday said, it sounds like it is totally doable to lose fat and gain muscle (being a beginner) while lowcarbing, so I think I will continue in that vein with a little more carb than I have been eating. I need to make sure that I take in enough calories too. I will look at some websites and find out what my "requirements" are. When I calculated my daily intake for yesterday, the total calories came up to be 1200, so I believe I need to up it some.

Thank you all so much for your help!

Tomo