Yes, chromedome, even Atkins says that calories DO count. Perhaps right at first when we switch from insulin to glucagon, they aren't as important. But eventually, they are. Just because we can eat "as much as we need to feel satisfied" but not STUFFED in the beginning, we are still not free from the formula that we must USE more calories than we take in to lose. The kind of calories ARE also very important to get the glucagon metabolism started and avoid losing lean muscle.

I have read posts about someone who called the Atkins Center because she was not losing even though she ate ONLY from the Induction List. When they read her journal of what and how much she ate, they recommended that she not consume a stick of unsalted butter practically every day! She soon began to lose. I guess that illustrates that 'too much of a good thing' IS too much.