When I was just LCing (the first 8 or 9 pounds), I was hitting around 1800 to 2000 calories a day.

Now I'm LCing and weight training heavily. Pounds are not moving, but inches are still shrinking (i.e...I'm gaining lean mass while still shedding fat at the same time). Now I average about 2300 calories a day, forcing myself to eat 6 times a day.

On low fat, I had to drop to 1000 calories a day to lose at this same rate.

So, yes. I can deny that it is a calorie reduction diet.
EASILY.

-- Loretta