Really. So you're saying you can eat as many calories as you want as long as you watch your carbs?
That doesn't make sense since because generally speaking (barring glandular/medical problems) calorie intake determines weight.
1 pound equals about 3500 calories. Say your metabolism is such that you can eat 2000 calories a day and not gain weight, since you expend enough energy to balance it out. Then say you actually eat 3000 calories per day. You're definitely going to be gaining weight unless you do something to burn off some of those calories, like exercise.
Please understand the way the low-carb diet works. Carbs are used by the body as it's primary fuel. The body burns carbs as long as it can get them and stores the fat. Take the carbs away and the body switches to burning the fat that it has been storing. Fat burned means weight lost. Simple. I lost 50 lbs and am keeping it off even though after I got to my desired weight I am able to injoy a few of my favorite carb foods without gaining. Just watch the scales and switch off the carbs if I see a lb coming back. Best diet ever and I will stay on it for the rest of my life.
>Really. So you're saying you can eat as many calories as you want as long as you watch your carbs? <
Close. Low carb diets tend to make people eat less. Smaller portions = fewer calories.
So, I guess you could say that if you keep carbs low, you can eat as much as you want, since you want far less on a low carb diet, than on a low fat diet, for example.