Low Carb or Weight Watchers???

Doesn't matter what plan you choose. The key is to stick to it over the long haul.

I don't do any official diet regimen, I just try to hit my calorie goals and use common sense.

Drink lots of water.
Learn to love veggies. Super nutrients. Super low calorie.
Eat protein food to help to feel full.
Have carbs; but go easy on them. Excessive carbs really starts messing with the body's insulin production.
Go easy on anything that has High Fructose Corn Syrup for the same reason

High Carbs and HFCS are essentially the food industry's way of making you a food addict.

Given that there is no metabolic magic in restricting carbs and presuming that you have no diagnosed medical conditions that would be helped by restricting them I would just eat what the hell I wanted within your MFP allotted calories, get yer protein in and move around a bit.

I low carbed for 9 months or so, I think I get less hungry these days having done it but didn't see any advantage in continuing to restrict anything.

For the record, I look stunning.

I'm one of those dieters that due to my illness, Type II Diabetes, it is best for me to stay low-carb. My doctor recommends Atkins or South-Beach. I can only do Atkins for so long and I am thankful for South-Beach.

I am a little "carb sensitive" and gluten intolerant so for me a LOWER carb diet is the better...however, by lower carb I mean no bread, grain, sugar, rice. I eat a ton of veggies (not white potatoes) and a few pieces of fruit a day, protein - any and all - nuts, and very limited dairy.

Something that might work...try using MFP like Weight Watchers - eat whatever type of food you want, log everything, stay at your calorie goals...as your weight loss slows (or if you have no weight loss at all), try cutting your carbs back to around 150 grams per day...stay a that rate for at least 2 weeks and see what happens - drop down to no less than 100 if you still do not loose. I did this in reverse and it worked nicely. I was carbaphobic - eating under 30 grams per day and then when I couldn't stand it any longer I would binge on ice cream, pizza, cookies...horrible. I decided to try and up my carbs on a daily basis and the binging stopped...now I can even throw a bit of dark chocolate in on workout days and I still loose - but I really have to keep to around 100 - 120 a day...I am so much happier, too - binging is almost non-existent!

Low carb does work, but I agree with others that it is not very sustainable for the long haul.

It really does depend on knowing yourself and what you can sustain in the long run.

I did low-carb and lost weight (goal was 15 lbs, I lost 20) very easily, without counting calories, and with very little exercise. However, it was not sustainable over the long term because I became rather miserable about all the food I wasn't allowed to eat anymore. Within a year I'd gained it all back.

I decided to give calorie counting a try with the understanding that I would eat whatever the hell I wanted so long as I stayed within my goals, and I'd quit if I was hungry and miserable. So far I am much, much happier and I know this is sustainable for a lifetime because I'm back to eating the foods I love, I'm just not overeating. It is a rare day that I go to bed feeling hungry. I've even had a couple of "pig out" days and bounced right back because I have the tools now to do so.