I find counting calories stuffs me up. As long as you know your not over-doing it. If your carb count is right but the weights not moving you should count just to see if you are eating too much. Your body tells you when you are full. If you are not satisfied with your meals, I would cut down a little on the protein and add an extra knob of butter to vegies or olive oil to your salad. The extra fat will satisfy for sure. I stopped counting altogether cause the cal vs carbs were screwing with my diet. I know as a 145 pound woman, a cup of lettuce with heaps of dressing and a large chicken fillet or lamb chop will be enough. Maybe an egg or cheese too if Im extra hungry. Don't try and get that 'full' feeling you had as a carb eater. You wont find it cause its the carbs that bloat up your tummy. Just satisfy. So in short, go without counting the calories unless of course you stall and/or have gained. If you are losing nicely, dont bother carbs are the important factor!

I log everything. I really don't watch calories too closely but enough to make sure I'm eating enough. However I watch carbs, sodium and fat. I have to watch sodium because I am very sensitive to it, fat to make sure I get enough.......

And logging everything gives me a good idea what may or may not be causing issues if one comes up.

I log everything. Even Atkins says that calories do count-in both directions. Eat to many, you won't lose weight--eat too few, you won't lose weight. So I am low carbing--watching both carbs and calories. Atkins suggests between 1500-1800 cal for a woman(that's total not net) I did that simulator that was being tossed around that is right about right to lose, for me at my age.

I've been logging everything, mostly I'm probably 95% accurate, occasionally I haven't logged a really low carb snack after I've closed out the log and it's been late at night. If I remember the next day I'll go back and update. For right now I'm really curious about how many calories I'm eating, and so far it's been in the 1400-1800 range, and just counting calories MFP tells me to hit 1600, so I'm pretty pleased with that.

Oh and another reason to log everything : You must make sure you're getting plenty of fat/oils. And I too have to watch the sodium !

I log everything. Even Atkins says that calories do count-in both directions. Eat to many, you won't lose weight--eat too few, you won't lose weight. So I am low carbing--watching both carbs and calories. Atkins suggests between 1500-1800 cal for a woman(that's total not net) I did that simulator that was being tossed around that is right about right to lose, for me at my age.

Yeah I log everything. Sometimes I need to see that I need to eat more. Sometimes I need to see if I should have something carby and low fat (strawberries) or not carby and high fat (salami) or if I should just let myself be hungry for a minute.

I pay attention to carbs first, then sodium, then calories, then saturated fat. I want to be healthy not just thinner.