I know Atkins says to count carbs and not worry about calories. However, I confess that I am someone who will eat even after feeling full. It's a bad habit created by years on the blood sugar rollercoaster. Even after switching to only meat and vegetables that I cook myself, I find myself eating chicken wings even after I should be full -- I can't seem to distinguish between mental and physical hunger. If I waited to feel satisfied to stop eating, I'd never feel satisfied, at least not for now.

I have taken to weighing my food on a little scale and using that to count my calories to make sure that even when staying below 20 grams of carbohydrate per day, I'm also creating a 33 per cent daily calorie deficit. I'm wondering if anyone else counts calories and what you've found to be an effective deficit for ongoing weight loss?