If you can continue to lose without counting, do so. When you no longer can
or when it becomes hit-and-miss, start counting. A good place to set
calories initially is about 10x bodyweight (1610 for you). Go with that as
long as you lose, if you're not losing, start notching down 1x until you
start losing again.

Someplace_Else wrote:
:: I ate low carb based on the Atkins plan for about 2 years, just
:: counting carbs and had good results. I went off for about 2 years
:: (started again 4 weeks ago), and now some of the info I've been
:: reading says you should count calories as well as carbs.
::
:: I'm sure that would be effective as well, but my question is: Is
:: counting calories really necessary? If so what should your calorie
:: count be? I can't imagine eating 1400 cal's and 30 carbs a day.
::
:: Any input would be appreciated.
::
:: Thanks,
::
:: Sofia
:: 173/161/130