I hate counting carbs, oh god, I gotta admit I am a carb freak. I have tried those low carb diets, but they made me feel like shit, so I just do low fat diet when cutting, I really dont think low carb is better than low fat in the long run, may be for short term changes it might help. Think about it this way, even if all the carbs that I eat were to turn in to fat, it would take about 2.2 grams of carbs to make 1 gram of fat calorie wise, but then the process of conversion come at an energy cost, so even if I were to do a high carb diet, I dont think I will gain no more than a gram of fat per every 4 or 5 grams of carb that I eat, I can loose that much fat just by doing curls. I know a lot of u are going to disagree with me on this, but just look at the logic behind it. After all when doctor atkins died, he was a fat mofo.