Beth - If you are active 1200-1500 calories a day may not be enough. What I did was use fitday.com (free web-based program) to record what I ate on induction for 2 weeks. I stayed under 20 grams of carbs and didn't obsess over anything else. Then at the end of 2 weeks I decided wether or not this way of eating would work for me. I was the world's biggest skeptic, and now I'm a convert. I suggest you do induction for the 2 weeks recommended, without counting calories and see how you feel. I lost 9 lbs in that time.
To answer your question, Yes, if you totally disregard the calories forever, and say eat 3 lbs of bacon a day (4500 calories est.), you probably will gain some of the weight lost back. However, I doubt there are few people who can actually eat that much in calories.
Check out the daily thread, we've had conversations like this before, and there's better explainations out there.
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