No, but for several different reasons.
1, I'm new to calorie counting (not new to dieting). I'm still getting my cc feet wet and figuring this out. The most mind-bending notion for me is that a calorie is a calorie, no matter what it is comprised of.
I've read theories and "proof in the pudding" on it not mattering what you eat so long as you create the deficit, as well as the opposite that the macronutrients do matter.
While I've always "known" about calorie counting, I've never done it. Every diet in my past shrouded that detail in the program/plan itself. It is refreshing to get down to the basics, and I feel sometimes a little bit even like a novice dieter since this approach is, indeed, new for me.
Whew...that was a rant. Sorry.
2, since I am getting my cc feet wet, I'm still learning what my body can do and how it responds to what I feed it/don't feed it.
3, I was thrilled to discover that this old body, with metabolic issues, COULD lose weight when pushed. I feel like a walking science experiment sometimes.
4, my exercise is walking, and I don't do it all the time. I know I should do more, but am not a gym/sport type gal. I had 2 gym memberships over the years and literally wasted my money by never going. Once, I joined a volley ball team. That was ridiculous for me. I joined a dance troupe. Ridiculous for me. Walking is free...but I have to make myself do it and while I know it is possible in the winter (go to the mall/grocery store and walk the outer aisles, walk at lunch) it is a matter of doing it. So, for the bit that I exercise, I would not adjust my calories upwards to compensate.
Lastly, I don't eat exactly the same daily. Some days less, some right on, some more. Basically tho, I'm sustaining a deficit, and I'm still seeing results.
So in a nutshell, no.

