When I first started Atkins I really didn't do Induction. I just lowered carbs to about 50, and lost 7 pounds the first two weeks, then nothing... a pound, nothing, and so on, so I lowered to below 20 and stayed that way most of the time until the last seven weeks. At the beginning I did not count calories at all, once I slowed to a craw I did, sometimes cutting back to 1200 or so, sometimes trying the 10x rule and going to about 1700.

Hope that answers your question.