Originally Posted by
wolfchild
Not for everybody...
Which is why I couched my entire comment in terms of my own personal experience. The comment even begins with "
My personal approach..."
I don't count how many calories I eat, I don't count how many calories I burn, I don't weigh my food, I don't keep track of any other data... I eat instinctively, some days more some days less and workout instinctively and I have never been overweight yet.
Then chose your grandparents well.
Lots of people are naturally slender - my Dad, and my older brother, for example. Dad ate whatever he wanted, and in good quantities. I never saw him do any exercise just to exercise, and his job was largely sedentary office work, but he was thin all his 100 year life. My older brother, similarly, has never watched calories. He used to exercise a lot - running, orienteering, etc, but since he stopped those he didn't gain weight and he eats well, too.
Me? I got different propensities. If I don't count calories, and just eat "instinctively", no matter how much I ride, I gain weight, or at best don't lose it.