Fitness

Counting calories is the only thing that works for me. The swaps and tricks to lower calorie intake don't do enough and I can't intuitively eat less, or out exercise my diet because I end up just eating more. It's not for everyone, and I'd say the end goal is to be able to intuitively eat as needed, but I'm not there yet most days. The mindset matters and understanding the weekly average is more important than individual days. If you get in the routine and focus on the weekly average, it's entirely sustainable to me. Just throwing my anecdote in the ring