As someone who is loosing weight it’s basically calories in and calories out without eating over your daily calory budget

loseit is a good app and will calculate your calory budget for you and can track the foods you eat and add them up

I feel sorry for you americans though that don’t have the per 100g on your nutritional labels though because serving sizes can be deceptive

It’s just not that easy for some folks. Especially people who have developed eating disorders.

It’s not about being easy, it’s about being able to measure. I’ve been completely unable to regulate my food intake for a long time until I took it real seriously (therapeutic fasting. It’s a thing, it’s very extreme, if you can avoid it do it) and kind of reset my eating habits. Now that I’m slowly increasing my caloric intake to what someone on the weight I aim to be should consume (2m calories a day, healthy for someone with 90kg), having the pero 100g indication is extremely helpful for me since I can estimate how much stuff is taxing my daily budget, and I’m discovering some incredible cheat foods (stuff I really enjoy eating that fills me and has low calories).

What I mean to say is that having the per 100g information is very valuable for anyone that cares to control their caloric intake. Sure, you don’t have it in restaurants and stuff but with enough experience you tend to learn to estimate dishes so you can compensate beforehand or afterwards to not exceed your budget.

Its all about caloric intake, some people have it real hard to keep it under control due to eating disorders or family customs, but it really is just that.

I am confused by the instruction “if you can avoid it do it.”