I eat what I like, when I like, but keep my dietary true north calibrated to low carb and do alternate day fasting and cardio when I want to drop a few pounds. Once your get used to it the tools are simple to use and don't require much will power to keep the body and vitals well maintained.
Lost almost 15 lbs in Atkins induction in the early days and my cholesterol rebalanced to a very good hdl ratio.
True. I started playing soccer and I've found that I can't cut carbs and have a useful amount of stamina at the same time. I've actually found the energy loss from a low carb diet is not as noticeable when just lifting weights though.
Notice the talk on American studies, because American corporate culture and hardcore greed has resulted in lots of fake, confusing and counter studies, protecting the meat and sugar (corn syrup) industries