You wrote at 22:33:53 on Thu, 12 Aug 2004:

I didn't feel like reading all that. Was that person arguing that
Calorie counting is impossible or so difficult as to be impractical and
thus possible only in principle? Can someone give me the executive
summary on that because I can't believe anyone would seriously argue
that.

The latter, I think. The point is that to count the precise amount of
calories needed for your personal metabolism, you need to eat foods
whose calorific value can be determined very precisely. While this is
easy if you eat bought food, out of a packet, it is far less easy if you
cook for yourself - you can estimate, certainly, but at best it will
only be an estimate.
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
90/89/70kg