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Counting calories is inherently inaccurate

I mean, you arent wrong. But at the same time, you can get a rough estimate and adjust up or down to suit your needs. We don't need six sigma accuracy to figure out that we shouldnt eat 12 donuts.

If calorie counting isn’t working, and there is a rebound

There are a few ways our bodies might adapt and rebound even with calorie restriction. But I was referring to the most common reason why calorie counting fails - which is that it sucks to do, so you stop doing it, and return to your previous eating habits.

rural village scenario

I'm not saying this is a realistic, or even desireable, solution for most people. Just illustrating how we all already intrinsically know that living a wholistically healthy life would lead to a healthy bodyweight (for most people, assuming no significant medical conditions). And so in the lives that we are living, we should aim to live wholistically healthy lives if we want to maintain a healthy bodyweight.