Originally Posted by radroad

In college, I walked about a half hour a day and also played a few hours of basketball a week. I guess playing basketball could be considered "cardio" but it was never more than 3 hours a week. I also commuted by bicycle when I didn't walk to campus, but that only took 10-20 minutes a day. Most of the day I spent sitting either in lectures or in library.

In other words, about 3 to 5 hours of "cardio", 3-5 hours of walking and (almost) zero weight training. Yet, I was always at the ideal weight. And I ate as much of any type of food as I wanted. That sounds like a good lifestyle to me. :-)