Saturday, March 19, 2016

Losing weight without calorie counting?

I used to be okay with my weight, but put on ten kilos over winter, and so I've started watching my diet and going to the gym 3-4 times a week in an effort to lose the weight I piled on.

As part of this, I've been logging how much I eat on MyFitnessPal. But an unwanted side effect has been anxiety and I think it's making my relationship with food worse and causing some unhealthy eating problems (context: I have an anxiety disorder). e.g. Seeing a red deficit number, even if it's only 50 calories over, makes me start mentally planning to restrict or fast the next day, which then results in binging when I get really hungry. Rinse, repeat.

I also get quite paranoid about underestimating serving sizes/calories (even if I've weighed things) so often I'll overshoot on purpose. But I'm beginning to wonder if this means that some days I'm a fair bit below what I should be eating as sometimes I get unbearably hungry.

So: is it possible to lose weight without calorie counting? Or, are there healthier ways to deal with calorie counting?

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