Not counting calories.

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  • MysteriousDreamer
    MysteriousDreamer Posts: 96 Member
    No one asked why I didn't want to log my calories, maybe if you knew why you would support me.

    Maybe after 16 years of having anorexia and bulimia I do not want numbers to rule my life.
    Or when I do track calories, it consumes my thoughts? I become obsessive?

    It may work for you, but for me it doesn't.

    Many eating disorder specialists recommend not tracking calories.

    That's why my dr asked me to stop. It's sending me backwards.
  • JonathanLepoff
    JonathanLepoff Posts: 46 Member
    since this is a site pretty much devoted to counting calories you may be in the wrong place.
    I do get your point though
  • MysteriousDreamer
    MysteriousDreamer Posts: 96 Member
    since this is a site pretty much devoted to counting calories you may be in the wrong place.
    I do get your point though

    I think I am in the right place because we all want the same, to be healthy. :)
  • Dewymorning
    Dewymorning Posts: 762 Member
    Looking at other people's reactions. :noway:

    While calorie counting is a successful weight loss/management tool for many people, it is not the only succesful method, and for other people other methods may be more suitable.

    Intuitive eating is NOT how I got overweight, eating whatever I wanted whenever I wanted did.

    That is NOT intuitive eating, intuitive eating is learning to listen to the bodies physical signals of hunger and fullness, and to eat for those reasons, instead of eating for psychological reasons.

    Intuitive eating is also not for everyone (e.g. some people may have distorted hunger signals).

    Everyone needs to find the methods which work best for themselves.
  • bev_erley
    bev_erley Posts: 3 Member
    Mysterious and bev come and join us at 3fc pals group. We have just started our group. I do hunger and satiety ratings which is a kind of Intuitive eating. I know a fair bit about it. And can show you the system i've learnt and find useful.

    Others in our group know it too.

    I've just stopped with the calorie counting - i do it sometimes but mostly i prefer not to.

    I am also into cooking and eating whole foods.

    hi im new here and a bit lost how things work...how do i add myself to ur group please?
  • opus649
    opus649 Posts: 633 Member
    I intuitively want a doughnut right now, the numbers tell me my body is a liar.

    :drinker: I'd kill for a doughnut or six....
  • Patttience
    Patttience Posts: 975 Member
    Hi Beverly, i think you have to find the groups - go up to the menu above in the dark blue line, then i think you can browse or search for the one you want. 3fc pals.

    Welcome to our new group.

    Mysterious you will find at least one person with similar challenges to you in our group so i encourage you to join us.

    I have also worked (as a receptionist) in an eating disorders clinic and learned quite a bit about it.

    Our hunger and satiety rating system we follow can fit in with any other system pretty much. It will help you avoid over eating and also underrating if that's an issue too.

    Its a good system if you tend to be obsessive. While you are learning you do need to log your food and keep a diary for a short period until you've internalised the system. I like logging my food so i continue to do it.

    here's an example:
    Hunger rating before breakfast today: -2 (-2 - quite hungry which means and i'd like to eat something now, perhaps a snack or a light meal
    log: 1 piece of halloumi in 1tsp olive oil, 1 fried egg, 1 cup steamed kale, 1 coffee with 1/3 cup milk
    Satiety rating: +3 (+3 Elegantly satisfied - which meansMy body is relaxed and comfortable and if i ate any more i would begin to feel over full.

    Ratings are 0-4
  • stephgas
    stephgas Posts: 159 Member
    i'm trying not to become obsessive with my counting again. i've struggled with the counting in the past. i hadn't heard of intuitive eating but it sounds like a good idea. i've only started logging again three days ago and already i'm trying to gauge how many calories i have left for how much food >.<

    i like this idea - it's like retraining our thoughts. tonight is always pizza night and i always eat a lot. part of me was thinking, eff it - eating pizza one night a week didn't make me fat. after reading this, i'm thinking, hey - maybe i should listen more carefully to my body and decide when i feel satisfied, then stop eating.

    and then after that, when i feel satisfied and am done eating, THEN i'll log. maybe that's the key for me. yes, weight loss is about calories in/calories out - but for many people, the act of logging or counting is incredibly unhealthy.
  • bev_erley
    bev_erley Posts: 3 Member
    Hi Beverly, i think you have to find the groups - go up to the menu above in the dark blue line, then i think you can browse or search for the one you want. 3fc pals.

    Welcome to our new group.

    Mysterious you will find at least one person with similar challenges to you in our group so i encourage you to join us.

    I have also worked (as a receptionist) in an eating disorders clinic and learned quite a bit about it.

    Our hunger and satiety rating system we follow can fit in with any other system pretty much. It will help you avoid over eating and also underrating if that's an issue too.

    Its a good system if you tend to be obsessive. While you are learning you do need to log your food and keep a diary for a short period until you've internalised the system. I like logging my food so i continue to do it.

    here's an example:
    Hunger rating before breakfast today: -2 (-2 - quite hungry which means and i'd like to eat something now, perhaps a snack or a light meal
    log: 1 piece of halloumi in 1tsp olive oil, 1 fried egg, 1 cup steamed kale, 1 coffee with 1/3 cup milk
    Satiety rating: +3 (+3 Elegantly satisfied - which meansMy body is relaxed and comfortable and if i ate any more i would begin to feel over full.

    Ratings are 0-4

    thanks found u ok now !!!

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