Recovering OverEater

yogeshvaraom
yogeshvaraom Posts: 45 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
As a recovering over eater I am wondering how I will transition to not calorie counting and if I can keep the weight off.
My girlfriend says all calorie counters have an eating disorder. Maybe she is right. Not listening to my body when I was already full got me here. So I am trying to learn to pay attention to what my body is really asking for. I am in my 50s and wonder if there are any other old dogs out there who have learned this new trick....
Maybe I should have posted this in maintenance but I still have 20 pounds to lose....

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  • yogeshvaraom
    yogeshvaraom Posts: 45 Member
    Ps i am still counting every calorie
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    yogeshvaraom wrote: »
    My girlfriend says all calorie counters have an eating disorder.

    I am in no way qualified with dealing with ED's or anything of the like. However, your girlfriend is completely wrong to say something like this.

    OP, the best thing to do here is talk to your doctor or recovery team if you have one.

  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    edited May 2015
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/104713-fifty-plus-or-so-support-group
    Here is a great group for people fifty years or more.
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  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
    yogeshvaraom wrote: »
    As a recovering over eater I am wondering how I will transition to not calorie counting and if I can keep the weight off.
    My girlfriend says all calorie counters have an eating disorder. Maybe she is right. Not listening to my body when I was already full got me here. So I am trying to learn to pay attention to what my body is really asking for. I am in my 50s and wonder if there are any other old dogs out there who have learned this new trick....
    Maybe I should have posted this in maintenance but I still have 20 pounds to lose....

    Well I'm pretty sure I don't have ED, and I'm planning on counting calories till I shuffle off. Good luck!
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    shell1005 wrote: »
    All people who count calories have an eating disorder? I all BS on that.

    I log my food and count calories because I want to make informed and educated decisions about what I put in my mouth.

    And even more so, I am someone who suffers from emotional and binge eating. So logging my food is one of the tools I use to not engage in that type of eating behavior. I also have a long list of self care techniques that I use now to comfort myself in place of food. One of those things is a commitment to logging my food.

    Yes! 'Pretty cool to think of logging as self-care. <3

  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    yogeshvaraom wrote: »
    As a recovering over eater I am wondering how I will transition to not calorie counting and if I can keep the weight off.
    My girlfriend says all calorie counters have an eating disorder. Maybe she is right. Not listening to my body when I was already full got me here. So I am trying to learn to pay attention to what my body is really asking for. I am in my 50s and wonder if there are any other old dogs out there who have learned this new trick....
    Maybe I should have posted this in maintenance but I still have 20 pounds to lose....

    Your girlfriend is wrong.

    I didn't calorie count up until I was in my 40's, when a gym trainer taught me how to keep a food diary and log. I lost a good deal of weight. I decided not to count calories anymore and gained 33 pounds back. I found MFP and have been weighing food and calorie counting since, and I lost 44 pounds and have kept it off for well over a year. It has become a way of life for me and I plan to stay with it. I plan ahead, weighing and logging takes little time out of my day, and I'm set. I am flexible, though, and leave room for incidentals (coffee shop treat, treat at work, etc.).

    You need to find what works for you. :)
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    yogeshvaraom wrote: »
    Ps i am still counting every calorie

    You do what's best for you. :)
  • yogeshvaraom
    yogeshvaraom Posts: 45 Member
    Calorie counting as self care. I like it !
  • marshamelo13
    marshamelo13 Posts: 2 Member
    MFP has been an eye opener for me.... I too have strugged with food addiction and now that I am logging everything and counting calories, I'm learning more about the right portions and taking the time to read labels. I'm also trying to stick to portion sizes that are on packages. I've already lost a few pounds in a short time just cutting out unhealthy food. MFP is a great tool and hopefully I can learn to control my appetite and portions
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