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Captain Ambivalence looking for new perspectives

Hello from Melbourne Australia. Health issues and life stress/changes leading to 45 kg weight gain over 4 yrs on a 'quite healthy' vegetarian diet. So far loving the insights logging my food is bringing.

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  • Frank_Just_Frank
    Frank_Just_Frank Posts: 454 Member
    It’s pretty illuminating. I had no idea how much o was eating before taking the time to measure and keep track.
  • goal06082021
    goal06082021 Posts: 2,130 Member
    Yup. It all comes down to calories in vs calories out, and people--just, as a species--are incredibly bad judges of both of those things. It's not our fault, though; our brains are still running on 10,000-year-old software (so to speak), optimized for survival in conditions where it was considerably harder to get calories in and required spending a lot more calories out.