I can't log my food. It makes me grumpy and angry.
I came to a similar conclusion myself a few years ago. When I tried logging my food two bad things occurred: 1) I would put off eating because I didn't want to deal with it. Then I would get cranky from low blood sugar and want to deal with it EVEN LESS. 2) I would tend towards pre-packaged foods with easily determined calorie counts on them as opposed to healthier foods like fresh things that were harder to calculate. This also helped me hate food.
I realized that having such a horrible relationship with food wasn't healthy even if it might be helping me lose weight. And it wasn't sustainable - I would burn out on even trying after a few weeks.
just focus on being healthy, not being thin. Regular exercise, being active and mobile and moving and eating good things.
I'm trying really hard to do this too. It's so fucked up that we have this cultural attitude that "thin = healthy" that is so strong that people will do LOTS OF UNHEALTHY THINGS in an attempt to get thin. Which is, well, kinda the opposite of the point. Eat good food. Get exercise. And, yes, also eat less food, insomuch as I can do that with minimal effort, but don't expect massive weight loss from it. Hopefully at least stop additional weight gain from happening: my body seems to be set to gain 5 lbs a year if I don't actively do something about it.
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Date: 2013-01-21 10:46 pm (UTC)I came to a similar conclusion myself a few years ago. When I tried logging my food two bad things occurred:
1) I would put off eating because I didn't want to deal with it. Then I would get cranky from low blood sugar and want to deal with it EVEN LESS.
2) I would tend towards pre-packaged foods with easily determined calorie counts on them as opposed to healthier foods like fresh things that were harder to calculate. This also helped me hate food.
I realized that having such a horrible relationship with food wasn't healthy even if it might be helping me lose weight. And it wasn't sustainable - I would burn out on even trying after a few weeks.
just focus on being healthy, not being thin. Regular exercise, being active and mobile and moving and eating good things.
I'm trying really hard to do this too. It's so fucked up that we have this cultural attitude that "thin = healthy" that is so strong that people will do LOTS OF UNHEALTHY THINGS in an attempt to get thin. Which is, well, kinda the opposite of the point. Eat good food. Get exercise. And, yes, also eat less food, insomuch as I can do that with minimal effort, but don't expect massive weight loss from it. Hopefully at least stop additional weight gain from happening: my body seems to be set to gain 5 lbs a year if I don't actively do something about it.