Hey 3FCers,
I started on here about a month ago and have been fairly faithful to calorie counting through FitDay. I'm not really a binger or emotional eater, so I think my problem is mostly portion control and a diet nutritionally insufficient. However, I never intended for calorie counting to become a permanent lifestyle, just a way to learn a bit more about what a normal sized meal looks like.
I read "The End of Overeating" by David Kessler and thought it was really great. He seems extremely qualified and knows first hand about weight loss, and he said he had seen only one woman who had lost significant weight through calorie counting and kept it off for a long time (I think it was 10 years). I can totally understand how regaining could happen to calorie counters as it demands a lot of attention (and I feel this way after only a month!). I'm 21 and I don't want to spend the next 50 or 60 years logging calories. I just want to learn how to live and eat well without having to measure or calculate everything. I do intend to keep logging my food in some way, even if its just writing it down in a notebook.
Has anyone gone from calorie counting to a more intuitive eating plan focused on portion control and balanced nutrition? I am trying to but I still have numbers in the back of my mind tallying everything I eat.
I'll just add - I don't mean to insult anyone calorie counting, I really do think it works to get the weight off. But for me, it requires too much attention to detail and I don't have the right mindset or personality for it.