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Originally Posted by JustWantToBeNormal
I have been reading as much as I can about Intuitive Eating, and I love this article: Intuitive Eating Case Study: My Last Three Meals | Shapely Prose
I feel the need to remind myself that after my daughter was born, I lost 75 lbs in the first year by making healthier choices, eating more whole foods instead of boxed ones. After that I started joining forums about dieting, started counting cals and got so strict that I started bingeing. I have since stopped losing and have yo yo'd. This proves that as long as I stop counting calories and just eat a balanced diet...I may lose weight (I may not) but I will be happier than if I keep obsessing. |
Thank you for the pointer to the information on intuitive eating. I will be sure to read it! I am glad that you have found a way to be happier without obsessing.
I used to count calories and stopped and I am happier. It is very unnatural and unintuitive to count calories, count carbs, etc. As a short-term exercise to get insight to the situation, to assess whether the diet is balanced, it is OK, but as a lifetime pursuit, it is not. And it is a slippery slope - if we count calories and record everything we eat, what is next? Will we record every time we cough, have sex, sneeze, think, dream, ...?? I am afraid that if we start tracking and recording everything, we will have no time at all left to actually DO these things!
Bananas are considered good for inducing sleep (not in a major way- they are not Zyprexa or Seroquel - but as a nice gentle helpful sleep aid), and are a good source of potassium and a good source of fiber. So the sugar in bananas is coupled with fiber, which is good.
Thanks again for the link!