Hey.. look.. It’s a Question of the Week! I miss these. There will be more now.. I promise. :)
Anyway I had quick conversation with Dinneen aka eatwithoutguilt tonight on twitter that got me thinking.
She tweeted…
If you count calories, fat grams, or weight your food — you do NOT have a healthy relationship w/food. Sorry to tell you that..
my response…
Not sure I agree.. RT @EatWithoutGuilt: If u count calories, fat or weight your food — u do NOT have a healthy relationship w/food
@EatWithoutGuilt If u overeat & binge u don’t have a hlthy relationship either. There is a middle ground, being aware is a huge part of that
Her Response…
@RoniNoone Counting calories can help in beginning…but not sustainable. No way. Not over long run. And who wants to?
@RoniNoone And overeating & bingeing are def not healthy relationship w/food. I totally get that. It’s about balance :)
Mine…
@EatWithoutGuilt Agree.. but there has to be a balance. Everyone is in a different place. We need 2 educate not make people feel ashamed
Please excuse the "twitter talk" we do only have a 140 characters to get our points across but I think you get the gist.
As someone who’s been on both sides of the fence with food her tweet struck a cord with me. Probably because I am a food weigher and I feel I have a very healthy relationship with food. A much healthier one then when I was bingeing on entire stuffed crust pizzas and sneaking little Debbie snack cakes.
I don’t obsessively weigh. I don’t bring my scale to restaurants. I don’t even weight for every meal. But I use my kitchen scale as a tool to educate me on portion sizes. When I try a new cereal, I like to see what a serving looks like. When I want cheese (a trigger food for me) I weight out a serving as to not go overboard. I also use the scale a lot when measuring ingredients for GreenLiteBites.
Again, maybe I’m biased but I think you can have a healthy relationship with food if you count calories or use a food scale. I agree with Dinneen that you aren’t going to want to do it forever but you may very well be at a point in your journey where you are learning or even gathering information on you eating habits. And I think using a scale for measuring or counting points/calories/fat/etc for accountability is very helpful.
I’m sure others disagree.
So….
Do You Count Calories, Fat or Weigh Your Food?
How do you "weigh in" on this issue?
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Roni started this blog in '05 to journal her weight loss. 70lbs later, she's committed to living a conscious, healthy life and hopes to inspire others along the way. Read more on the about page.
I no longer count calories, points, fat grams. I have decided to focus on eating real seasonal food in moderation and trust my body but this has been a long journey to reach this point. I think you need to do what works for you and that intention is very important. If counting/measuring is a way to deny/deprive your body of what it needs to be nourished it probably isn’t the healthiest approach. But if you are doing it from a position of love and desire to take care of your body, than it is a healthy approach. I agree that it probably isn’t sustainable for most people and that is why so many of us end up yo-yoing. At 47 I have decided to pursue a nourishing intuitive path and work with others who desire the same, but it is a personal choice. There is no one right way to lose weight and nourish yourself.
I counted my calories to lose over 100 pounds and it worked. I just counted calories–nothing else. And I’ve kept it off for 2.5 years now. I still count my calories.