I Cannot Believe I Fucking Picked Up The Phone

[redbrunja]

So my mom called to read me part of an article she was reading regarding weight loss which said, in short, a billion years of evolution is working against you when you try to lose weight and calorie counting/dieting tends to not work in the long term. Which is all stuff I know. However, what the fuck else am I supposed to do? Because when I don't count calories, I a.) gain weight and b.) make up 'deals' regarding what I can eat and when in a (vain) effort to have control over my weight, so telling me to stop counting calories is like telling me to take off a parachute and jump off a building - oh, don't worry, you'll figure out how to fly on the way down.

And I know my mom is telling me this because she's worried about me starving myself but frankly, my (unhealthy, admittedly) response to that article was, 'well, given that I never learned how to eat like a normal person, I guess I am just going to have to accept that I will be keeping track of every fucking bite of food I eat for the rest of my entire life.'

Comments

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

Just commenting because I've actually been flirting with the Paleolithic diet lately (more meat and fish, more veggies, fewer grains), but I can't quite bring myself to entirely cut out rice, bread, and pasta, just shift the ratio.

The GI diet you mention actually sounds a lot like what I've been trying to do as far as balancing it goes. What resources were you using? And why aren't you on the diet any longer, if you don't mind my asking? I'm genuinely curious.