I count calories like crazy, weighing everything I eat to get it accurate. But sometimes I wonder how accurate the labels really are.

 

i have like,,, the opposite problem, no one knows about my ED, but they like ask me how many calories something has bc they know that i know it

but just reading that makes me super irritated, like if i corrected someone bc they say something has like 1000 calories,,, why would they argue??? girl just look it up if you aren't going to listen to me

 

I count calories like crazy, weighing everything I eat to get it accurate. But sometimes I wonder how accurate the labels really are.

THATS TERRIFYING, i feel like it should be illegal !

 

Oh god I hate having calorie debates with nondisordered folks. I feel like it's like arguing with a damn wall sometimes. I avoided talking with my roommates in college about weight loss and calories whenever possible, but it would come up often as we lived in a college party town and idk it was a common topic among people in our age group. They had a horrible misunderstanding of calories and weight loss in general and I would always end up in a horrible mind space after we'd talk about it.

They were amazing people otherwise and they're still some of my best friends, but yeah I would never touch on that topic again with them with a 10 ft pole

 

That's why I don't discuss food, calories, calories burned, etc...with normies. Why get into an argument about it? My peace of mind is way more important to me than convincing someone they're wrong about a freaking calorie.
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Yea I never waste my breath on them.. not worth it

 

THATS TERRIFYING, i feel like it should be illegal !

Yes, I agree. Maybe not so bad if you "only" count overall calories, but quite serious for those who work with macros https://www.virtahealth.com/blog/reversing-diabetes-101-truth-about-carbs-and-blood-sugar

 

I understand you. No one normally talks to me about cals or diet.

My mum however has no idea - she is borderline type 2 diabetes and says to me she doesnt have much "sugar" - I point out she consumes quite a lot of bread, potatoes and other carbs - she states that hasnt got anything to do with it because it isnt "sugar"!!!

OK, there is no point arguing or educating my mother on this because in her mind she is always right. I just accept her take and move on.

PS: This is the woman who advised the ED Consultant that I "ate" - her understanding was Anorexics ate nothing (this was back in the 80's). ED Consultant advised what I was eating wasnt enough to sustain anything!!

 

Don't even bother honestly, some people are just straight freaking dumb. I use to sometimes get comments about me eating a low calorie chocolate bar in public or a sugar free energy drink, where people would just be like 'That's so bad for you, it's full of sugar or you'll gain so much weight over time eating like that'

Like nah sis learn to read, not all energy drinks are packed with sugar and let the nearly 30 kilos I lost since March/April this year speak for itself. Like I don't need weight loss advice from normies that think they can shove copious amount of high calorie foods down their throat and go for a walk for 20 minutes that day and burn off it all off.

 

Don't even bother honestly, some people are just straight freaking dumb. I use to sometimes get comments about me eating a low calorie chocolate bar in public or a sugar free energy drink, where people would just be like 'That's so bad for you, it's full of sugar or you'll gain so much weight over time eating like that'

Like nah sis learn to read, not all energy drinks are packed with sugar and let the nearly 30 kilos I lost since March/April this year speak for itself. Like I don't need weight loss advice from normies that think they can shove copious amount of high calorie foods down their throat and go for a walk for 20 minutes that day and burn off it all off.

Yes they don't get that a 20-30 minute walk or even an hour long walk doesn't magically make u lose weight after eating like 3k calories a Day and then u can't even argue with them. They think they best :/

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I don't talk about it because of how little social awareness I have. I go into too much detail and only realize afterwards that I probably said something disordered.