Or I list my food in my head while taking deep breaths. I will also admit that-with the approval of my therapist-when I’m having a moment of anxiety and feel out of control, I still sometimes write down what I ate that day. Write your food down (no calories or macros though!) with pen & paper for as long as it takes until the urge passes. If you still have an urge to track though, go old-school in a journal. Delete the food tracking app cold turkey!ĭeleting the app straight away is baller and I’m so impressed if you can just rip the Band-aid off like this. Until I promised myself baby steps and focused on growth over perfection 3 ways you can ween yourself off any food tracking app: 1. I was always trying to justify my behavior (thankfully, diet culture makes that pretty easy) and struggled to break the habit. Tracking my food via MyFitnessPal (and before that, LoseIt, and before that, Weight Watchers App) was close to what I imagine an addiction is. I wanted the proof that I was in control of my food, when really, food had complete control over me. This was just a huge, complicated lie I told myself though to justify my obsessive behavior. How if I ever discovered a new food sensitivity or allergy, I would be able to show first-responders and my doctor precisely what I had eaten…every single day…for years. How food tracking would confirm I was eating enough calories and carbohydrates. But realizing the extent of my obsession with it made me fully accept that I had an eating disorder.Įven after I stopped carb cycling, I would come up with every excuse as to why I needed MyFitnessPal. Weening off (and finally deleting) MyFitnessPal food tracking app was the HARDEST part of my intuitive eating journey.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |