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3 Reasons to Stop Obsessing Over Calories, Macronutrients, and Pounds

November 3, 2016 by Evelyn Parham

calorie-obsessionStarting a new diet is exciting, but it is easy to get caught up in numbers. Today, I present you with three reasons to stop obsessing over calories, macronutrients, and pounds.

My New Diet

Some of you know that I follow a low-carbohydrate high-fat diet, slanting towards a ketogenic way of eating. I became the queen of numbers. I wrote everything in a notebook, and I weighed myself every morning.

As time passed, I wrote less. The less time I spent counting numbers, the lighter, I felt in my mind, body, and spirit. The day I stopped keeping up with numbers is the day I decided not to allow it (numbers) to define me.

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Reasons to Stop Obsessing Over Calories, Macronutrients, and Pounds

Here’s what happens when you focus too much on numbers:

1. You create unnecessary stress in your body. The stress response does a lot of nasty things, and it decreases your ability to lose weight.

Loosening up with counting, helps you relax, and relaxation helps you with managing stress.

2. You are hard on yourself. Not getting the scale reading you want is disheartening. You keep manipulating your macronutrients; hoping a change and a smile.

Loosening up with yourself, helps you value numbers less and value yourself more.

3.  You disconnect from your body’s wisdom. Being consumed with external factors drowns out the messages your body sends you.

Listening to your body’s wisdom, helps you be aware of what you need.

Final Words

There is nothing wrong with tracking numbers, but stop obsessing over counting calories, macronutrients, and pounds. Instead of counting, get in tune with your body.

Let go, enjoy the process, and take hold of your freedom; today!

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Evelyn is a blogger, reader, and book reviewer. She enjoys adult coloring, knitting, writing, and dancing with her daughter. Learn more here

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  1. Sapana V says

    December 16, 2016 at 1:22 PM

    I agree counting number gives you stress, nothing else. It is better to focus on healthy eating rather than counting numbers.

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    • Evelyn Parham says

      December 18, 2016 at 2:50 PM

      Thanks for chiming in!

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  2. Lori-Ann Rickard says

    November 9, 2016 at 8:51 AM

    This is so true. I am a firm believer that calorie and or macro counting is not for everyone! I believe it often times leads to disordered eating and stress. I feel it’s important to eat intuitively. Thanks for sharing.

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    • Evelyn Parham says

      November 9, 2016 at 12:34 PM

      Hi Lori-Ann!
      I agree! Thanks for chiming in and sharing in the discussion!

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