People posting WIEAD (what I eat in a day) videos with numbers of calories on the post. ‘Coming in a calorie short of 1500 today, that’s super more than is good for me but tomorrow is a new day’ was a post I saw earlier, and though this is judgemental, I found it sad.
Maybe I need to pull my socks up and think more about what I eat but calories do not enter my head (I am a healthy weight for my height). I eat a balanced diet, but ‘intuitively’ eat as they call it. If I want a sandwich for lunch I won’t limit myself, if I feel hungry I have two. I will happily eat half a pot of hummus - sometimes the whole thing - with a load of veggies and call that a meal. Some days I have a croissant for breakfast then don’t feel hungry until my tea. A snack can be either fruit or a few biscuits with a cuppa. I make sure to get my steps in, exercise and drink plenty of water, and take a multivitamin. I cannot imagine logging all of this food into an app or keeping an Instagram diary.
If you’re unhappy about your size or the way you look of course do something about it but I feel really sad for people who look very healthy and slim to start with who become obsessed with eating loads of these protein yoghurts and powders in an attempt to lose weight. I think for developing brains (and adult brains) constant exposure to this kind of stuff only leaves you comparing yourself to others and not truly happy in your body. Food is fuel, and your body is just your vehicle, and all bodies are different!
or AIBU?