u/Cold_Enthusiasm1546

Office got catering for lunch today. Picked up a Spicy Southwest Chicken Wrap because it seemed like the best option… Looking online though… I can’t figure out if the 780 cals is for one FULL wrap, or one HALF wrap (the wraps came cut in half - 10 full cut into 20 halves.) I’m leaning towards 780 for a full wrap? I only had half and it did not feel like eating almost 800 cals😭

Office got catering for lunch today. Picked up a Spicy Southwest Chicken Wrap because it seemed like the best option… Looking online though… I can’t figure out if the 780 cals is for one FULL wrap, or one HALF wrap (the wraps came cut in half - 10 full cut into 20 halves.) I’m leaning towards 780 for a full wrap? I only had half and it did not feel like eating almost 800 cals😭

Okay, not really. Because what I really want is to slam 1,500 calories per meal plus junk food snacks. But I’m learning to master moderation, and yesterday was a big day for practicing that.

My friends seem to think I have no fun because I count calories. A lot of people (especially young women, myself being one so I feel justified in saying this) seem to think counting calories automatically means you have an eating disorder. But would someone with restrictive eating disorder eat ChickFilA for lunch and half a frozen pizza for dinner in the same day?

Yes, most of the time I’m eating semi-healthy stuff; greek yogurt, cottage cheese, lean meats, veggies, and whole grains. I can have more volume for the same amount of calories. But some days, convenience is king. And yesterday I stayed within my macros despite being surrounded by temptations to stray from my plan. It was a high fat day, but still in a deficit and to me that is what matters most.

I’ve also felt like these same people who think calorie counting on its own is an ED are judging my healthier choices. Like, I’ve genuinely had people say my cottage cheese with everything seasoning looks disgusting. Or that they must not want to be in shape that bad because cottage cheese specifically is disgusting to them. People make weird excuses like this to me all the time. Like hello, I don’t care about your body or your diet at all. Just because I make the choices I do, doesn’t mean you should feel the need to explain your choices to me. I don’t judge other people. Its frustrating because I feel like people project their own feelings about themselves onto me, like I am the one thinking that way about them. But I don’t think about anyone else’s journey. I am focused strictly on my own, and on improving myself while still having a little fun with what I eat.

Sometimes I wish I could just show them a week in my calorie tracker so they could see that I eat almost the same things as them, just a little less of it. Tonight I am actually planning to have Raising Canes for dinner (happy Friday!) Anyways, rant over. Anyone else have people like this in their lives?