I’ve been tracking calories everyday for the past 2 months and this is what I’ve learned

Losing weights is not hard, but it’s also not easy

The concept of losing weight is simple

Less calories in, more calories out

Keep your body in a caloric deficit and you are guaranteed to lose weights

Simple right?

Until you realize our relationship with food is a little bit more complicated and less logical.

Back then food was something we need to survive

Nowadays, food is easy accessible and we no longer have a food scarcity, it has evolved into something more emotional than just pure primitive and survival

Our relationship with food is more complicated

We eat not to live, but we eat to feel some type of emotion

When we are happy, we celebrate with good food

When we are sad, we eat to numb the pain and distract our emotions.

When we are bored and just want to do something, we most likely want to eat

It doesn’t help that humans are emotional beings, our actions are dictated not 100% by logical thinking, but a split between logic and emotion

Most of the time, when it comes to food, we tend to make decisions based on how we feel.

This is what gets in the way for people who struggle to go on a diet and lose weights.

On top of that, we are social creatures.

We spend time with other humanbeings

And would be the best way to spend time with each other?

Eating!

Luncheon at work

Dinner with the family at home

Eating out with friends on the weekend.

Yada yada

This is another layer of difficulty.

We want to stick to a strict diet, but we also have social responsibilities to fulfill

And it’s not easy to order healthy food when going out with others

We get peer pressured into drinking 1 beer, eating another slice of pizzas

We don’t like to be called a party pooper.

I’m getting hungry now

Hopefully this help you understand more about our relationship with food

And best of luck with your weight loss journey

I’m gonna go eat

Toodaloo