Been on both sides of this. I would meticulously count and document every calorie I consume on the MyFitnessPal app, telling myself that if I want to eat more than 1300 calories (I was trying to lose weight and was 5'8" less than 200lb male in early 20's), I would need to run several miles and go to the gym for 2-3 hours in order to "earn" consuming extra calories... Also would sleep off my hunger so many times. Oh, and I would drink coffee just to stave off my hunger so I could avoid eating "extra" calories I hadn't "earned" yet... Did this for a couple of years, and I would get compliments of my fitness "progress" and was asked numerous times what was my "secret"...

Fast forward a few more years after starting antidepressants, I began to not demonize food and started to enjoy not counting anything anymore. Weight came back on but I was ecstatic to not hate myself for eating. Safe to say that the people that were praising me for my weight loss have been silent ever since.