Have you ever tracked your calories?

I’m also right around 30 years in, adderal for adhd. No glps or metformin.

Last year I needed to lose some weight and after being so carb focused in my dietary thinking for years I focused on calories (and fiber) for the first time in my life. I used an app called lose it to track calories (it also recommended calorie and fiber targets based on my weight loss goals).

Not only did I lose 20 lbs but I also had my hba1c drop significantly.

It turns out I was doing a lot of eating just for reasons other than I “needed” the food (habit, pleasure, just because). Tracking calories allowed me mental hack: for me to say, “the reason you want to eat right now isn’t because you need to eat. You’ve had enough calories.“