Coyote on Nostr: The worst part of dieting is how much you have to think about food. Normally, the ...

The worst part of dieting is how much you have to think about food. Normally, the extent of my thoughts on food were: "I'm hungry," "what is there to eat," "this looks good," or "this would've been better if…" Those thoughts were in the moment, occurring and resolving naturally, but now I spend so much active thinking about weights and ratios.

Technology does alleviate some of the pain of measuring out 150 grams of eggs at 120 calories per 100 grams to subtract from the allowance of 1800 calories per day, but doing that stuff day after day wears at the soul. Instead of enjoying my time eating a sandwich at lunch, I'm wondering if this 21 grams of mayo was worth 150 calories; if I could've skipped breakfast and gotten 260 calories of chips instead; and what can I get for dinner that'd be less than 720 calories.