
Honestly, I’d had been tracking my calories for years for weight loss and was struggling so bad and feeling so mentally guilty when I’d eat certain shit. I finally lost like 25-30lbs and am at a comfy weight and don’t use calorie counting apps anymore, I eat intuitively and am so happy about it. But fitness can exacerbate a lot of underlying pre-existing problems, you can 10/10 gain and get an eating disorder from using calorie counting apps etc. it happens more often then you think.
calorie tracking apps tend to be total BS bc they think you burn more calories than you actually do. what helped me a lot was simply being aware of how many calories are in things - not necessarily writing it down or doing all the math for every day, but just that awareness can go a long way