I'm 5'1" and weigh about 95 lbs give or take; I haven't weighed myself in almost two months. I was always petite my entire life (when I was born I wasn't even 5lbs) but lately I found myself becoming afraid of gaining weight. My friend had become anorexic for a period of time and I helped talk her through becoming healthy again but I found myself looking at myself as being heavy or not skinny enough (I guess I've always taken pride of being the "tiny" one). I'm pretty petite in my upper body, but I tend to carry weight in my legs and around my hips and that's what I hate (mostly my legs, I could kinda care less about my hips). I never used to calorie count before (I'm pretty sure I ate 2000+ calories easily) but now I mostly try to restrict my calorie intake to under 1450 which for the most part I don't have much trouble with and I eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. However, I'm going off to college in a few weeks and I'm afraid if someone wants to grab coffee or something, I'm going to have to revise my meals so I don't go over my calories. Will I eventually outgrow this faze or will I be calorie counting for the rest of my life? How can I stop calorie counting and go back to eating whenever I'm hungry?
Afraid of gaining weight?
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