Is it possible to lose weight without calorie counting?

[Anonymous]

I’ve had some problems with disordered eating in the past as a result of counting calories and I just don’t think it would benefit me mentally to start doing that again. I want to lose weight but I’m not sure if this is possible without counting calories to be in a calorific deficit.

[Leapfrog00]

Counting carbs works best. Since I became diabetic last year, I count them to reduce sugar crashes from the insulin. There's a trick to it. So, each meal to hit the daily amout of required calories, a male should hit 55 to 65 carbs and a female 45 to 55 carbs.

To lose weight, you set a carb goal.

On each food package, where it says "Total carbs per serving", that's what you use, and you add them up. For example, if you eat a chicken dinner, a piece of chicken might be 15 carbs, stuffing 10 carbs, a salad 10 carbs, salad dressing 5 cards, and a beverage 10 carbs, all together that's 55 carbs.

It's best to download an app to see how many carbs you should take in to lose weight when using this. It's a lot easier than it looks.

If you stay at or below the carb goal (Max 65 for males, max 55 for females), you should lose weight. This usually takes a few days but it's easier and safer than crash dieting because with crash dieting, you can actually put on more weight if you over-do it because a lot of people on these types of diets go back to overeating.

I'm not overweight, but my nutritionist told me counting carbs is the same trick people use for losing weight. I lost weight I couldn't afford to lose, and now my pants fall off me, so I know it works!

[Christoff92]

Yeh. Because you know the foods that you're eating have low calories and know the foods that don't. It becomes into a habit.

[noemiii]

Well, no.. that wouldn’t make sense if you could lose weight without removing weight loss components. That’s like asking how to maintain a gym physique but you don’t want to exercise.. it’s just not realistic.

Honestly you need to confront yourself on why you feel like you’d lapse on an eating disorder. If you feel this way, you shouldn’t be trying to lose weight because the more weight you lose, the more you’ll feel you need to lose more and more. If you do not have a healthy conscious you shouldn’t be doing that. And keep in mind, even if you were to lose the weight, you’d have to maintain what you were doing in order to maintain that result.

If you don’t already, try shifting your focus to fat burning workouts as a main priority. Not only are you supposed to eat more while working out to lose more, you’ll see consistent results and it’ll get you in a healthy mindset about your body.

[Ironic_Method]

Yeah. I'm in good shape and I've never counted calories. Having an idea of what foods are good and bad is all you need. I eat relatively healthy 4 days a week and whatever I want on the other 3.

[Asker]

were you always in good shape? no offence but it doesn’t really help me if you’ve been thin all your life

[Anonymous]

Sure, as long as you watch what you eat and learn what foods are high in calories.

[Asker]

would that not be calorie counting? or are you just saying to have a general idea

[Opinion Owner]

Not necessarily.

[DextroShade]

I did with the lazy keto diet.

[bananapeels]

Yes, the Atkins diet.

[Asker]

tried that before didn’t work

[In_Trance]

Sure it is