Just posting here for some validation and to let anyone else out there who feels the same know you're not alone in hating calorie counting. I'm autistic so a part of me cares an unreasonable amount about accuracy and precision which makes guesstimating quantities really stressful but I don't want to weigh everything either for fear my housemates will ask questions or judge. This stress makes me more prone to either restrict to avoid having to calorie count or overeat either because of the stress or hunger. I then feel compelled to further restrict after overeating to "make up" for the calorie surplus the day before... You can see where this is going.
I guess I'm putting this all out there because I feel like whenever I discuss weight loss with doctors, they push calorie counting or programs like Noom. My current goal is ~16 hr intermittent fasting, boosting my fiber and protein and minimizing my ultra processed food intake, making tea/flavored water when I get sugar or snack cravings, staying hydrated, keeping dessert and alcohol to one day/week each and, the hardest, working on eating slower and getting more sleep. I'm still experimenting with what I need to do to support these habits and working on getting them down so I'm hoping that's why I haven't meaningfully lost weight for the past 6 months. I guess I just am hoping for some reassurance I'm not doomed to fail even though I'm not calorie counting like my doctor says?
Btw, any tips on eating slower? I'm a terrible snarfer and I'm not making much progress on consistently slowing down.
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