In this episode, Alana explains how tracking macros is often a projection of past trauma and a control coping mechanism disguised as a path to body confidence and food freedom.

She shares her personal experience with macro counting and highlights that it only works the first time due to the shock factor.

While macro counting is attractive to those who seek control and certainty, it ultimately leads to more confusion, obsession, and weight gain; so we talk about alternative approaches that focus on building self-trust, emotional attunement, and rewiring the root causes of eating habits.

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Takeaways

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Topic Introduction

01:27 Macro Counting as a Trauma Response

03:25 The First Time Macro Counting Works

04:32 Macro Counting as a Control Mechanism

05:59 The Importance of Self-Trust

08:13 The Failure of Macro Counting

09:42 Alternative Approaches to Weight Loss

11:21 Macro Counting and a Dysregulated Nervous System

13:31 The Gateway to a Dysregulated Nervous System

14:19 Moving Beyond Weight Loss as an Identity

15:36 True Change and Fostering a Healthy Relationship with Food