Why can’t I count calories?
Written by Stuart Argue
Updated at October 21st, 2022
Good news - you can manage your weight successfully without counting calories. In fact, most people’s long term health and weight outcomes will improve by adopting different strategies instead.
We are fully committed to helping users to build a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. Research shows that teaching people to limit their intake according to calorie limits sets them up to ignore internal body cues and feel deprived, which puts them at risk for binge eating and overeating. Others can get “stuck” in restrictive and rule-based eating which does not account for the need for diverse nutritional intake. For these reasons, Nourishly will remain a calorie counting free product.
Instead of focusing on the numbers, Nourishly includes hunger and fullness, stress levels, digestive symptoms, mindful eating etc, which we believe is much more useful. Our ultimate goal is that users learn sustainable habits and no longer have a need to keep a food log.
