![]() ![]() The use of these apps pushes you into being more and more concerned with what you are eating: Another study of eating disorders in men found that my fitness pal users exhibited more ED symptoms, restricted themselves more, were concerned about their weight and diet (Linardon & Messer, 2019) Users also engaged in more compulsive exercising to control their weight compared to non-users (Plateau, Bone, Lanning & Meyer, 2018). Users of My Fitness Pal were found to be restricting themselves more compared to non-users. It encourages unhealthy eating and exercising behaviours. Using My Fitness Pal encourages the development of perfectionistic, dichotomous, and obsessive thinking about numbers relating to weight, calories, shape, and macronutrients. In fact, My Fitness Pal was recognised as a significant risk factor for eating disorders and also their maintenance (Pennesi & Wade, 2016) It is important to know the dangerous of calorie counting and apps such as My Fitness Pal: ![]() A memory of me being at the bar and putting another whiskey diet coke into the app to see if I was “allowed” it still stands out to me as my first indication I might have taken this too far.įortunately, I was able to recognise this before it got out of hand and stop calorie counting before it took control. I am losing weight, my BMI was in a healthy range, what was the harm? It was not until I noticed about the days where I had social evening plans where I was restricting food quite significantly so I was able to consume alcohol and still be “safe” for the day. I did not feel as though I had problem with calorie counting. It motivated me to “restrict better” trying to see how few calories I could consume in a day get that same rush I experienced the first time I saw the scales drop. The rush of seeing a smaller number each time I stepped on the scales, I had not felt anything like it before. ![]() It was not until I started to see the numbers go down on the scale did the calorie counting become a real issue. I had a holiday coming up and just wanted to feel a little more confident. Like many others I first began counting calories as way to help and manage weight loss. ![]()
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