We've heard it all a million times:
🚨“Counting calories is toxic.”
🚨“Tracking your food is obsessive.”
🚨“Don't monitor anything. Just eat intuitively.”
🚨“Tracking ruins your relationship with food.”
🚨“If you track, you’re dieting again.”
Here's what this myth says:
➡️If you track anything, whether calories, habits, or workouts, you're obsessing or trying to control everything (at best).
But tracking isn’t punishment.
Tracking isn’t morality.
Tracking isn’t a diet.
🤔Tracking is awareness. It's DATA. It shows you patterns your brain can’t spot when you’re stressed, tired, or running on autopilot. It helps you make informed choices instead of reactive ones. It gives you clarity, instead of rules.
And when you pair tracking with curiosity instead of pressure, it becomes one of the most powerful midlife habit tools you’ll ever use.
Come see how we tackle this in Fit Women 50+ where we learn how to build consistency without overwhelm, shame, or rigid plans.