How to get rid of the food scale?

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TW mention of restrictive behaviors and calorie counting

I've begun recovery. I'm committed and know what I want, but that doesn't change how hard it is.
I'm trying my best to keep up with my exchanges, and I've mentally accepted and have even embraced upping my caloric intake...but the need to count calories and measure every single thing with a food scale persists. Even though I am upping my intake, I am still so, so tied to this food scale and measure everything. It needs to go. I know it needs to go. Mentally I cannot get better without it.

For those who were able to do it - how did you part with the food scale? What did you do? smash it? throw it out? give it away? save it? How did life change once your food scale was gone? I feel the same way with the calorie counting apps too...

Someone tell me that holding onto the scale and apps aren't actually helping my recovery (I think I'm trying to tell myself that since I am upping my intake it's okay to keep it, but I know it's not healthy to require that all food passes the scale before I can actually have it).

Thank you for any help <3

in AnorexiaRecoveryby LEBW1234

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1mo

theblueststar

1mo

I'm slowly letting go of the food scale by switching to cups and tablespoons instead, it's still measuring but it's less accurate and it feels less disordered and helps me see the food visually instead of just thinking about the numbers

AccurateCycle2649

1mo

came here to say this. when i got rid of my scale i “weaned” myself off by allowing myself to still measure at the beginning but using measuring cups and spoons instead. then gradually you can get rid of those too when you get used to what a portion looks like.

Fin_Elln

1mo

Smash it like you smash your old beliefs, jump into the black and swim. That's the only way. Nature is a moving thing which cannot be in equilibrium when controlled by the same numbers everyday.

triaglesyes

1mo

this is the hardest bit I swear but it needs to go.

DO WHAT EVER YOU WANT JSUT GET IT AWAY. Delete the apps and listen to your body. It’s not like an app can work out how much you need

It will be scary but tracking it will make it worse. Your body needs a lot of food to recover. For me it was probably upwards of twice the RDI, and tracking just made me feel guilty for recovering.

If you really can’t do it speak to a professional. Consider reaching out to a dietician, or a psychologist.

YOU CAN DO IT! Life is so much more free without f**cking numbers running it. It will be scary and I know the ED will be screaming but please, ik you will be ok.

mykindabook

1mo

It can be just as simple as it sounds. Get. Rid. Of. It. Throw it out. Remove the batteries. Smash the living hell out of it. You have my sincerest permission.

Justyouraverageshmo

29d

me and my OCD understand this .

DareiosK

15d

Wow, I feel like I could've written this post myself! I have obsessively weighed every single gram of food I put in my mouth for the last several years and up until recently the thought of stopping was inconceivable. I also used the same justification-I have to do this so that I eat enough. But when I'm able to be honest with myself I know that I also use the food scale and cronometer as a way to make sure I don't eat "too much".

I really don't know what the answer is. I have just started very slowly not weighing some things and it's excruciatingly uncomfortable but in a way it also feels kind of rewarding. I would urge you to be brutally honest with yourself about why you use the food scale and if any part of it is keeping you stuck in the ed, take any steps you can however small to break the addiction.