I thought eating 300 calories less a day was just discipline. I tracked every bite, even the ones I pretended didn’t count. The scale moved, but so did the goalposts in my head. Some nights, I’d lie in bed and feel proud of the hunger. Other nights, it felt like a punishment I’d signed up for. I told myself I was being healthy, but my mind was always doing math, never resting. A year later, I can’t remember the last meal I enjoyed without calculating its cost. I’m not sure what I lost—weight, or the part of me that trusted food could be simple. #FoodGuilt #ControlIsExhausting #NotJustAboutTheScale #Health #Diet