This week, a friend of mine at work decided to try to lose some weight along with me. We are both keeping track of calories, trying to balance out our macronutrients, etc.
But I made an interesting observation today: he sucks at estimating calories.
He's comment a few times that he keep underestimating how many calories something is, and how he now has to exercise twice as long to make up for the errors. Part of me thinks, "Oh, silly friend. How could you not know how many calories are in that bagel?"
I know why he's bad at it, though. He has never struggled with weight, so he never had to learn.
See, he is a little overweight, sees me trying to do something about my size, so figures he'll join in. He has 10-15 to drop, and then he'll probably maintain. So this is sort of a one-off experience for him.
For me, though, I've been "watching my weight" since I was 10. I have lost weight, put it back on, dipped back down, and bounced back up. I have always kept a sharp eye on how many calories things have. I can spot serving sizes at a glance. I know which foods will be filling without killing my deficit. And I know that when there are cookies out at a work meeting, "just two" means I have to sacrifice something else that I really enjoy, like a hearty dinner, or a beer out on the back deck later that evening.
So I gloat for a second, proud of the fact that I am better at counting calories than he is.
And then I realize... "Oh, shit. I'm better because I've had a lifetime of practice."
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