Mikala Jamison
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Health & culture writer @ Body Type on Substack. Author of THE FOREVER PROJECT, coming 2026. bodytype.substack.com
In this context, tracking is about eating enough calories to support new movement and growth; it's about doing the *opposite* of the "tracking to shrink" thing. Sure, tracking is tracking, but the goal + end state are different. To call it "obsessive" to mean "harmful" (I guess) feels disingenuous
June 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In this context, tracking is about eating enough calories to support new movement and growth; it's about doing the *opposite* of the "tracking to shrink" thing. Sure, tracking is tracking, but the goal + end state are different. To call it "obsessive" to mean "harmful" (I guess) feels disingenuous
(Also: "She tracks cardios and macros"? I guess that's supposed to be "calories")
Seems like an effort to suggest that tracking/eating for strength is potentially just as "obsessive" as the kind done for pure weight loss. That can be, sure, but:
Seems like an effort to suggest that tracking/eating for strength is potentially just as "obsessive" as the kind done for pure weight loss. That can be, sure, but:
June 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
(Also: "She tracks cardios and macros"? I guess that's supposed to be "calories")
Seems like an effort to suggest that tracking/eating for strength is potentially just as "obsessive" as the kind done for pure weight loss. That can be, sure, but:
Seems like an effort to suggest that tracking/eating for strength is potentially just as "obsessive" as the kind done for pure weight loss. That can be, sure, but: