I had my Skype session with my Retrofit counselor today and she suggested that I start logging my meals on the site. I have been using My Fitness Pal, but there's one big difference between Retrofit and MFP:

There's no calorie counting on Retrofit.

I have been a slave to calories ever since I was, oh, 10. Yeah, you read that right, 10.

I received my first calorie counting book then and a colorful poster-sized calorie chart was hung on our kitchen wall as a child.

I know the calorie count of EV-ERY-THING.

Instead of slavishly recording every calorie, I'm supposed to be "calorie aware," and instead pay more attention to hunger cues -- something I rarely do.

This ultimately paves the way to eating in a more natural, hunger-based manner, rather than wondering how many more things I get to eat in the day before I run out.

This is going to take some time for me to wrap my head around. 

Old way: Hey, I can still eat 200 more calories!

New way: Am I really hungry for more food?

See how the second scenario sounds more "normal"?

Eeek. I'm going to give this a try