Hill prefers the word “energy” to calories and, like dietitian Hellner, suggests that I eat every three hours, whether I’m hungry or not. I hate this idea. I tell her this. Worried it will make me obsessive over food. She gestures to the eyeglasses I’m wearing. “Do you ever think about when you put on your glasses, Cole?” She proposes that meal planning can be the same way. Corrective lenses for my little insula. Hunger-fullness correction. I just need to practice. After all, the goal isn’t losing weight. (Wait, what? Oh yeah, right.) It’s sustaining the functions of my body.
