Do you ever get told that you too compulsive
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Better than impulsive!10
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Yup. Who cares.... it’s what keeps me close to goal weight.....6
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The only people who know I weigh food every day are people in my kitchen -- family. I'm in better shape than any of them so they don't say much. Maybe it is obsessive, but it's the only thing that works for me and honestly doesn't take much time or effort.5
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You do whatever it takes to maintain a healthy weight! I am not to maintenance yet however I know I will have to continue logging or else I will let myself go3
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My husband gives me a hard time often about weighing my food. I don't think he worries so much about me doing but how it looks to my kids. Now that I have maintained for years, I do it more to make sure I am getting enough to fuel my workouts. I still get hassled for exercising/eating right but why do you think I look the way I look...because I work at it!3
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I plan in weighing my food indefinitely. I have 4 girls, and we've talked about why I do it. I want to make sure I have the right amount of energy to take care of my family, too much or too little, and I won't feel good. I also do it because I'm at risk for type 2 diabetes. So by tracking my food now, I am helping myself in the future. I make sure they know it isn't about being skinny for me (though it is a nice perk), but taking care of myself to the best of my ability. I try to weigh/measure all my stuff before setting the food on the table for dinner so they aren't waiting on me when it's time to eat. I still will gladly eat ice cream and potato chips with them, I don't want them growing up thinking I fear food, but I respect it because of what it can do for me.9
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I am a serial gainer and loser of anywhere from 8 to 20 pounds. Have probably lost well over 200 in my life ... that same set of pounds up and down ... that's not healthy even though I have never been categorized as obese, and it's discouraging and harder every time to lose!
I am determined to "Yo Yo No Mo" and THIS TIME, when I reach maintenance, I plan to be compulsive!! It's a lot better than regaining my loss (AGAIN)14 -
brightresolve wrote: »I am a serial gainer and loser of anywhere from 8 to 20 pounds. Have probably lost well over 200 in my life ... that same set of pounds up and down ... that's not healthy even though I have never been categorized as obese, and it's discouraging and harder every time to lose!
I am determined to "Yo Yo No Mo" and THIS TIME, when I reach maintenance, I plan to be compulsive!! It's a lot better than regaining my loss (AGAIN)
Me too! I was at goal 2ish years ago and have since gained and relost +25, -15, +5, -10, +20. I am going at this very, very slowly this time. It has always been about avoiding/delaying the type 2 diabetes, heart disease, dementia, cancer that are all in the family. I just cannot figure out how to maintain without being compulsive. So compulsive it is and will be. I am so done with the bouncing weight game.6 -
In my opinion, everybody is compulsive about something. For instance, folks who are overweight or obese, are compulsive about eating and not exercising. Yes, many get ridiculed but it doesn't really stop them from their actions. They change, we change, when we are good and ready to.
So when folks, family, friends say this to you, smile and say bite me (that last part you can just say it in your head
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The only person who knows I count calories is my husband. I lost 70ish pounds and have kept them off for a couple of years. I do not actually count the calories "out loud" any more. I learned how to keep an eye on CICO over time. Nothing like a good run to keep everything in line
Oh, yeah, I am compulsive...so what 2 -
No I don't get told that. I do get told that I'm very committed and consistent.
150 lost, 1+ year of successful maintenance.4 -
Nobody has said that to me ever.
I get told I'm an inspiration a lot, which is nice, but all I'm doing is using an app that made it easy to lose weight and keep it off. And a shitload of running.
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The only time I was told that what I was doing was obsessive/compulsive is when it truly was. After I had my daughter, I ate 1200 cals a day and went to they gym to run on the treadmill every day I could. I lost weight for sure, but also a lot of my energy, hair, color in my skin, and happiness. I'm glad that experience I made myself go through didn't make me turn away from counting calories because when done properly, it can truly benefit your life in so many ways!
BTW, those comments came from my husband. Now that I'm more safe about it, he understands that this tool helps me reach my healthy goals.2 -
Calorie counter for life here.
I have tried to go without counting several times, but I inevitably gain. I need the accountability of making sure the numbers even out.
Maintenance is the same as weight loss with an additional treat here or there. You can't just start back eating like you used to without ending up where you used to be.
Whatever works for you!5 -
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Every SINGLE DAY, everyone says "you're too skinny"...I hate that word...can't you say FIT.3
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Cashmone1981 wrote: »Every SINGLE DAY, everyone says "you're too skinny"...I hate that word...can't you say FIT.
I am still searching for the best response to this. I am considering saying that I don't comment on their spare tire so they shouldn't comment on my physique either.5 -
SummerSkier wrote: »Cashmone1981 wrote: »Every SINGLE DAY, everyone says "you're too skinny"...I hate that word...can't you say FIT.
I am still searching for the best response to this. I am considering saying that I don't comment on their spare tire so they shouldn't comment on my physique either.
My response is: I plan on looking like a crackhead.
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I had a friend who always complained about how their ex had "tunnel vision", was too obsessive and would ignore family, etc. etc. Then I found out the ex was working towards a phD and now has a great job in a very narrow, highly competitive field. The friend...not ambitious at all.
The moral of the story is, when someone judges someone else, they are telling you far more about themselves than they are about the person they are judging.
You are responsible for your body, not them. You do what you need to do. Unless your activity gets in the way of functioning or makes you sick, there is no need to worry about what other people say.6 -
SummerSkier wrote: »Cashmone1981 wrote: »Every SINGLE DAY, everyone says "you're too skinny"...I hate that word...can't you say FIT.
I am still searching for the best response to this. I am considering saying that I don't comment on their spare tire so they shouldn't comment on my physique either.
would "and you're kind of fat" be too mean?
1 of the guys I was staying with on the last tango weekend teased me a bit on the calorie counting... I may have given him a look and poked at his (slightly 'fluffy') tummy in response.3
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