Obsession

WigglexWigglexWiggle

So I started off January 1st and lost about 10 pounds. I've recently fallen off the wagon but partly because I was worried about my negative thought patterns. I would workout and think "this is because I'm ugly/fat/ate at Mcdonald's last night." When I logged foods that I hadn't weighed I would way overestimate just to make sure I wasn't lying to myself. It worked, I lost the weight but I just felt so terrible.
At what point do you think eating habits become obsessive? What is your relationship with food/with logging food?

ElJefeChief

Telling yourself you're ugly or fat as a way to increase motivation for what should otherwise be considered healthy, positive activities probably isn't the best thing. I wouldn't want that sort of thing to snowball. If it gets worse, consider seeing a therapist.

In terms of you overestimation method - I do that myself and I think it's a good tactic when you're not a habitual food-scale user.

Afura

There was one time when I was obsessive, I was crazed with getting the less calorie, whatever it was. I came to my senses when I was lying in my mom's bed and we were talking about frozen meals, and I pointed out that I would eat one and not the other because it was 20 calories less. 20. Not 200. It made me realize that I was just putting way too much worry into it.

Now, if I go over, I take a look at my diary and determine where I went over, and think about why I went over (was I emotionally or bored eating, was I just being terrible about my choices, etc). If I'm a little over then that's fine, I'll make up for it on another day. If I'm consistently over I have to really just promise myself to get back on track and do better.

If I guilt myself over a bad day of eating, then I find that it's a slippery slope of don't give a <bleep> and I continue on that way for hours/days/weeks/etc. and really just wreck what I've accomplished, or at least put a dent in my progress.
I do the best I can, and I accept that I'm human. Life circumstances mean that I may not always be able to do a good job.

Francl27

The way I see it, I'd rather obsess too much about my food and exercise than to be fat again. Also, I exercise every day anyway (well, until I need a rest day) - it's completely unrelated to my food intake.