Weighing Food Takes Too Long And is OBSESSIVE!

LyndaBSS

elisa123gal wrote: »

weighing food is interesting for a period of time.. educational ... but I have no desire to weigh my corn cob or shrimp shells. lol.. I do think weighing food forever is obsessive.

As long as I'm living this lifestyle, I'll embrace the "obsession". Oh, and since lifestyle pretty much means forever...... I think you get the picture. 😉

AnnPT77

LyndaBSS wrote: »

elisa123gal wrote: »

weighing food is interesting for a period of time.. educational ... but I have no desire to weigh my corn cob or shrimp shells. lol.. I do think weighing food forever is obsessive.

As long as I'm living this lifestyle, I'll embrace the "obsession". Oh, and since lifestyle pretty much means forever...... I think you get the picture. 😉

IMO, obsession is not a matter of the behavior itself, but of one's attitude or feelings surrounding the behavior.

For some of us, the mere acts of food weighing, logging, etc. are no more obsessive or emotionally fraught than balancing a checking account or folding and putting away clean laundry. They're just a chore that we do, because we find the results beneficial.

If someone feels compelled to weigh food (can't eat if they can't weigh, for example), or feels deeply anxious if they can't or don't weigh/log; or feels that the process of weighing/logging hinders their enjoyment of food or of life in general; or something like that . . . well, it will be better if they find another approach to weight management that works better for them.

Speaking as the OP here, I'm still not saying that everyone needs to weigh/log food. But I don't really appreciate it when those who don't choose to do it imply that I must have some psychological issue if I do choose to use those tools long term.

As noted previously, my objective in creating this thread was to share methods for weighing food quickly and efficiently, for those who choose to use that tool.

I've somewhat come to regret my joking choice of thread title, however.

LyndaBSS

I only called it an obsession in response to the post I quoted. I find my food scale an invaluable tool and I would not be doing as well as I am without it. ☺

AnnPT77

LyndaBSS wrote: »

I only called it an obsession in response to the post I quoted. I find my food scale an invaluable tool and I would not be doing as well as I am without it. ☺

Absolutely understood that it was not you who thought it was an obsession, but that the person you were replying to did think that. I intended to be agreeing with and supporting your point. I'm sorry that wasn't clear! :flowerforyou:

lynn_glenmont

AnnPT77 wrote: »

LyndaBSS wrote: »

I only called it an obsession in response to the post I quoted. I find my food scale an invaluable tool and I would not be doing as well as I am without it. ☺

Absolutely understood that it was not you who thought it was an obsession, but that the person you were replying to did think that. I intended to be agreeing with and supporting your point. I'm sorry that wasn't clear! :flowerforyou:

OK -- but this is your thread (from over two years ago), and you were the one who brought the word obsessive into it, long before the person LyndaBSS was responding to. My recollection is that you weren't arguing for that position (it doesn't seem like you at all), but ... I dunno ... the whole thing seems weirdly self-reflexive, rabbit-chasing-itself-down-a-hole-ish. Maybe I'm just tired.