Obsessed!

susanb305

me too! i love this site!

yager8725

Don't worry! Its good to be obsessed at the beginning. When U get a better idea of how much food is what in calories and things like that you will calm down. lol

DebbieLyn63

Yeah, I think the obsession in the beginning is really pretty necessary to make the full commitment to this long term. Some kind of go at it hit or miss for a couple of years or more and never really make any great progress, but the ones who have really succeeded seem to be the ones that are on here every day, logging everything, day in and day out.

After awhile, the logging becomes second nature and you just do it automatically. Making healthier choices becomes automatic as well. For me, mindless eating is how the weight creeped up over the years, so now I am very mindful of everything I eat, and will always need to be.

And sometimes my mind will start to think that maybe I am becoming too obsessed with it, and should take a break from logging for awhile. Then I see other people who start thinking the same way, and decide to not log for awhile, then in a few weeks they are back, with a few extra pounds they gained and realize that it didn't work.

Thinking I am too obsessed with it, is just my 'fat girl' trying to talk my 'thin girl' into giving up!!

strawberrylola

Hi I have only been on 4 days and I have lost 4lb, :happy: I am addicted to the site too! I think its a good thing, I havnt finished eating my evening meal and I am checking in what I have had, to check cals!! lol

lockmand

Oh, I love this thread! I can so identify with you guys and gals. I have felt like I am putting in too much time into thinking about and planning food, and exercise too! But then I need to, I truly hope it will take a bit less time once I know for sure what to do. I am also spending some time on studying my bad habits and finding new ones to plug in. I am beginning to understand some of ;my emotional eating habits, and how to curtail those.
I love the Quote that describes the different months in our path to good health with MFP. I have struggled with many of them, the plateau being what led me to exercise, and later to this site. It is totally a combo of eating right and exercising enough.
My biggestt thing right now is figuring out how to eat the right # of calories. It seems like a lot to eat to me and also the amount of water is a bit hard to get in some days for some reason. I am plugging along though and with all you folks here to help motivate me and teach me, I will do this thing.
Fighting the expense of clothes that fit too. Seems I bought the first set too soon, as someone else mentioned, now they do not fit either! Should be cheering rather than complaining, huh?
So glad I found you folks here!
lockmand

LBNOakland

Relax and take a deep breath. Your in it for the long haul. This excitement your feeling will wear off when the easy pounds stop dropping. You will not likely see 5lbs lost in a week very often unless you have a lot to lose.

I'm going to quote from another thread.

So you found out about this app and are determined to lose a bunch of weight and let your inner skinnier person out. It's going to go something like this:

1st week -
I'm going to lose two pounds a week. This is going to be great. I'm going to be so determined and so dedicated...

2nd week -
The hell!?!?!? Why didn't I lose anything? I've been so good. I worked so hard. I should just give up. I'm just meant to be fat. I'll never lose this weight.

3rd week -
How did that burger get in my mouth? Or the pizza? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! I'm a failure...

4th week -
Holy cow!! I lost four pounds. That's a pound a week. That's not bad. I think there's hope.

2nd month - I'm losing so much weight. This is so great. I'll be to my goal in no time at all!!

3rd month - Um.... hello??? What happened? Why aren't we losing weight now. I didn't change anything. I even worked out more. Why do you hate me?!?!? I want cake!

4th month - Whew - doing good. I'm OK. Look at how far I've gotten. Yay me. Just hang in there. I'm going to try going to the gym.

5th month - Going to the gym is hard. I can barely get three days a week in. And everyone there must think I'm so fat and wonder why I'm there. And I'm so sore. Can't move anything. Sitting down is hard.

6th month - I thought I'd be farther along. Why haven't I lost more? I've only gone down two sizes. Shouldn't I be at my goal weight already? Maybe I should try that fad diet or that starvation diet? So tired of people trying to get me to splurge and eat my old favorite junk foods just because I'm working out now and deserve a treat. They just don't get it. I can't afford to splurge right now!

7th Month - I'm going to kill someone right now. I hate this stupid diet. Why didn't I just stick with what I was doing before? It was working. Maybe not as fast as I wanted, but it was working. Where are the cookies??

9th Month - I reached the halfway point!! I'm doing so great. I love my gym. I go there five times a week now. I found this really great class and the instructor is so awesome. This trainer taught me some great new exercises. Some of my friends want to exercise with me now. They are so amazed at how much I've lost and they want to know my secret. I've given up all my old fat clothes for all these awesome new clothes. (Yikes for my credit card bill, but yay for my closet!)

10th month - Plateau?? FU plateau!! So tired of this. Maybe I should try working out with a trainer because obviously I don't know what I'm doing anymore. I've even started gaining weight because I can't stop binging on junk because I'm so depressed to have become so stuck and just when I was half way there...

12th Month - Dammit!! I keep dropping sizes. Getting replacement clothes is getting so expensive!! I barely have the stuff for two months and it's too big again. Must buy smaller sizes so I have more time with them. So glad I stopped starving myself. BMR and TDEE all the way!!

16 Months - I feel great!! You know, even if I don't make it all the way to goal, the size I'm at now is pretty nice. I'm definitely getting a lot more attention. I'm OK if this is as far as I can get. I'm just really enjoying this new lifestyle. And all these changes I made for my health have inspired me to make other changes in other parts of my life. Over all I'm a much happier person and my life is a whole lot better than before. I got rid of the negative influences in my life and have a great circle of supportive, positive people. Work is much better. My attitude about life is better. Life is wonderful!! I feel like a burger tonight. I worked out hard today and I have the calories. I can have it.

18 Months - 80 pounds!!!!! I can't believe I lost 80 pounds!!!! I'm a smaller size than I was in high school!! It's so weird to see myself in the mirror. I'm the same size as my skinny friend. How did that happen? And I'm a single digit size now. Never thought I'd be able to say that!!

LOVE THIS!! Need to print and display on my fridge!! LOL

KiwiKimblee

The novelty will wear off eventually. But, solong as you are being healthy I don't see it as a problem.

twiglips

I've been on MFP for over a year and I still use the app on my phone in addition to the website numerous times a day. It can be something as simple as logging each cup of water, browsing the message boards or changing my entire dinner plan. I've worked MFP into part of my daily schedule and that's what has worked for me. If I'm not consistent, I feel like I will not hold myself accountable and will risk failure. That's not to say that I don't have "bad days" but I just keep going. Everyday is a new day and a new opportunity to improve myself. I love MFP and the support I get here!!
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