Calorie Counting Obsessed?

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I don't feel the need to mention anything about calories or calorie counting. I just say no thank you and it pretty much ends there.
  • hottamolly00
    hottamolly00 Posts: 334 Member
    My best friend went on a mini vacation with me and told me I was obsessed with calories...OCD, she said. She said almost every sentence I used had the word calories in it. So, maybe I AM a bit obsessed, but in the last 7 months I've dropped 30 pounds at a healthy rate and am KEEPING it off.

    I thought my use of the word calorie was meant to be inspiring, not annoying. I want to be an inspiration, and by doing so, I feel I have to educate. Oh well...

    I've just learned to keep my mouth shut.
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    These are the exact same people who will see you eating a cookie some day .. a cookie that you planned and budgeted for .. and will tell you you shouldn't be eating cookies. or give you the ol' "I thought you were watching what you eat".

    I usually find a simple "naaaah, I'm good" works just fine. I don't get into discussions about what I'm doing or how. Unless people ask.
  • TravelDog14
    TravelDog14 Posts: 317 Member
    I haven't mentioned to anyone I track on this site, instead I tell them I'm trying to eat healthier and have cut back on processed sugars / carbs. At that point they just look at me rather oddly. :)

    For the most part this is me. I've been on MFP for 15 months and I don't share that fact with friends or family.
    I also never told people I was starting a "diet" or that I was even trying to lose weight.
    As the pounds came off and people noticed, I merely told them I was watching what I eat.
  • suziepoo1984
    suziepoo1984 Posts: 915 Member
    i do eat a lot..so on most occasions i get the opposite look "Are you even trying to lose weight?" LOL
    But i get a lot of such comments from my mom on my workout planning. I hardly workout 4 hours a week..just 4 and i do it after a lot of planning. I choose classes based on my work schedule and also i want to spend most time i can with my toddler. Just looking at my planning, my mom calls me obsessed. I just smile and ignore !
  • nerakma
    nerakma Posts: 77 Member
    No-one in the 'real world' knows I am tracking what I eat. I didn't have a great deal of weight to lose and i carry a bit of extra weight well (or dress it well maybe), if I said I wanted to lose a bit of weight to people I know they would immediately ask why and be astounded. I therefore find myself using a lot of excuses like I am full from breakfast/lunch/snacks, I don't want to spoil my appetite for dinner later, or that I am more of a savoury person (true). The last one works a treat as they already kmow I am a fussy eater - don't like cream, pastries, anything with fruit in it (I like fruit in it's natural form), nuts and chocolate combination, etc, etc

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