Staying motivated without feeling obsessed

My family has been really supportive, but it's true that at some point, people get sick of hearing about it, so I try to respect that. You better believe when someone is actually interested, I will be happy to share with them all about it! lol But it has become something personal I do just for myself, and that makes it kind of special. I don't have to go waving a banner or throw a fitness parade to get up each day and do what I gotta do - for myself. Nobody is making me measure my portions or go to the gym, so I try to remember why it's important to me, and it's okay that it may not be that important to everyone else. Make friends on here! They will keep you motivated when you see everyone working out and dropping weight on your thread, you want to be up there sharing your success, too! You don't really have to do it alone.

First of all, well done on your weight loss so far, that's a really impressive number. My advice would be to get involved in activities which assist your weightloss, but which are about more than just weight loss. For example, I'm starting Zumba tomorrow and have my first healthy cookery class tomorrow. I'm hoping they'll be fun in their own right but also will help me burn calories and learn new healthy cooking habits. If what you've been doing so far has been working for you, keep going with it. There are groups of people that love hearing and talking about weight and health related topics like people on this forum or your local weightwatchers meeting. A way for me to stay motivated is keeping a little progress board on the wall in my home study area.

I annoy my coworkers and my family because I am so careful about what I eat. I usually eat before I go places and I make sure I go to the gym after work at least 4-5 days a week. I have gotten comments because if I do go out to a restaurant and eat something different than normal I will go straight to the gym after to make sure I work off anything extra. People find this obsessive and I get lots of comments about being anorexic, but I know that if I allow myself to indulge then I am going to end up also wanting to eat ice cream or a candy bar or pizza or other things that trigger me. I also have the added bonus of having Selective Eating Disorder that I have dealt with since I was a toddler, so my very small menu of foods I can eat make my life more difficult. I do feel like I am completely obsessive about counting my calories though because I've been doing this for 10 months and I am trying to stay diligent.

I'm like the OP. I have to keep my head 'MFP mode' in to stick with it - but unlike the OP I have no real life support, it's all on here. So my advice is to get a whole bunch more friends and ramble away on here... but if that doesn't cut it for you the other poster who said go find fitness things to do and make some new fit minded friends that you can talk to about all this is probably a good start.