Ignorance about calorie counting.
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tracyannk28 wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »Weighing every bite you take is much more obsessive than most people want or need to be.
If it works for you, don't worry about what other people think. But you have to expect that people will find it odd. It is odd. I do it a lot! But I don't forget that the vast majority of people - fat and thin - do not weight their food.
It is so the kind of thing anorexics would do. It could be an OCD thing, too.
Eating healthy food and/or counting calories doesn't make you anorexic. Being underweight and feeling the need to continue losing weight makes you anorexic.
I won't even go into why it's NOT an OCD thing.... But I don't think there's anything wrong with being accurate in your counting. Especially if you don't have much to lose or are not losing by regular logging (I.e. Cups, measuring spoons, etc.)
It's also important to point out that in countries other than the u.s. All nutritional Info on packaging is done by cals/100 grams. There's no way to measure that other than by weighing.
Since you're not going to go into why an OCD person couldn't get worked up about weighing food (which I totally can - I can even see them splitting a raspberry in half to get the number to be 15 instead of 14 or 16, lol), I will simply point out that I didn't say there was anything wrong with it.
I think everyone knows that different countries use different forms of measuring.
I split a green bean on my food scale just last night to get exactly 85 grams...
hope it's not bad! I've been doing stuff like that a lot these past 2 weeks.
You've lost 41 lbs? I think you are doing something right
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tracyannk28 wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »Weighing every bite you take is much more obsessive than most people want or need to be.
If it works for you, don't worry about what other people think. But you have to expect that people will find it odd. It is odd. I do it a lot! But I don't forget that the vast majority of people - fat and thin - do not weight their food.
It is so the kind of thing anorexics would do. It could be an OCD thing, too.
Eating healthy food and/or counting calories doesn't make you anorexic. Being underweight and feeling the need to continue losing weight makes you anorexic.
I won't even go into why it's NOT an OCD thing.... But I don't think there's anything wrong with being accurate in your counting. Especially if you don't have much to lose or are not losing by regular logging (I.e. Cups, measuring spoons, etc.)
It's also important to point out that in countries other than the u.s. All nutritional Info on packaging is done by cals/100 grams. There's no way to measure that other than by weighing.
Since you're not going to go into why an OCD person couldn't get worked up about weighing food (which I totally can - I can even see them splitting a raspberry in half to get the number to be 15 instead of 14 or 16, lol), I will simply point out that I didn't say there was anything wrong with it.
I think everyone knows that different countries use different forms of measuring.
I split a green bean on my food scale just last night to get exactly 85 grams...
hope it's not bad! I've been doing stuff like that a lot these past 2 weeks.
You've lost 41 lbs? I think you are doing something right
every green bean counts!!!
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As several others have said, you are doing something (weighing all your food), that the vast majority of people do not do, or even think about. You should expect people to consider it weird sometimes. Either ignore the criticism, or tone it down when you are in public if it bothers you that much. Your mother is going to worry about you and your food either way, that's in the job description. You are old enough to communicate with her and explain your point of view. Regardless, calling getting an odd look or a comment here and there "ignorance and stigma of calorie counting", sounds like a case of first world problems to me.0
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I must need another cup of coffee, cause I am so lost here....0
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As several others have said, you are doing something (weighing all your food), that the vast majority of people do not do, or even think about. You should expect people to consider it weird sometimes. Either ignore the criticism, or tone it down when you are in public if it bothers you that much. Your mother is going to worry about you and your food either way, that's in the job description. You are old enough to communicate with her and explain your point of view. Regardless, calling getting an odd look or a comment here and there "ignorance and stigma of calorie counting", sounds like a case of first world problems to me.
I agree. It IS weird to weigh all your food down to the last gram. When people give me funny looks I just say "yeah - I know it's weird and I think it's a pain, but I need to do it - it's a necessary evil"
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I am very, very familiar with OCD. It isn't the same for everyone. Different people with OCD have different odd things bugging them.rainbowbow wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »Weighing every bite you take is much more obsessive than most people want or need to be.
If it works for you, don't worry about what other people think. But you have to expect that people will find it odd. It is odd. I do it a lot! But I don't forget that the vast majority of people - fat and thin - do not weight their food.
It is so the kind of thing anorexics would do. It could be an OCD thing, too.
Eating healthy food and/or counting calories doesn't make you anorexic. Being underweight and feeling the need to continue losing weight makes you anorexic.
I won't even go into why it's NOT an OCD thing.... But I don't think there's anything wrong with being accurate in your counting. Especially if you don't have much to lose or are not losing by regular logging (I.e. Cups, measuring spoons, etc.)
It's also important to point out that in countries other than the u.s. All nutritional Info on packaging is done by cals/100 grams. There's no way to measure that other than by weighing.
Since you're not going to go I to why an OCD person couldn't get worked up about weighing food (which I totally can - I can even see them splitting a raspberry in half to get the number to be 15 instead of 14 or 16, lol), I will simply point out that I didn't say there was anything wrong with it.
I think everyone knows that different countries use different forms of measuring.
If you think that OCD is like that please do some research. Come back when you're better informed.
Here's a simple guide to get started:
http://www.ocduk.org/types-ocd
You'll notice that what happens after an obsession...a great deal of anxiety...and then a compulsion. Atleast judging by op's response this isn't something that's causing anxiety, she feels compelled to do, and it's not something illogical that she has to do to make it "just right".
Counting calories accurately or wanting to be accurate in your counting is not obsessive.
Whether you're saying it's wrong on not, I'm just pointing out that you are lacking a great deal of understanding about a mental disorder which effectively makes life a living hell.
My point of mentioning the cals/100 gram is that you have NO CHOICE but to weigh if you want to be remotely accurate in calorie counting.
I didn't suggest that the OP had OCD. I didn't suggest that weighing food means that someone must have OCD. What I said was that it is something that could be done by someone with OCD and it totally could. If you think that all people with OCD have the same bugaboos, perhaps you should spend more time with more people who have it.
Anorexics, too. Not all of them, but lots and lots and lot of them keep track of their calories. They're the people who least need to watch how much they eat, but that's kind of the point of being anorexic.
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rainbowbow wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »Weighing every bite you take is much more obsessive than most people want or need to be.
If it works for you, don't worry about what other people think. But you have to expect that people will find it odd. It is odd. I do it a lot! But I don't forget that the vast majority of people - fat and thin - do not weight their food.
It is so the kind of thing anorexics would do. It could be an OCD thing, too.
Eating healthy food and/or counting calories doesn't make you anorexic. Being underweight and feeling the need to continue losing weight makes you anorexic.
I won't even go into why it's NOT an OCD thing.... But I don't think there's anything wrong with being accurate in your counting. Especially if you don't have much to lose or are not losing by regular logging (I.e. Cups, measuring spoons, etc.)
It's also important to point out that in countries other than the u.s. All nutritional Info on packaging is done by cals/100 grams. There's no way to measure that other than by weighing.
Since you're not going to go into why an OCD person couldn't get worked up about weighing food (which I totally can - I can even see them splitting a raspberry in half to get the number to be 15 instead of 14 or 16, lol), I will simply point out that I didn't say there was anything wrong with it.
I think everyone knows that different countries use different forms of measuring.
rainbowbow, I know you are more informed about OCD than I am, but I agree with Kalikel here
Here is one checklist for OCD
http://hope4ocd.com/checklist.php
Obsessions with Food and Weight
Preoccupation with foods or food measurements
Rituals involving food (for example making sure that every bite is the same size, not letting foods touch on plate, etc.)
Irrational fears that some foods are bad or must be avoided
Being overly concerned about one's weight (for example weighing one's self several times a day)
Not that it has anything to do with the OP but people may wonder why you are weighing/measuring food.
I was referring to the OP specifically. Unless she mentioned that it was causing her stress, anxiety, compelled to perform the task of weighing, etc. In my mind it wasn't an OCD behavior.
That's what I was referring to. But I shall not derail her thread beyond this point.
Good luck, OP!
Thank you, no it's not interfering with my ocd, I'm fine with weighing the food
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Hey OP sorry you went through that! I'm posting because I just went through a similar thing! Up until a week ago, ridiculously, I was hiding the calorie counting from my family incase they thought I was OCD/eating disorder etc etc. My mum saw me weigh out a snack yesterday and totally flipped and accused me of all of the above. And my family wonder why I am a closed book :P
Awww
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