Obsessed

honu18
honu18 Posts: 294 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I've been doing this for like 7 weeks, and it has consumed my life. I have so much work I'm supposed to be getting done on my computer at home, and literally I'm on this all the time or looking up food or exercise information. I literally plan out my days of food eating the night before. I'm obsessed. When I can't work out all that I want to (tonight, for example, because it's raining), I feel gross, restless, and anxious-- even though I already swam for 35 mins today and am not over my cals at all, because I made sure I wasn't. I want to do more. Part of me is like that's really good, and then I think I'm becoming seriously obsessed. I just want to do everything the healthy way. The ultimate healthy way. I wasn't eating back enough exercise cals from before and was netting too few, so I'm slowly trying to work my way up to healthy and maintainable level. I only have about 6 more lbs that I want to lose. But it's not about the number. It's just about being healthy, to me. I want to treat my body 100% right. But literally, all day, every day, no matter what I'm doing, I'm always thinking about food and exercise. I can't let myself not care anymore, which is kind of taking a toll emotionally. It's hard for me just to enjoy the ice cream, even though i know I deserve it. It's hard for me to say, ok, burning 300 cals today was enough. So, although I'm trying to do it healthy, I'm not sure this is mentally healthy for me. How do you balance the two? Any tips on how to deal with this? Do you think it will go away? It hasn't so far in 7 weeks. I feel like this has consumed my life and thoughts, which I can't let happen once I get back to college in a few weeks..

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  • kleavitt1992
    kleavitt1992 Posts: 592 Member
    hasnt gone away for me, and ive been at this for 8months lol
  • babyblake11
    babyblake11 Posts: 1,107 Member
    dont feel guilty. if you really want to be healthy, then do it. including using this website. im quite the same. the reason you dont want to eat ice cream is because you know it has no nutrients. eat things that make you feel good because they benefit your body. just because you 'deserve' icecream because you work so hard doesnt mean you need to have it. to me, a treat is a healthy smoothie :) if you want to reward yourself. get something nice done at a salon :)
  • femmerides
    femmerides Posts: 843 Member
    Im the same way. My house used to be spotless and chores were always done. Not so much anymore. Lol
  • astovey
    astovey Posts: 578 Member
    I totally hear you, my husband has been gone all summer and this site consumes me. It's bad when I do go out and talk about calories... I try not to. And... I cried the other day bc I had yogurt covered raisins. I admit, Ive been kinda crazy.

    I've been counting cals on and off for years, but this is the craziest I've gotten lol
  • Emma422
    Emma422 Posts: 71 Member
    I've been doing this for like 7 weeks, and it has consumed my life. I have so much work I'm supposed to be getting done on my computer at home, and literally I'm on this all the time or looking up food or exercise information. I literally plan out my days of food eating the night before. I'm obsessed. When I can't work out all that I want to (tonight, for example, because it's raining), I feel gross, restless, and anxious-- even though I already swam for 35 mins today and am not over my cals at all, because I made sure I wasn't. I want to do more. Part of me is like that's really good, and then I think I'm becoming seriously obsessed. I just want to do everything the healthy way. The ultimate healthy way. I wasn't eating back enough exercise cals from before and was netting too few, so I'm slowly trying to work my way up to healthy and maintainable level. I only have about 6 more lbs that I want to lose. But it's not about the number. It's just about being healthy, to me. I want to treat my body 100% right. But literally, all day, every day, no matter what I'm doing, I'm always thinking about food and exercise. I can't let myself not care anymore, which is kind of taking a toll emotionally. It's hard for me just to enjoy the ice cream, even though i know I deserve it. It's hard for me to say, ok, burning 300 cals today was enough. So, although I'm trying to do it healthy, I'm not sure this is mentally healthy for me. How do you balance the two? Any tips on how to deal with this? Do you think it will go away? It hasn't so far in 7 weeks. I feel like this has consumed my life and thoughts, which I can't let happen once I get back to college in a few weeks..
    I feel the exact same way and i'm starting college for the first time next month but this site i feel has sucked up my whole summer :/ i need to balance the two plus a job uggg
  • ctprofessional
    ctprofessional Posts: 63 Member
    I obsessed over food before I ever started dieting. This site gives me a positive outlet for my food addiction. You might not be addicted to food like me, but I think that being obsessed over getting healty can't be that bad, just make sure it doesn't interfear with school or work. I have myfitnesspal as an app on my phone so I can adjust my food log through out the day, i highly recommend it!
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