Being OCD about calories

anniebanknote
anniebanknote Posts: 10 Member
edited October 5 in Health and Weight Loss
How do you keep from being overly OCD about calorie counting? Most days I'm good - but every once in a while I start to get really obsessed with being precise - which isn't feasible. Anyone else struggle with this?
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  • edith_t
    edith_t Posts: 109 Member
    everyday.
  • robinogue
    robinogue Posts: 1,117 Member
    oh yes!! Somedays I'm good but other days look out!
  • laz22girl
    laz22girl Posts: 47
    I think obsession is almost normal to be successful at this process.
  • TrishaLeighNelson
    TrishaLeighNelson Posts: 258 Member
    I loveee being OCD about counting calories
  • herstrawberri
    herstrawberri Posts: 347 Member
    every single day.
  • aimeeturner
    aimeeturner Posts: 225 Member
    I have gotten so bad that I weigh my food now.
  • sarajmitch79
    sarajmitch79 Posts: 42
    If I could get as OCD about my workouts as I am on counting calories I'd be in great shape
  • MissMaryMac33
    MissMaryMac33 Posts: 1,433 Member
    That's why I'm here... I don't want to go backwards and it helps me get a grip on what I'm eating.
    Someday, I hope I don't NEED to track everything but for now I actually enjoy it.

    Once in awhile I do have days where I just don't give a crap and I eat awful -- then I realize its TOM andI know what happened :)
    So I just start again....
  • annimal74
    annimal74 Posts: 25
    I'm very ocd about calories it cant be to the point of annoying I use to be that way with the scale also but found that if I had the next size smaller jeans that I would try them on everyday instead of weighing bc I could physically see the difference in my body way before the scale would budge :) haven't figures out the calorie thing yet though I do I will let you know :)
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    It's completely normal to think about your food choices often, it's important to pay attention.

    However, you are not "being OCD" about it. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a disease characterized by uncontrollable thoughts and habits. Sorry, but that's just a peeve of mine.
  • MacInCali
    MacInCali Posts: 1,012 Member
    I'm totally OCD about logging in my calories, first to admit it, lol. I'll also admit that I ENJOY logging my food and seeing the results! :happy:

    Never would have thought ... lol
  • questionablemethods
    questionablemethods Posts: 2,174 Member
    Yes. I am currently just trying to log my calories once a week and the rest of the time just note what I eat in the "food notes" section. I have an idea of how many calories are in what I eat based on my experience as a calorie counter (and my once-a-week "check in"). I'm trying not to get nutso about it like I have in the past.
  • KriscoOil
    KriscoOil Posts: 305 Member
    Everyday! You have to be for it to be sucessful. It does get easier as you learn which foods or which meals have how many calories and so forth! Keep up the OCD!
  • sc1572
    sc1572 Posts: 2,309 Member
    everyday. however, i'd rather be ocd about calories and working out compared to going back to who i was before!
  • sdguy2002
    sdguy2002 Posts: 84 Member
    i dont count coffee made from home. But count little workouts .
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    Oh yeah. I actually had to stop logging EVERYTHING for awhile because I was just too dang OCD about it. I had to back off (not stop caring, but just back off the obsessive calorie counting) to give myself a chance to relax. It's tough.
  • chefswife67
    chefswife67 Posts: 145
    OMG!! I thought i was the only one that was OCD on calories:laugh:
    If i can't get on MFP to log my food i feel like the world is going to end..:sad:
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    Realize that you could never be 100% accurate about the amount of calories burned, so there's really no point in trying to be 100% accurate with calories eaten. Combine that with the fact that food labels aren't even required to be 100% accurate.

    Everything's an estimate.
  • kimmie185
    kimmie185 Posts: 550 Member
    I used to be that way when I first started dieting, but now not so much. When I was on WW I was obssessed with Points and took my over priced calculator wherever I went, especially the grocery store. I would mark the points on the boxes and containers as I threw them into my shopping basket. I think it's just a normal thing to be OCD when you are doing something new because you want to succeed.

    I no longer have to weight my food because after a while you get the feel of what a normal portion should be and what is good and not good for you because it will be a habbit. :)
  • cmoutarimoussa
    cmoutarimoussa Posts: 93 Member
    I have gotten so bad that I weigh my food now.

    Lol me too!!! its so bad!!! i am so obsessed with calories!! You should see me in the grocery store!!!!
  • questionablemethods
    questionablemethods Posts: 2,174 Member
    Everyday! You have to be for it to be sucessful. It does get easier as you learn which foods or which meals have how many calories and so forth! Keep up the OCD!
    Maybe for some, but as someone who has very successfully lost weight by being OCD, I know that for some of us, the pendulum can swing the other way--big time.
  • anniebanknote
    anniebanknote Posts: 10 Member
    I did that too when I was on WW!

    I guess because it is something that I'm so super motivated about and I can be a bit of a perfectionist. Which just isn't realistic.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    It's completely normal to think about your food choices often, it's important to pay attention.

    However, you are not "being OCD" about it. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a disease characterized by uncontrollable thoughts and habits. Sorry, but that's just a peeve of mine.
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    Isn't that kind of essential to calorie counting - that one be correct in counting? I don't think it's a bad thing. But if it's bothering you then lay off a bit :)
  • pianokeyteeth
    pianokeyteeth Posts: 28
    I'm this way with counting my carbohydrates more so than calories. It annoys the heck out of those around me, and it probably is a bit too obsessive. But it comforts me somehow.
  • laurenatholen
    laurenatholen Posts: 32
    i am SO OCD. like if something says to eat 12 of something, ill only eat the piece if its the whole piece, i never eat the crumbs or broken pieces haha, and also ill only eat something if i can log the exact cals, i know thats terrible but its the OCD! all my friends make fun of me when i scan my food but i dont care haha it makes me happy!
  • silvergurl518
    silvergurl518 Posts: 4,123 Member
    It's completely normal to think about your food choices often, it's important to pay attention.

    However, you are not "being OCD" about it. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a disease characterized by uncontrollable thoughts and habits. Sorry, but that's just a peeve of mine.

    amen. i'm one to know! about both :)
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    I prefer CDO - that way the letters are in the right order.
  • SweetestHoney
    SweetestHoney Posts: 95 Member
    I love the Android App. It keeps me on track.
  • stephabef
    stephabef Posts: 936 Member
    It's completely normal to think about your food choices often, it's important to pay attention.

    However, you are not "being OCD" about it. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a disease characterized by uncontrollable thoughts and habits. Sorry, but that's just a peeve of mine.

    THANK YOU! OCD is incredibly debilitating and even if you obsessively count calories, you cannot possibly compare it to dealing with this disorder. It consumed most of my childhood and still flares up every now and then, and it is a serious condition.
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