When does dedication become an obsession?

mickipedia
mickipedia Posts: 889 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
This is my issue.. I struggle to concentrate on things because I'm thinking in the back of my head about how to reduce calories in something and what workout I can do later on.. Like now. I'm meant to be working but instead I'm flicking over websites looking at things for inspiration and I really wanna finish work early so I can go and workout.

I feel like my weightloss has been very slow (but steady) and its kinda bugging me so I'm just looking for ways to speed it up and get it gone.

I still feel as though I look the same as when I started and most of the time I just feel bad about my size.

I've also realised how much I talk about losing weight.. Its probably the thing I talk about most.. My boyfriend has actually asked me to stop going on about weightloss so much (first I assumed it was because he was down about not losing weight himself) but now I think he's right =/

Should I worry? I mean its not effecting my health at all.. I'm eating enough calories and I try not to eat back exercise calories to create a larger deficit but I only burn between 350 and 450 a day so its not too extreme.

Can anyone relate?

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,090 Member
    Dedication becomes habitual. Obsession is when you lose sight of the important things in your life and let this be the ONLY important thing in your life.

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  • 000WhiteRose000
    000WhiteRose000 Posts: 266 Member
    I am in the exact same position. I have actually decided to take a break from diet and fitness for 1 week, starting next week. I work out 6 days out of 7, strength training and all cardio types. Minimum of an hour a day. I watch EVERYTHING I eat and my goal is 1700 calories a day. I have gained muscle, I know I am physically fit now, I have lost fat – but I am constantly thinking about it, obsessing about it, how can I get there faster, how can I get better results. If I am over my cals, don’t work out hard enough or the scales don’t budge I feel horrendous. It’s not healthy. We workout and eat better to be happy and it seems to have the opposite effect on me at the moment. It’s especially easy to go slightly mad when you are so close to your goal but seem so far.
    I hope this week off will help me but I still know that I will be watching what I eat, probably doing different type of exercise like cycling or walking, and can’t wait to get back on track. I just hope I won’t “punish” myself when I get back to it.

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  • mickipedia
    mickipedia Posts: 889 Member
    bump :)
  • Jezebel_Barbie
    Jezebel_Barbie Posts: 198 Member
    I've made a point of NOT talking about it around friends and family. They don't give me a minute by minute account of what they'e eaten/when they've worked out so I don't do it to them.

    I know it's hard though because when you embark on something so positive and life-changing as overhauling your lifestyle it's difficult not to get excited and babble to everyone about it. Even though I haven't had any results yet it just feels GOOD to be doing something positive for myself. I use these boards to talk to others in the same boat, if I'm down because I had a bad day (food-wise) or I just want to talk about food/fitness. If I had fitness friends then maybe I'd talk to them too but my friends are all fairly sedentary hah.
  • krissers9
    krissers9 Posts: 20 Member
    I hit my goal, and dropped it down 5 more pounds. It's not a wanting to be sinny thing, it's a challenge to myself that should end... sigh.
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