Do you obsess over food?

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workoutgirl23
workoutgirl23 Posts: 267
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Is normal when your on a strict calorie counting diet, to obsess and think about food. Even if i can't have it, i will always be looking up recipes for fattening treats to make. and all day, i will think about the little bit of food i will get to eat later, and i will spend so much time thinking of it and looking forward to it. its like since dieting, i appreciate food so much more. is this. normal to feel. does any one else feel the same way.
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  • LiddyBit
    LiddyBit Posts: 447 Member
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    Yes. I'm not sure if it's normal, but it isn't uncommon.
  • Martin0524
    Martin0524 Posts: 59 Member
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    I'm the same way.. I will watch the Triple D on food network every chance I get.. And watch all those people eat that good food that I should not even think about. When I'm working I'm constantly thinking of my next meal and always asking others what they are eating for the day...

    I'm a food addict and work had to keep that bad habit under control. But sometimes i just can't help it and will induldge...
  • mollyW2012
    mollyW2012 Posts: 94 Member
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    Yes. I'm not sure if it's normal, but it isn't uncommon.

    Agreed.
    Totally not uncommon. I think anyone who has either lost weight in the past or has been on a diet for years, constantly thinks about eating, calorie counts, and what time they get to eat again.
  • raeraeti
    raeraeti Posts: 108
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    I was like that at first, but now I'm getting used to MFP and eating better/less so I don't think about food as much.
  • gaiareeves
    gaiareeves Posts: 292 Member
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    I think about food far too much.
  • Audrey403
    Audrey403 Posts: 50 Member
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    Yup, I'm right there with you. I think about food all day, look up recipes, count calories in everything, read nutritional labels till I'm blue in the face. Daydream about my next meals, too.
  • jg627
    jg627 Posts: 1,221 Member
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    Entire cultures were created based on their available food sources, so I would probably say that it's normal. What isn't normal is the high availability of food that we have now. I don't think it's healthy for us as a species to not have to work for our food in some way.
  • graelwyn
    graelwyn Posts: 1,340 Member
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    I have found that I tend to constantly be eyeing up cakes in the windows of bakeries, and looking at ice cream, and cookies, moreso if I am hungry and have been out cycling without eating first. I also find that if I deprive myself too much, I get even more obsessed with wanting everything bad in sight, lol, hence today I allowed myself some mascarpone and cherry ice cream from a sundae shop while out after cycling, and for tomorrow, I have a couple of small, rather expensive tarts to share with my bf for dessert(one is white chocolate and raspberry).

    I think the key is not letting yourself get too hungry and keeping yourself busy so there is less time to focus on food. The problem with starting to count calories and count exercise is that it seems to send natural instincts out the window and everything becomes about food, and how many calories is in it, to the point that sometimes you even end up denying yourself a healthy meal with the nutrients your body wants, simply because it might be over the calories you decided to have for dinner.
  • ddrobins1956
    ddrobins1956 Posts: 36
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    Entire cultures were created based on their available food sources, so I would probably say that it's normal. What isn't normal is the high availability of food that we have now. I don't think it's healthy for us as a species to not have to work for our food in some way.

    You are so right. That's why we are all overweight. If we had to grow the food or raise the food or hunt for the food and then cook everything from scratch. We wouldn't have refrigerators and freezers and pantries stocked to overflowing as if we were expecting a famine at any time. I know that's my problem too much easy access to food and too much processed food.
  • Meikmeika
    Meikmeika Posts: 108 Member
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    I know I do.....I'll be eating lunch and thinking about what dinner will be.
  • wftiger
    wftiger Posts: 1,283 Member
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    I don't know if I obsess but I do have to plan my day every single day to make sure that I do not go over on my calories and carbs. And if my plan gets rearranged for some reason (potluck, dinner out) I get quite stressed out about it. So yeah, I guess I do obsess.
  • sarah3333
    sarah3333 Posts: 222 Member
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    Yes. I'm not sure if it's normal, but it isn't uncommon.

    Agreed.
    Totally not uncommon. I think anyone who has either lost weight in the past or has been on a diet for years, constantly thinks about eating, calorie counts, and what time they get to eat again.

    That makes me feel a little better! I am always looking at the clock :)
  • wilmnoca
    wilmnoca Posts: 416 Member
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    I totally used to do this. I would be eating lunch and fantasizing about dinner. Now i eat the same few meals thru out the week. They are my favorite meals with little variations and I can honestly say the I love it and I rarely get sick of it. I love not having to think about all the possibilities that I could induldge in.
    As a result, I dont obsess over my meals. They are set in stone with no option to change. I guess I truly eat to live now.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
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    Switching to an IF style of eating has REALLY helped with this for me.
  • thelovecatway
    thelovecatway Posts: 6
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    Switching to an IF style of eating has REALLY helped with this for me.

    I'm not familiar with this, what's the IF style?
  • lucylou9701
    lucylou9701 Posts: 194
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    I'm the same way.. I will watch the Triple D on food network every chance I get.. And watch all those people eat that good food that I should not even think about. When I'm working I'm constantly thinking of my next meal and always asking others what they are eating for the day...

    I'm a food addict and work had to keep that bad habit under control. But sometimes i just can't help it and will induldge...

    Omg i am exactly the same... i love watching those shows. I know that i cant have that stuff but i still watch it :P btw triple D is my fave show!
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
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    Switching to an IF style of eating has REALLY helped with this for me.

    I'm not familiar with this, what's the IF style?

    IF is Intermittent Fasting- there are several styles of doing it, but the two main ones I've seen practiced by MFP people are the Eat Stop Eat method, where you do a 24 hour fast one or two times a week and eat and eat higher calories the rest of the time, And leangains method in which you have an eating window of time everyday- I only eat from noon to 8pm every day, and then I am in a fasted state after dinner until noon the next day. I want to stress that you eat the same number of calories doing IF as you would in a traditional eating pattern...before people tell me about how unhealthy fasting is. There is a LOT of information on the boards here and a group for IF members, if you search on the term or look in to the group. I am fairly new to IF, but there are a lot of people more knowledgeable than I that have been practicing it for a long time. Feel free to friend me or PM me if you want any more specific information.
  • emhow
    emhow Posts: 79 Member
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    I am completely obsessed. It annoys me and everyone around me. Wish I could stop worrying about how much to eat, when to eat, what to eat. It drives me/my friends/my family insane. When I'm not working or gymming, all I'm doing is sitting at the computer looking up recipes I CAN cook and what foods are the lowest in this and that. Wish I could just not worry about it. It's very good in a way because it's making me look and feel better physically.. But I swear it's completely ruined my whole perspective on indulgence and enjoying food for the rest of my life! I can't eat anything unless it's a bloody carrot without feeling guilty!! I also do constantly think 'when's my next meal' and sit planning my food diary all day!
  • sonjalucia
    sonjalucia Posts: 120 Member
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    IF sounds IFFY to me..

    Just saying.
  • KuroNyankoSensei
    KuroNyankoSensei Posts: 288 Member
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    I think the first time I dieted, I thought of food way too much. After falling off the wagon and starting over again, I decided to not sweat about my food. Plan ahead maybe, but not be too hard on myself if the food I put in my mouth that day wasn't exactly how I wanted things to go. And if there was something I really wanted, I would just make room in my calories to have it, rather deprive myself and suffer for it XD.

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