My friend sent this to me today and I wanted to share and get your thoughts:
http://www.everydayhealth.com/blogs/...-become-a.aspx
I have been worried lately that in my efforts to lose weight, I have hit the self destruct button. I have become obsessive about measuring everything and I have been over-exercising, stepping on the scale more than is healthy and allowing the result to influence my mood. I have now taken a step back and realised how unhappy this is making me and am starting to make changes so I can live a happy and well-balanced life, be comfortable with the person I am now and lose weight healthily and safely. I need to stop letting my weight define who I am (in my own head).
I guess my question is how do we prevent our attempts at self-improvement from becoming self destructive?
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