When I woke up this morning the first thought I had was "Wow, I did good at not eating last night while playing card at my friends' house". But then my thoughts continued into my weight loss goals, and how would I eat today and on and on and on. How much does everyone here think about their progress, goals ect? I feel like I am thinking about it 24/7.

For me 24/7. I even dream about it. As I get closer to my goal I am hoping I will be more comfortable in my body & that will slow down some.

Well, I've been dieting since 1960 and still think about it daily. First thing in the morning I review what happened the day before and then plan what is going to happen that day. As you can see by my stats, I've not been very successful although I have lost well over 300 pounds in that time period - trouble is I've gained about as much!

I think about it a lot, many many times a day. But before I was always thinking about how fat I was, so this is better.

I guess it's normal...lol. I was thinking maybe I was getting too obsessed.

Same for me, whenever or wherever I am I calculate how much I've eaten. I say them aloud and people look at me as if I'm losing my mind

Everyday.

All day.

It's called an eating disorder.
(Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to be 95 pounds to have one.)

I say that I do it to be healthy.

But I just want to be attractive and look good in clothes.

Love the honesty

Couldn't have said it better myself. Me too.

If I could be skinny and get away with it, I would eat chocolate all day. To **** with broccolli.

I think about it often. I am just excited about the goals I have accomplished and moving forward. It's not an obessesion but just a few conscious thoughts which I think are necessary.

I do think about it every day.. and tend to talk about it a lot too, probably driving my boyfriend crazy. I like to plan, think about where I've been and where I'm going. It helps keep me focused!

Its good to know other people are obsessing over their weight too... Im ALWAYS thinking about it.. Feeling guilty about eating etc.. I hate it.. No matter what im doing im thinkin about my weight.. ugh..

I think about it 24/7 as well, it there any other way?

I would argue that ANYONE with a significant amount of weight to lose MUST dwell on food/exercise/etc during each day just to make it through. Obese people must reflect and think about goals and slip-ups everday; for the most part it can prevent the backslide into disordered eating/binge eating.
There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about food, the fact that I'm doing Optifast and how I MUST modify my days, how my peers will react, how I will make it through some of my clinical days; I think about what I want to eat and how I want to cook when I am finished with this program and how to incorporate as much exercise as possible. Its all part of the process. I didn't think as I ate my way up to 352lbs, so now I must think about everything I do and every step I take; I must recognize where changes can be made and how things must be different.
This most certainly happens to me everyday; I don't consider it an obsession, just a necessary part of the process.

Thanks a lot to everyone.