I am totally guilty of weighing myself, going poo or pee, and weighing myself again.
HAHAHA!
I do the same thing.. but only because I'm curious about the weight of my poop. HAHAHAHA (normally it's about 2 lbs )
Well, from reading all of your responses I would say I'm teetering between unhealthy and healthy obsession. I'm letting it get in the way of regular life, like school and relationships. I am making healthy decisions when it comes to my body though. I think, along with everything else in life, it's very difficult to find a good balance. You just need some trial and error I guess.
[EmusGlitter] - I struggle between healthy living and unhealthy obsession. This is how I distinguish the two for me.
Healthy: Mindfulness on eating and exercise. It's like I'm in an extremely difficult class in school and I do everything to do well, eg. read syllabus ahead, get a tutor, study every day, etc.
Unhealthy: When I use my weight program to avoid my feelings or my life. Exercise too hard to not deal with feelings of sadness or anger. Skip talking to my friends b/c I'm too focused on my diet.
It's a thin line for me. Some days I do better than others. I'd suggest to ask yourself the question, "Is my emotional health improving as a result of my eating/exercise plan?"
Good luck.
Last edited by motivated chickie; 06-06-2010 at 10:53 AM.
I, too, am obsessed! I think about it off and on (mostly on) all day, but I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing! If it keeps us focused, I think it's ok. If we read goal and still obsess, maybe we need to reexamine, but until then...
Of course, I also think it depends on your definition of obsession. If you beat yourself up over 10 extra calories, that might not be healthy, but if you're eating well, treating yourself well and just thinking about your goals a lot, I think it's fine!
Also, I am on a low carb diet. If I am tempted to eat something that is not on plan, I go in the bathroom and look at myself naked in a full length mirror. I scare myself right out of eating that cake.
HAHAHAHA! I've found that getting nekky and jumping up and down in front of a mirror works AND it burns calories.
As long as there is no compromise to your overall HEALTH, then it is okay to be obsessed or 'goal oriented' with regards to your weight. If you begin to compromise and do bad things to reach your goals, then it will be a problem.
The awareness of your weight is a good thing. If you would ignore it, then you would easily let yourself go. That's how people get fat!
Does the scale dictate your day? If you've gained .6 pounds, do you have a bad day? Do you reward yourself everytime the scale moves down? do you weigh yourself 4 times a day, once a day or once a week?
There are obviously many levels of obsession! But if you want to break it and prove that the number really means nothing, put your scale away, send it to live somewhere else for a period of time. Does it truly dictate your success? Can you be successful without it and continue doing what is best for your body? Challenge yourself. 30 days, no numbers, no scale. Or if you want to measure your success, do it with a tape measure, that's what really matters, that your body is getting physically smaller. The scale/weight can be deceiving, eat a carb and you are retaining water, don't poop for days and well you get the picture...
Was going to post my own thoughts but you said it all so well. Ditto to all of this!
you have to be obsessed to a certain degree, if you want to be successful at fat loss. It takes constant dilligence and planning, as you all well know. Now, there is DEFINITELY a fine line between just enough obsessed, and too far. There is a condition called orthorexia (its NOT a medically excepted condition at this point) which is basically an unhealthy obsession with food (in how it pertains to eating healthy).
Lol... I DEFINITELY don't have orthorexia.. not even close.
Like I said earlier, i think it's just difficult to find balance... in all aspects of life. If it wasn't... we wouldn't have gotten fat. haha. I'm sure after a little bit of time I'll figure it out.
I may not be obsessed enough. Which would explain why I can't get going full steam ahead. Does this mean I don't want it enough? I know I do, but all the other things in life tend to take over the worry side of my brain and I fall right back into old habits.
Maybe I should chant something...
I've described it to my friends as weight loss being my new hobby. I've always known what I needed to do to take off the weight but until I made it my primary focus, would always let it slide "until tomorrow".
I don't think you have an obssession I do the same thing I have to weight myself every morning and if I dont I FREAK out! I guess in a way its a good thing cause it keeps me motivated the more I see the scales go DOWN!!!!!!
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