anyone else becoming obsessed with food??

ever since i have been trying to eat better and have been counting calories i have found that all i ever think about is food.  does anyone else have this problem??  all i think about is what i can eat next or how many snacks i can have or how many calories things will be.  i find myself searching the internet for new snacks and looking up their calories.  i have been really good about keeping track and i have been trying to keep my grade at a B or A.  but i really feel like i am thinking about food more than i was before and isnt it supposed to be the other way around??  any ideas or thoughts on this??

 

yep- same thing happened here, the first month I started counting. Although it has calmed down some. I used to be thinking about how many cals i had left as I was eating and trying to figure out when and what I could use the rest of them on and pray i dont go over and hope I can go even under-blah blah blah. I stopped doing that, i guess its caused from being new to counting. Now I just eat without thinking, but keep in mind to eat less and then I log after, if I go over- well better luck tomorrow and sometimes Im happy to see Im right on target.  Im also nutty about loggin everything. I ate one of my sons fruit snacks- just one! and had to go and log it. What a dork! lol it was 6 cals-haha

Yep, I definitely think about food much more since I've started calorie counting than I did before... and when I think about food it only makes me hungrier, which is torture because then I want to eat constantly :/

Yes I think about food all the time.  I think about how eating too much, too little, what I can eat, when I can eat.. 24/7.  I'm pretty sure its starting to affect my personality. 

I'm definately becoming obsessed with the food I eat. It's pretty much all I can think about. Just thinking about the things I can or can't eat or how many calories something has even if I'm not going to eat it...

I've driven myself absolutely insane with calorie counting. I used to have hobbies - a personality - now I've got calories and fat grams and fibre grams.

Be careful not to let yourself develop an eating disorder through this whole crazy counting thing... Thinking about food 24/7 just sets you right on that road. I&nbs p;never used to be weird about food before I started counting, and now I'm a binge eater, which is absolutely marvelous...  I've gained a bit (not much I guess) of weight back in the last month or so thanks to binging every other day.

me too! i'm 16 years old right now and i started counting calories when i was about 14... and i've become obsessed. i'm always thinking about EXACTLY how many calories i have and worrying about what i'm going to eat for the rest of the day.  i'm even at the point where i'll feel guilty for eating 1400 calories and i obsess and freak out about what i eat... i'm trying to help become more calm about counting calories and not freak out if i've eaten a normal amount of calories. =/

everyone who asked/answered this question, PLEASE be careful!!! Constantly thinking about how many calories are in foods and guilt is how eating disorders can start!

I agree with somrp2, that is exactly how my eating disorder started.  I could have written any of these posts on here when I was in the danger zone for anorexia.  It turned into a nightmare.  Fortunately I'm coming out of it now.  Be careful you guys.

 

Ok whatever, sorry I care about others' well-being.  I wasn't trying to lump everyone together, just putting in my .02 based on my own experience.

 

Original Post by bails_babe115:

agreed but you still shouldn't assume.

... I didn't see her make any assumptions.

She simply stated the fact that being "obsessed" with food is not healthy behavior, & it can often lead to eating disorders. Can you really dispute that or read it & think it doesn't make sense? That's how mine got started, & I'm sure many others will agree with that.

She never accused you of having an eating disorder, yet you got extremely defensive.
I see where she's coming from- when you've gone through something like that, you get a new perspective & start to really care about keeping as many people away from the disease as possible.
Hell, I think it's GREAT that there are people on here that actually care about other members & want the best for them.

Because of that, I'm going to echo her sentiments & tell all of you to be careful [again, not simply directed to you].

 

They're right. Obsession might lead to anorexia.

Two years ago I started to becomed obsessed with food. It started out just dieting, but then turned into anorexia.

I recovered a year ago, but the obsession never went away.

I am 5'4", and before anorexia i was 123, i hit a low of 91, and now i'm 138. I feel really heavy and i'm on cross country and track teams, so I want to lose weight safely so I can run faster.

I've been trying to lose with out starving myself, but i can't. My weight will stay the same or even gain.

Wow- I just checked the comments from this one. and I was one of the people that replied, but as I mentioned in my post, I quit thinking about the cals and just decided if I go over- "well better luck tomorrow"

Anyway Im far from being anorexic at 180lbs.  But I know it is a real disease and Im soo glad that you all have recovered. and also know that you are just bringing it to light to warn people. Good 4u! And I can totally see where it could lead to an obsession as I was constantly thinking about cals when I started this, but then decided to stop stressin bout it after a few weeks and what a load off!! lol, You just have to eat to your full and know when to stop and the weight will slowly come off the healthy way. Im glad to say Im down 17lbs! yay! and without obsessing, ive learned to shrug it off when I go over cals.  and cnj13 138 is a great weight to be at. Good job on doing it the right way! Im glad to see your not at 91 anymore and are happy about it too! :)

Thanks.

Over the summer I'm going to try to exercise more so I can continue building my muscle back up. I lost it all, then when I gained weight back i never got back as much muscle as i had to begin with. Hopefully it will help my cross country times, which were three minutes slower once I recovered.