Dreams and Nightmares about Calories (moved from WL)

I feel sorry for my poor brain.  It takes so much abuse during the day calculating calories / protein / fiber / etc, that it's actually resorted to DREAMING about food and (gasp!) uncounted or unwanted calories.

I had a nightmare two nights ago that I ate a breakfast sandwich that was advertised at 340 calories, but that I somehow discovered it actually contained 740.  I had a meltdown (in my nightmare).

I think this is an official warning sign that I'm too obsessed.  I can't stop thinking about it though.  Food's not even food anymore, it's a protein/fat/carb breakdown.  You'd think I'd be in total eating-disorderville with this mental framework, but I'm still eating well... I'm just mentally tortured, and still fighting the last 5-7 lbs.

Help.

OMG you are too funny.  How coincidental...I had a nightmare last week about eating something that was laden with calories.  Woke up in a cold sweat.  Im struggling to lose the last few pounds as well.

You might find this article interesting:

http://seniorhealth.about.com/od/arthritis/a/ diet_unhealthy.htm

oh my i know what you mean. i've woken up in a panic after having a nightmare involving stuffing my face with food..

I remember I did low carb for a while yeeears ago, and I had a NIGHTMARE that I chewed a piece of gum that wasn't sugar free!!

Craziness!

Years ago I was in a weight loss support group and I stopped eating sugar.  I had a User Dream: I bought a luscious chocolate cake for a complete stranger in a grocery store.  Then my alarm radio went off and woke me to the Golden Oldies song about Sugar Pie Honey.  Ha ha now.  I groaned then. 

LOL I dreamt that I ate chips and cookies galore last  night. Unfortunatley I woke up feeling guilty but I sure felt good in the dream.

Original Post by dls337:

I remember I did low carb for a while yeeears ago, and I had a NIGHTMARE that I chewed a piece of gum that wasn't sugar free!!

Craziness!

 haha! well I actually gave two packs of gum to a co worker the other day cuz they weren't sugar free!

Heee. Last night I dreamed that I weighed 130lb (my current weight is 148, down from 168) and I was looking in the mirror and I was ecstatic!  Then I woke up and was very disappointed to realize that I still had to lose those 20 pounds. 

I used to be a server at Applebee's for 2 years and I  worked so much that I had a  dream once  that chicken fajita roll-ups where ACTUALLY chasing me through a field of oriental salads to a cliff made out of a triple chocolate melt down, where I feel into a sea of queso dip!It was scary! It was like the worlds most unhealthy foods where trying to kill me, literally! And once when I served at a Thai place, I had a dream I left work and it was raining rice. It started piling up like snow and was barring cars and reeking havoc on Ohio lol. I dream about work when stressed, unfortunately food was involved in those jobs lol