Obsessive?

I admit it. It's in my very nature to get ridiculously obsessive about whatever I am interested in/pursuing. (When I was a pre-teen, I kept a carefully logged book of my many Tamagotchi's filled with information about their tiny, virtual lives.) I've gone in and out of calorie-counting, and usually with some level of obsessiveness... but now I'm BEYOND ridiculous. And the worst part is, most of the time -- I LOVE it. But I'm driving everyone around me INSANE. Why can't I just record what I eat, and be done with it. Why must I let it occupy my every waking thought? And, moreover -- WHY must I torture those *around* me? I can't seem to stop TALKING about calories -- it's my new favorite subject.

So, why I am I going on about this in a public forum? Well -- I'm going to make an attempt just to put a lid on myself, and keep on counting _to myself_. But I'm wondering if I should just take a break from recording and try to be reasonable. I'm worried if I do, I'll stop caring. But on the other hand, maybe if I wasn't constantly THINKING about eating, I wouldn't always want to eat. I _never_ used to think about food -- at all. I was not the type to "look forward" to my next meal. And now, I'm constantly looking ahead at the next meal or snacks calories - what will they be, how will that figure into the day. It's insane; and I think it makes me anxious/paranoid and MORE prone to cravings.

Thoughts, any sane people out there?

(Oh, I am 22, 5'0" and at a fine weight (105) Just looking to lose a few pounds more.)

Cold turkey... Lose the scales, stop counting the calories, find something else to do/think/talk about instead.   Either that or become a chef or a dietician.  They get paid to think about food 24/7

Ugh, totally know what you mean. I record everything that goes in my mouth in an online log (fitday.com)...I just went through the reports it can generate, and found that I have a record of everything I've eaten for the past year and a half, every day! Kind of sad haha.

I sometimes find myself telling my family or friends how many calories are in what they're eating. Especially if it's something really unhealthy, with a ton of cals...like when my sister eats pizza pops or chips, it's like, "you're going to have two of those? and they have 400calories EACH!"

Thanks for replying, guys. I haven't entered anything today. I think I am going to try going cold-turkey, gijane -- dunno if I can resist the scale, too, though!  May have to hide it...

Take the batteries out or stow the scales somewhere really inaccessible.  You don't need them at all.  Judge your size by how your clothes fit... it's a much better measure.   Find another (healthier) outlet to keep you absorbed instead.

You know what's crazy? I'm obsessive about almost everything else, a movie I like, a book series I like - I go and grab as much information as I possibly can, learn every intricacy I can possibly get. But the one thing I am so completely apathetic about is my weight, and what I eat. I'm trying to be good, I'm trying to be on a diet, but then there's cookies and I have to have one or my boyfriend orders pizza and I have 2 slices instead of one.. Ugh. And recording what I eat every day? If I remember. Its.. odd.

I have the exact same problem!! its actually kind of eating away at me and its ruining my relationship with my boyfriend.. i sometimes find that someone will be talking to me and i wont hear a thing that they said because all im thinking about is what i have eaten. i think about food all day long and i was never like that before this.. i mean i know i eat better but i have cravings all the time and small binges! its really terrible.. so good luck to you! i think maybe just choosing healthier options..and not couting .. its going to take time but i think thats the best!