Weight Obsession

Ya know, I never weighed myself when I was obese either. The only reason I ever knew how much I weighed was when I was pg or once I started meeting with the surgeon's office. I guess I knew I was fat and that was enough for me~I didn't need to know the exact #.  We have come too far to fail now so I guess all we can do is keep working at it!

The busier I am, the less I think about my weight and other related issues (how clothes fit, how much I've exercised, etc.).  When I'm really busy, I make a food plan in the morning and just stick to it, in part because I don't have time to do anything else!  I also schedule my weekly workouts on Monday morning and I just stick to that schedule.   I tend to be more obsessive when I don't have as much going on, so I try to keep myself busy.  I also have a hypothesis that I've spent so much of my life obsessing about my weight, what I was eating, etc., that now I don't know what to do with that time and energy.  My solution has been to try and redirect it to other areas in my life; relationships with family, friends, projects around the house, projects at work, planning vacations, etc.   Keep talking about it with your therapist -- you'll eventually get down to the root of the issue and work on making some changes to support the new you... Good luck on your continuing journey -  Kellie

Thanks Kellie! Its good to know that maybe I can move past this eventually.

i would be lying if i said tht i dont think about my weight every minute, am 17 months out i do not have a scale in my house, i weigh myself once a month at the GYM ,its tempting to jump on it when i see it but i close my eyes and keep moving until 30 days ...i always watch what i eat, my husband hates going to the store with me coz i have to analize everything tht he pick or tht i pick and we end up staying at the store forever. i have set a weigh for me if i go over 160 pounds then am worried if i go below 150 then i worry.155 is where i want to be so i give myself (5pounds,+-).. i keep busy, very busy. my obsession was pretty bad, it did take control of my life some time back but am taking control and am going just fine, a struggle each day but will keep moving. be blessed

I do feel like it has control over my life and that sometimes causes me to be depressed. So, since  only weighing every 30 days do you find that you are staying within your range easily???? I would love to give that a try, but then the flip side is that I'm scared to death of not knowing each day what I weigh, whether I need to cut back, exercise more, skip a snack, etc.

i do stay within my range very easy, the fact tht i will not weigh myself for 30 days and the horror of finding myself above my range always keeps me on my toes, so i try to eat right and exercise and when i fall i pick myself up know i have x amnt of days until my weigh-in... try it first to not weigh yourself for 2 days, then increase slowly. Be Blessed

Thanks!

Tracy B, I'm not sure how 'normal" people feel, since i most certainly am not one of them.:) what I can tell you is that i feel exacty the way you do and, yes, i also have a bit too much time on my hands for the first time in many mane years. I'm still obsessing about the last 24lbs I want to lose to get to my personal goal of 115lbs (i'm short, only 5.4). i'm hoping that once i hit goal i'll be able to chill out a bit but i'll probably be obsessed with maintaining instead:)

Yes, I was also obsessed about reaching goal and then once I did my obsession shifted to where I'm at now. I just don't want to screw this up!!!!!

Tracy...Ive worked almost everyday since I was 15 , will be 40 too soon...NOONE can be as obsessed as I. Today Scale is 200 for no Damned good reason....I was sooo "good" this weekend with my choices....Man I am so tired of caring so much but too afraid to stop. Diana