My new weight marks a total loss of 27 pounds in nine weeks!!!!! I am already starting to dream about weight loss goals like 190 and 180 pounds. I feel like I have finally found the secret to weight loss success – Control Calories, Exercise Regularly and Stick with It.<\/p>\n
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A healthy obsession with weight loss is sometimes what it takes to reach your weight loss goals.<\/p><\/div>\n
Last night while my husband and I ate our dinner together, I was filling his ear about how many calories certain kinds of foods contain. Recently I have been checking the food labels of everything I buy. This has given me a much larger awareness of the kinds of calories and fats that are contained in the everyday foods that I buy when I grocery shop. It sometimes blows my mind when I pick up an item I have been eating for years and then realize that every portion size (of which I eat 2-3 times the amount) contains 200+ calories. Many of these items are snack foods and it was a real eye-opener to realize that in one short snacking session my husband and I would consume anywhere from 400 to 600 calories or more each. It is a wonder that I am not more overweight.<\/p>\n
When I was finished my brief rant about how many calories are in my favorite cheesies (Hawkins – they are soooo delicious and totally a no-no now), my husband turned to me with a concerned look and said the most startling thing, “You have a weight loss obsession”. I admit his comment made me pretty defensive at first. Here I am trying to make myself and our family healthier and now my husband says I’m obsessed with losing weight. I was pretty angry, but now I have had time to reflect and I feel it is helpful, for me and my readers, to address the whole weight loss obsession issue.<\/p>\n
Thinking about my husband’s comment with a clearer mind, I do understand his point and I think it is a valid one. Nine weeks ago now I set a goal for myself to lose weight and for the first time I am determined beyond everything else to make this happen. Part of the weight loss process for myself is to closely manage what I eat and in particular how many calories I consume daily. Counting calories, as those who have done it know, requires constant calorie checks and calorie calculations for everything you put into your mouth. These days, before I buy or eat anything, I am calculating in my head how many calories this food will cost me. This process, in many ways, is taking the fun out of eating.<\/p>\n
Am I obsessed with weight loss? Right now, maybe yes. My husband calls it weight loss obsession, but I call it weight loss commitment and both of us are right. Sometimes you need to submerge yourself into your weight loss program so that you can just manage to stay on track. I equate it to how horses that pull carriages have blinders put over their eyes so that they can only see straight ahead and are not distracted by other things in their periphery. For me, counting calories, planning my meals, scheduling my workouts and writing in this blog are my blinders that help me see straight ahead to my weight loss goal. I know that it won’t always be this hard, but for now my “weight loss obsession” is what is keeping me going and I am grateful for it.<\/p>\n
I would like to say as a side note here that there are some people who have an unhealthy obsession with losing weight. People with an unhealthy weight loss obsession will often force rapid weight loss by any means possible, including starvation diets, extreme exercise, purging and the abuse of diuretics and diet pills. These unhealthy weight loss methods will often be accompanied by very low-self esteem and poor body image. If you feel like you have an unhealthy obsession with losing weight, or a friend or family member may be suffering from this, please visit the\u00a0following website for help: National Eating Disorders Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Am I obsessed with weight loss? Right now, maybe yes. My husband calls it weight loss obsession, but I call it weight loss commitment and both of us are right. Sometimes you need to submerge yourself into your weight loss program so that you can just manage to stay on track. <\/p>\n