Hi Earlyriser:
You are not obsessed about your weight. You are just working towards feeling better and being healthier. This is what we strive for, to be the best we can with the body we are given.
It does help to have family support, but that is not always possible as everyone has different opinions.
Please come back here often for support and I think your motivation is great.....

Well.. you might be. I know I am, on and off. I don't think that is such a bad thing necessarily, particularly if you are trying to wipe out bad habits. Everyone always says weigh once a week but I weigh every day also, and I have become a bit obsessed with working out. I also bring my own salad dressing to restaurants, lol... (Why blow all those calories on a dressing? And the low cal ones they have NEVER taste good...) so yes, I do understand.

You need to remember to cut yourself a break a bit... it's ok to eat a treat once in a while, skip the workout, etc etc. It's your body and your choices, you know? Nothing wrong with being a health nut! But don't beat yourself up over plateaus etc... plateaus and small gains do happen. That's the worst part of being really weight conscious...

I think it's great that you are sharing your success with people. It's so reinforcing for you and for any of us who are in the same boat. :) I've heard that there will always be people in our lives that just don't really get where we're coming from. A radio show pointed out that there are so many people that just aren't in sync with us. We go on a diet and someone offers a donut or a snack and says that one won't hurt, etc.
People kept calling into the radio show to mention the challenges they have with different scenarios where people keep making light of our goals and efforts. We have to do it for ourselves though.

Maybe your wife feels a little left out or something? Don't stop what you're doing - it's working! :)

If it interferes with your life or the life of your family then it may be an obsession. But to me it sounds like you are proud of your progress and are actively working to a goal.

You are like many of us here in that regard!

The trick may be to gauge how much your wife wants to be part of it, and adjust your comments to her based on that.


But as for what the others say here, by all means I agree!!! Post here all you want!!!

No offesence intended. you mate like 1.000 of people who nit pick about somethimmg to hearm them self talk in spot light...they seem to have inner need to belittle inorder to feel good about them self.

Darn right I obesses about my health and my life n life style. darn right everything in my life centers around my health.

The best investment that I had n ever will, is in my health. Our health/body n mind is the best investment that we will ever have.

I can only surmise that your mate may have started to realize that you are doing great n looking good. she may be bucking because she feels a sence of guilt of not taking care of her own health, and she may have temper tantrums moments, lol

Go ahead n start saving to have wheel chair for your mate.

Please don't get discouraged. don't lbe brow beaten ( don't put up with abuse )

The tong has no born but it brakes bones.

Every and I do mean every thing in my life centers around my care of my body n mind. I love my mate but I love myself more.
Just because he enjoys McD susage bisq, hell no I'm not going to eat somethimg that will slowly destroy my health n alter my life to where I'm on 1st name bases w Dr's n hospital staff.
I have insurance on him.
He knows if he becomes sick/unable to tend to his daily needs, hell yes I will slap him into care facility. I'm going to live a healthy life w/o being a care taker.

No matter what keep plugging away. Take care of your over all health n don't let others neg interfear w your investment.

By the way you are doing great, keep up good work. Congd on weight lose. High 10 ( like high 5 )

You remind me of my favorite definition of discipline: remembering what you want. It sounds like you are doing everything right. Being obsessed is where one desire gets in the way of the rest of your life. As long as you're not at that point, I think you are just a very motivated and disciplined person.