Do you obsess?

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When you're on a diet do you obsess about the diet? Do you constantly track your weight loss progress and constantly think about ways to improve your progress? I honestly had no intentions of going on a diet. I just wanted to make some simple changes, such as being a bit more active and eating a little healthier, and giving up the junk food so close to bed time. But after about a week of making these changes, suddenly I'm obsessing about weight loss. I'm checking the scale daily, watching everything I eat, looking at fat and calorie content everytime I eat something. And of course I'm getting slightly depressed that the weight isn't coming off very quickly. I keep trying to encourage myself, telling myself it will take time, and I'm doing good so far, but I need to not push myself so hard. Yesterday I poured my daily cappuccino and peeked at the calorie and fat content, and realized there's 3 grams of fat per scoop. Typically I use 3 scoops a day. Then I said to myself "Well, I'm just going to have to give up my cappuccino". I think I'm being a bit obsessive! The more I obsess over my weight loss progress, and the things I eat, the more likely I'm going to fail this diet and weight loss plan. So now I'm going to make a concious effort not to obsess about it so much. I'm just going to stick to my 3 main goals: being more active, eating healthier, and staying away from snacks before bed. I'd also like to switch to diet soda to avoid all those calories during the day... lately I've been drinking diet soda just before bed, but having regular soda through out the day. If I can switch completely to diet, I'll avoid a ton of calories!