Obsession

[Emre Yigit]

I used to tease girls I knew who obsessed about their weight, or were on perennial diets "just to lose a couple more pounds".

Ah, Nemesis.

Now, I spend a half hour in the morning entering food items into my internet blog (I use caloriecount) and fiddling with what I plan to eat that day, followed by another half hour in the evening reviewing the day and making plans for the next.



If I continue like this for the next forty years, I calculate I will have spent 1.7 years of that time just fiddling with internet ingredients. I will also have spent 1.5 million calories, or the equivalent of 3000 Venti Iced White Mochas on this activity alone.

Is this normal? Is it just a phase? Will I get over it?

[pagliaccia]

Re: Obsession

Haha, that's that Bad Math (as my husband and I call it). You're not factoring in that you'll probably type more slowly as you get older. Also, I really like your idea of writing the foods down in a blog first. I might do that and then after dinner put it all in fitday in one fell swoop.