Is it possible I have OCD?? - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Message Board

mandy_gymnast04 · 07-24-2003, 11:35 PM

Hi, I'm wondering if it sounds to you guys if I have OCD. I count calories, fat grams, everything nutritional, how many bites I eat,I I mean I memorize everything having to do with food and weight. I have a detailed food journal that I go over several times a day. Is this normal??

hangtenvetter · 07-25-2003, 07:03 AM

Hi Mandy

Welcome.

Do you enjoy the counting? Are you working on getting fit? Do you do any sort of ritual that helps you not count?

mandy_gymnast04 · 07-25-2003, 01:24 PM

no, i dont enjoy the counting, i can't eat anything if i dont know the mutritional contents of it. To keep from not counting, I just don't eat. It's easer somedays that way. And yes, I am working on losing weight. I've lost mabe 20-25 this month already!!

So hopefully after I make my goal I won't count anymore, but I doubt it.

summer33ny · 07-25-2003, 03:51 PM

Counting calories is not a sign of OCD. Obsessing over calories and weight can be a sign of an eating disorder.

hangtenvetter · 07-25-2003, 10:46 PM

Why do you fear eating too much? Is it that you want to look better? Be in better shape? Compete? Is it something you just need to control?

Well I am nearing midnight here. Better get some sleep. Take care, Mandy.