Am I working out too much?

Has anyone else here become absolutely obsessed with working out? I had my surgery about 9 months ago with a starting weight of 324. So far I have lost about 140 pounds, although I haven't lost anything in the past 6 weeks or so. I joined a gym about 5 months ago, and I go religiously. In fact, my roommate and friends say that they're starting to worry about me, that I've become obsessed with working out. I don't have a lot of free time because I work full time and go to school part time, but I schedule everything else around the gym. I go at least 4 times a week for between 1.5-2 hours a night, plus I take a yoga class for two hours every Monday night. At the gym, I do cardio every time, burning between 800-1000 calories. I weight train 2-3 times a week in addition to that. I have to go to the gym at night, because I find that I am absolutely beat once I'm done with my workout. On the weekends, when I go mid-morning because of the gym's shortened hours, my butt is kicked for the rest of the day. My friends are complaining that the gym has taken over my life and that even when they do get to see me, I'm so tired all the time that I'm no fun. My question is this: are they right? Am I working out TOO much? I take in between 1200-1500 calories a day and I get plenty of protein. I've been on a plateau long enough that I'm really starting to worry.

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