guilt trip anyone?

does anyone ever feel guilty eating, ever? even when you are within your calorie range and its healthy for you?...i feel guilty and have trouble reaching 1200 calories a day. Like today i could only get myself to about 705 calories because of the guilt i get.

holy crap all the time i cant eat anything without thinking "whooops i suck at life" im pretty sure its not the best attitude to have its hard to get out of that mindset just keep telling yourself " im supposed to eat"

when i first started counting calories i would go to bed thinking about what i was going to eat the next day, how i could make it using up less calories, what i ate that day, why i ate that, why i shouldn't of eaten that. my life revolved around the number i saw at the end of the day. i'm still obsessed with the number but not as bad as i used to be.

that's what im doing right now actually..i'm searching for a healthy low-cal breakfast recipe for tomorrow as well as my other meals. like i feel great being able to choose healthy foods but i feel guilty eating them and then find out i still didn't eat enough. my life does revolve around what i eat/dont eat....i need to stop that

Hey vguard =) I thought I told you to stop that and eat more =D lol we have been talkin about this issue a lot...

and yeah I'm the same way, I think today I got JUST over 1200, which is my goal, but I still feel guilty, and I even exercised.  None of what I ate was unhealthy or even close to, so I don't know what my problem is.  I'm really trying to stop it and change my thinking towards eating BUT it's a lot harder than it sounds...I'm absolutely obsessed with the numbers though.

sorry deflepfan...im trying..but finding it more difficult than i thought it would.

I know exactly what you guys mean.  Everytime I make something, I look for ways to make it have less calories.  Then if I use something that has more cals and later I think of a way I could have made it have less cals - I feel guilty!  Its crazy, I mean I'm talking about like 20-30 cals here and there.

I refuse to feel guilt even for a milkshake or pizza.  I will attempt to negate extra calories with exercise or the nutrition with a ton of veggies.

so today i'm having one of those guilty days. I'm like going crazy about it because I know I ate too much today so i decided to exercise but I don't feel it worked. Tried to talk to my b/f about it but he felt that I was being silly so I found this place. I was just goin to write it in my journal but this place is better. I'm not sure what i should do about it. I think i gained weight lately but i don't want to check because scales freak me out. sooo confused someone help please.

 

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Back when I was really ED, everything I ate made me feel guilty, regardless of healthfulness. Only really low cal things I didn't feel guilty over. I think you need to remind yourself that you are feeding your body, and your body does need the food. You are not just dieting, you are providing nourishment and nutrients and vitamins and minerals for your body. You can cut down on some calories, but make it a goal to eat at least a certain amount, and give it time. After a while of reminding yourself, the guilt does go away somewhat. You have to give it time.

Ugh! So, I know I am a little late on this post but I am feeling pretty guilty today! Today I started off great! I actually got under the 200 lb mark so I was extrememly excited and then today at lunch the office ordered pizza for some one's birthday. I came prepared with my healthy choice lunch! I even ate it while everyone was eating pizza and was totally fine. Then everyone left and there was some left over and I gobbled down 2 peices! What is wrong with me? It's like I sabatoage myself! I guess we have bad days and I'm trying to stay in apositive mind frame but its hard sometimes! I'll just be sure to do some more exercising tonight to offset some of those calories!