Overeating

Lietchi

springlering62 wrote: »

Way better than fancy Belgian pralines. I know because I ate several pounds of Belgian, followed by most of a box of Sees when I got home. Drowning my dashed Christmas plans in chocolate, damn you Covid. Or…..consider it…. Taste testing on y’all’s behalf. (sorry/not sorry, @Lietchi)

@springlering62 You're forgiven, it's not your fault you're American and have no taste kidding kidding, but I did see a fascinating piece about how different countries have different preferences in taste/aroma for their chocolate.
My BF bought several kilos of Neuhaus chocolates right before Christmas (in bulk from the outlet store) - even after splitting them with his parents we had about 3lbs of chocolates Some types of Neuhaus I can resist without trouble, others are so yummy that it's a good thing the box is in the garage, out of sight. The fact that the box still isn't empty is quite an accomplishment! (mostly on behalf of my BF who has a huge sweet tooth, I tend to prefer salty snacks mostly)

*sorry for the digression*

AnnPT77

OP, or other new folks struggling with eating and guilt, here's a message you can take from the digression:

Those posts are largely people who've been here on MFP a long time, lost a bunch of weight, mostly maintained that loss, maybe with some ups and downs. You're seeing that they do give in to temptation sometimes, sometimes even to extremes, but that that is normal and absolutely recoverable. You can see that their attitudes are maybe faux-rueful, but pretty playful. It's not guilt, self-recrimination, self-hatred, or catastrophizing. They ate the chocolates, then went on with their healthy routine, pretty much.

Some indulgences can even fit in along the route to weight loss, without impairing the process even slightly.

Others who want to talk about chocolate joy, please go here instead of this thread:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10881660/lets-talk-pro-chocolate-real-kinds-we-like-how-we-eat-use-them#latest

glassyo

AnnPT77 wrote: »

lwag1990 wrote: »

I am beating myself up because I’ve had a horrible 3 days of overeating. Wanted to stop but just continued. Any tips on how to overcome the guilt?

Granting that the OP hasn't been in the Community in a few days . . . any other tips for helping other new folks with this kind of issue who might be reading?

Maybe a "Chocolate Celebration" thread over in Food would be a good thing. I like chocolate nearly as much as the next gal, and have a source to recommend. Apologies for being a buzz kill here. It's January - cold, dark, grumpy.

I bet some chocolate would perk you right up!

😁

PAV8888

I have to admit that my latest favorite chocolate comes wrapped outside of ice cream on a magnum stick. The first one is not too hard to accommodate at maintenance calories... by the third one we have a bit of a different story! Still at CAD$4.99 a box on sale they keep insisting on walking home with me!

Correct analysis; but boo choco buzz kill Ann! I vote with @glassyo that we should collect some chocolate or better yet some interesting cheese for you!

mrsmeteor

peggy_polenta wrote: »

guilt is NOT a bad thing. its what keeps us from doing harmful things to ourselves and others...and reminds us to prevent repeating negative behaviors weve done in the past.

Disagree, very much so in this case. Guilt will not stop OP from doing this again, I promise you. Guilt is a reaction. I honestly believe that proaction would help more. I don't know if proaction is a real word or not but what I mean is that if there's something that set OP off on a three day bender, it would be better to figure that out and learn a healthy way to deal with it instead of eating everything in sight.

LifeChangz

love the new pro-chocolate thread!