Thoughts on Punishment

notyouraveragetalia

Packed leftovers for lunch today. Chicken Thighs cooked in tomato sauce served over penne and some grean beans. As I was contemplating my meal today, I had the sudden urge to throw away my pasta, thinking that I had already had some with dinner yesterday, and shouldn't eat it again today.

It hit me that I'm constantly punishing myself for no reason. I had already weighed out my portion. It's a well balanced meal, protein carbs fiber and healthy fats. I want to stop punishing myself for feeding my body the way it wants to be fed. I want to stop feeling like certain foods will make me fat. I want to be feel completely free to eat whatever makes me happy.

I kept my 3 oz of pasta, and enjoyed every bite.

Adc7225

This whole process is a learning one and we have to learn not just how to eat but how to have a healty relationship with food - so don't beat yourself up! In time it will get better.

I went through that phase when you know what you want to eat, prepare it the best way and even manage it by weight to make sure it's just a serving and 10 minutes later it's gone and all that worry for what

Eating a serving size and counting / logging is what counts, do not worry that it will make you fat, try and think back to prior to MFP - how much would you have eaten? You have probably come a long way!

Mr_Knight

I want to be feel completely free to eat whatever makes me happy.

The fact that you got to a point where you felt a need to end up on MFP (like pretty much everyone else here) means you (and me and the rest of us) will most likely never get to a place where we can be "completely free" regarding what we eat. We will always be balancing our body's needs vs its wants.

It sucks, I know, but better to deal with a reality than live in disappointment over a non-existent fantasy.

That said...saying "no" to yourself is not something I would call a "punishment". How can doing the right thing be a "punishment"? That's kind of a weird way of looking at it and, I suspect, not conducive to long term success.