Not obsessing means I'm not doing this right

Daisy_May

This weekend was crazy for me, we had my step son, I had a ton of wedding stuff to take care of I basically went until I dropped Friday thru Sunday.

I stuck to my diet, didn't eat any differently but somehow I feel like I cheated. I think if I'm not obsessing over my weight and every piece of food I put in my mouth I feel like I'm slacking even when I'm not!

I think this is key for me, I think that a weekend like this could be looked at as a good thing, like this is actually coming naturally to me now, a way of life. But instead I'm freaking out that I forgot about it for a few days!!

What's wrong with me:-( why can't I be happy I had a crazy weekend, got through it without cheating but I feel guilty??

sandman27959

Sounds to me like you're processing it in your head right now. You'll find a balance. Give yourself a little time.

amymrls

I don't think anything is wrong with you. I think a lot of people feel this way. I have felt like that many times in my life. I think the obsessing lead to failure so many times. Changing the way you think about food and life in general is not easy. It takes work. It took me a long time to learn that no food is bad, over eating any food is bad. Not the one food itself.

hilhall822

Well did you ACTUALLY cheat? Or did you just eat a good amount of healthy food and feel bad for not logging it? One thing I noticed with me is that when I have a cheat day (which I try not to do, but it happens), it really does confuse my body into letting go of some of the weight it thinks it needs to hold onto because of consistently lower calories. It's good to mix up calorie levels, but remember that you need to be consistent the majority of the time and NOT freak out if you miss one day of logging (although it's sad to start back over with your log count)

Daisy_May

Well did you ACTUALLY cheat? Or did you just eat a good amount of healthy food and feel bad for not logging it? One thing I noticed with me is that when I have a cheat day (which I try not to do, but it happens), it really does confuse my body into letting go of some of the weight it thinks it needs to hold onto because of consistently lower calories. It's good to mix up calorie levels, but remember that you need to be consistent the majority of the time and NOT freak out if you miss one day of logging (although it's sad to start back over with your log count)

I actually didn't cheat at all, I just felt like I was because it didn't consume all my thoughts over the weekend, crazy I know :-(