The guilt over what I just ate :-(

crb1988

Please please please please do not feel guilty!!!!

You were over by less than 200 calories for the day...and you finished under your fat goal. I can understand feeling guilty if you ate a whole pizza (or two) by yourself, but you didn't. You did great the rest of the day. It was one meal, and in the grand scheme of things it's not a big deal.

Don't punish yourself for what you ate. You wanted it, and you ate it. That's it. It's just food.

genxrider

This:

We need to learn to uncouple food and emotion - or at least reduce the intensity of the emotional tie we've made between them. Food isn't comfort. Food isn't something we 'treat' ourselves with. Food isn't 'naughty' or 'good'. It isn't helpful to whip ourselves into a frenzy because we made an unproductive food choice. As much as possible, we need to unpick the emotional valence we give to our eating. It's absolutely ok to enjoy food for what it is, without making it into a big emotional deal.

Try this checklist next time you're in the pizza (or ice cream or chips) aisle:

Am I:
Hungry?
Angry?
Lonely?
Tired?

When I want the junk, I'm usually one if not more of the above. Once I can recognize that I can let the moment pass.

That said - if you wanted pizza, then eat pizza and enjoy it. Don't get yourself trapped in the pleasure/punish cycle. That's no way to live.

I am planning on enjoying brunch with friends on Sunday and I am going to ask the chef who is a friend to make me a very small portion of sweet potato pancakes with maple syrup and pecans. I'm going to enjoy my friends and enjoy my meal and I'm sure that one tidbit will be most of my calories for the day but I'm not having grapefruit.

snewsome7

You just confused your metabolism. From what I have read on here, that is actually a good thing. Doing this every now and then can actually help you lose weight. Correct me if I am wrong, but I think it is called zig zagging? Don't feel guilty! I know the feeling, but I have learned recently that if you over eat one day it is far from the end of the world. Some days I thought I ate way too much I didn't even gain from. Just drink lots of water and you will be alright! I promise everything will balance out if you get back on track tomorrow. And there is nothing wrong with rewarding yourself! I plan on going home and having a few...yes a few beers and I am not going to regret one sip!

Keep your head up ! Think of it as a lifestyle change and not a diet

wedjul05

For those who asked, YES it was worth it alright! THe guilt has certainly subsided today although it wasn't a fantastic day today either as we had people round and I made my own chicken tikka masala, oh bugger forgot the starter of poppadoms with homemade raita! Oh dear......

Then I made rhubarb/pear crumble also so not a great day to be starting afresh! Will do that next week.

Will have to stay longer on the AMT machine, crossramp and do more weights, put 110% into spin etc etc for a few weeks to compensate. I love food too much to give it ALL up, that's my problem!

thanks for all the replies making me feel normal. Go raibh mile maith agat!

vilasini

no you wont go to hell but to pizza land!!!!! ;-)))

ashanti1982

If you haven't had pizza for a year I really don't think you should feel guilty! This is supposed to be a new lifestyle and not a diet so you should be able to fit in foods that you like otherwise it'll be too hard to maintain. As long as you're not going overboard and eating pizza everyday then I really don't think you should beat yourself up about it, its not the end of the world, I'm sure the pizza was Delish and there's no way 4 slices of pizza is going to undo all your hard work. Plus tomorrow is a new day!

courtclerkkris

I mean this the nicest way possible...

SNAP OUT OF IT!

Yeah, you ate pizza. How is that such a horrible thing? You ate it, you enjoyed it, you haven't had it in a long, long time, and you probably won't have it again for a long, long time.

Yeah, you'll probably show a slight gain on the scale tomorrow from the sodium, but you didn't do anything wrong. You didn't do anything with lasting damage.

You know what's lasting damage? Ulcers. Keep fretting about it and you'll get one. You know what else is lasting damage? My brother's ex-girlfriend losing her front teeth from decay when she was bulimic.

I'm having pizza tonight. Buffalo chicken pizza and it's going to be delicious and I'm going to enjoy every single bite!

Well said!! Great advise.

evanslawn

Not to worry - I just had a small piece of chocolate cake for breakfast. Logged it and will move on!