Guilty as charged!

Losershawn
Losershawn Posts: 152
in Health and Weight Loss
Anybody ever feel guilty for eating all their calories?
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  • med79
    med79 Posts: 288
    No way! I savor every one :-)
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Nope!
  • SherryR1971
    SherryR1971 Posts: 1,170 Member
    Definitely not!!
  • camaraden
    camaraden Posts: 14 Member
    I consider it a challenge to see how close to the line in can get without going over.
  • wmoomoo
    wmoomoo Posts: 159 Member
    I feel bad when I don't eat all my calories.
  • ayamagali
    ayamagali Posts: 167 Member
    I try really really hard to!
  • locoducky
    locoducky Posts: 31 Member
    Sometimes, yeah, I do feel guilty. I guess I feel that if I ate all my calories for that day, I could have done a little better and stayed under my calories more to help myself even more. :)
  • AlessisMore
    AlessisMore Posts: 179 Member
    hell no.

    Guilt is for wusses.
  • littlewhittles
    littlewhittles Posts: 402 Member
    Nope! I eat my exercise cals, too. I earned them, and I'll enjoy them. :)
  • yuckidah
    yuckidah Posts: 290 Member
    Not guilty as such but I don't like eating them all just in case I get hungry later & wish I had some left.
    Has been a year and so far I've never needed those 'spare' cal's but that's probably because I know they're there if I want them and that, in a reverse psychology kinda way I guess, stops me using them.
    It's a head thing.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Not in the least. Sometimes I even eat more...don't feel guilty about that either.
  • syrklc
    syrklc Posts: 172 Member
    No, not feeling guilty or stressed.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    that is called an eating disorder.
  • VelociMama
    VelociMama Posts: 3,119 Member
    Not really.

    I struggle to get to my calorie goal though, but it's about 2700-2900 calories per day now.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Nope, I don't feel guilty for eating my calories. I'm not scared to eat either...as in..I'm not stressing on hoarding my calories "just in case" or feeling bad for that candy bar.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    Anybody ever feel guilty for eating all their calories?

    I used to in the very beginning. But not any more. I mean, I am eating at a 25% calorie deficit in reference to my TDEE. So if I eat LESS than all my calories, the deficit is closer to 30% which is too high of a deficit to safely lose weight.

    But when I was a beginner at all this back when I was obese, I was all like "Oh crap, I shouldn't have eaten that much cause I'm gong to get fatter." Logic wasn't my biggest thing back then, lol.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    that is called an eating disorder.
    Pretty much. Why would you feel guilty for eating the number of calories you are supposed to be eating? That doesn't make any rational sense.
  • jellybeanmusic
    jellybeanmusic Posts: 161 Member
    I feel bad if I've wasted them on crap rather than nice healthy stuff, but not for eating the amount set out. I see it as a target to hit rather than something to eat under.
  • linsey76A
    linsey76A Posts: 102
    Anybody ever feel guilty for eating all their calories?

    I guess there aren't very many of us that do feel guilty about it, but yes i sometimes do. i know i am allowed a certain amount and i should use them, but i always tend to try and leave some, if i don't i want to exercise to give myself extra...i am working on not worrying about it so much tho.
  • lambchoplewis
    lambchoplewis Posts: 797
    I like to keep a few left for "just in case" at end of day. I don't feel too bad being plus/minus 100 cal., but no more!!!
  • Mom_To_5
    Mom_To_5 Posts: 646 Member
    I try to never eat all of them since i don't lob butter and stuff like that, i do have days where i go over though, like on Thursday i took the 2 little kids to BP for supper since it was just the 3 of us and i'm sure i ended up over a bit.
  • Losershawn
    Losershawn Posts: 152
    When is guilt ever rational?
  • ladyraven68
    ladyraven68 Posts: 2,003 Member
    Anybody ever feel guilty for eating all their calories?

    Nope. I see it as a target, not a limit.
  • nanniejulie
    nanniejulie Posts: 16
    to be honest i havent managed to do that yet!!!!!:smile:
  • foleyshirley
    foleyshirley Posts: 1,043 Member
    No way. I eat everyone happily.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    It can take a while to shift attitudes, but no, I don't feel guilty. In the beginning I was hyper-aware and constantly fretting over my food choices. I didn't know how to eat healthy. I am still learning. But practice and seeing that a few days over here and there hasn't set me back has eased the worry significantly.

    I'm also learning how to adjust for my hunger (i.e - eat more healthy, filling foods instead of junk food, which is high cal and often not filling), so that even when I do go over, I can feel confident that I at least made better food choices.
  • tami101
    tami101 Posts: 617 Member
    No, but if I've eaten them all and find myself really hungry and I am forced to go over I feel guilty. It doesn't last long though. I remind myself that it's only a little and most days I end up under goal and I probably have some to spare and then I'm fine. =)
  • ms_isis12
    ms_isis12 Posts: 19
    No, because I burn enough in my workouts and we need the fuel to be out best and really push hard when we do workout. :-)
  • successgal1
    successgal1 Posts: 996 Member
    I think it comes from years of trying to lose weight by eating less, and denial of food to yourself. Now when you see you CAN eat more and its ok, you still feel like you did something bad because all the other diets trained you to think that you had to deny yourself.
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    Anybody ever feel guilty for eating all their calories?
    No, that's the idea. And if I go over them - nope, still don't feel guilty. Guilt is meant for more serious things than eating food.

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