Guilty about splurge?

Gerkenstein
Gerkenstein Posts: 315 Member
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
I wonder if people feel guilty when they splurge? I had a splurge meal today and I can't tell if I feel guilty. :ohwell: I know it wasn't a healthy decision, but I was great all week, had just completed a goal and I'm not feeling any struggle to get back on the wagon and do good again. I'm also going to workout today and won't go over my daily calorie goal...so why does the decision not sit well? Hmmm...

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  • my2loves04and06
    my2loves04and06 Posts: 312
    I splurged on Saturday night. I worked hard on the yard all day (burned 1300 cals), took the kids to the splash park until after dinnertime and by the time we left I was tired and didn't want to cook anything. So we ate out at the local pizza joint. I still stayed under my cal goal (by 8!) and I ate stuff that I hadn't had in a few weeks. I didn't feel guilty, I actually felt proud of myself for still coming in under my goal. I was back on track the next day.

    I think you need to splurge every now and then or else you're more tempted the longer you hold off. If that makes sense? Then again, I am new to this so who knows. :smile:
  • kcampbell111
    kcampbell111 Posts: 14
    I agree...allow yourself the splurge if you have done well all week! I know I do, and I don't feel guilty about it :)
  • aippolito1
    aippolito1 Posts: 4,894 Member
    I try not to feel guilty about a splurge because this is for life and I'm NOT giving up pizza, chocolate or burgers completely for the rest of my life. I don't have as much a desire to eat cheeseburgers and fries like I used to but occasionally I do and I'll eat it, try to remain within my calorie goal and be sure to eat healthy the rest of the day and week. Today, I had a York Peppermint Patty. I'd bought it Saturday afternoon to bring to my dad yesterday (they're his favorite) but it was melted by the time I got it home. I ended up throwing it in the fridge and bringing it to work today. I don't feel bad because I'm still within my calories for the day. I'm over on fat because of all the healthy fats I'm eating today and the York only had 3 so it's not like I'm going over BECAUSE of that.

    Sarah, you have to have a splurge every now and then! I don't know how big your splurge was or how you felt, emotionally and physically afterwards, but it sounds like you really deserved it. :happy: I don't consider a splurge to be a meal I shouldn't have and then afterwards I'm stuffed. I consider that a bad decision. I consider a splurge something not AS good for me but that I deserve to have because I've worked hard.

    I know a lot of people who are emotional eaters are told not to treat themselves with food...but I'm not typically an emotional eater so I feel like I can justify treating myself with food...as long as I'm not doing it for the wrong reasons (to feel better or convince myself of something) and I'm not overdoing it (having 3 when I should have 1).

    Hope this helps!
  • jrich1
    jrich1 Posts: 2,408 Member
    Not really guilty since it was planned because of fathers day, but kinda sickened when I actually put all my splurge foods into the system and saw over 1000+ OVER my normal calories
  • funkyspunky871
    funkyspunky871 Posts: 1,675 Member
    I just can't help feeling guilty when I splurge.

    And I always, always, always do extra exercise to more than make up for anything, but I still feel guilty. *Sigh* I guess I'll never be able to eat the same way again. I really love this particular dish at applebees and I know that even without exercise I'd still be under my cal/fat goal, but I can't eat it. I'd feel guilty for days. So weird.
  • velvetechos
    velvetechos Posts: 234
    I feel guilty about a splurge, depending on what the splurge was and if it was worth it to me.

    If I splurge on a really great piece of chocolate (and dark chocolate has some great benefits :) ) or something as a treat - but I wasn't excessive and I still worked out, etc, then I don't feel guilty.

    If I were to binge on greasy icky stuff that is bad for me, and causes me to feel gross or sluggish afterward, then that is more like a punishment than a treat, and I would feel guilty for doing that to myself.

    An example would be this past Saturday. I hadn't been on a date with my husband in a while. My mom offered to babysit the lil one though, so we hit our favorite Mexican place. Normally I would have scarfed down a ton of chips before the food arrived, and I would have ordered something fried up like the flautas. Instead I allowed myself a reasonable portion of the chips (8) and ate them slowly. I made sure to drink plenty of water before and after the chips, and to chat and enjoy my husband more than the food. I then ordered the fajitas - which are much more healthy than the flautas and don't come covered in cheese, etc. I did get guacamole to go with them, but no sour cream, and I didn't eat it all there - I brought half of it home for dinner, lol.

    What I'm getting at, is allow the treat, but perhaps incorporate some of what you've learned on your healthy journey into the treats. If you see a big greasy item as a reward your brain connects that with being something desirable and wanted. You don't have to give it all up, but if you see the healthy stuff as the reward, isn't that better in the long run? :)
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