Over eating on good food guilt

Ambobo
Ambobo Posts: 3 Member
edited January 23 in Health and Weight Loss
This is going to sound silly, but I'm new at this dieting thing. I've only been at it for a month and I've never before experienced guilt with food. For dinner I had 2 tilapia fillets along with a serving of wheat pasta 2 servings spinach, 2 servings green beans & 1 serving stir fry vegetables. I'm not sure if its the quantity of food once it was all in the bowl or the feeling of being stuffed that I experienced afterwards, but I feel incredibly guilty even though I ate stuff that was good for me. Is eating too many good things bad for you? Should I always follow serving size & only stick to one serving?
This also brings me to my next point, I LOVE Chinese food, I crave it like one would crave/need nicotine, I went from Having it once a week to once a month, how do you guys allow yourself to indulge? Do you feel guilt? Would it be okay to have it twice a month?

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  • cjcmrn
    cjcmrn Posts: 134 Member
    if you are larger, then you will definitely need to watch portion size... it's what got me to my previous size of 250... as to Chinese food you will have to watch your sodium with that. Do not totally cut out foods or else you will feel deprived and will binge, so twice a month is totally fine.

    Good luck on your journey. and never stop challenging yourself
  • broscientist
    broscientist Posts: 102 Member
    It's doesn't matter if you are eating "good food" or if you eat at McDonald's.

    If your goal is to lose weight, you need to count them calories and make sure you are in a deficit. In general., good food (What ever that means), tends to be more filling so you get full easier. Still you can easily gain weight eating "healthy".
  • Ambobo
    Ambobo Posts: 3 Member
    I started out at 250 I'm now down to 239 I am 5'4"
  • Ambobo
    Ambobo Posts: 3 Member
    Also, what is considered a deficit? If I ate say, 1500 calories, do I need to burn 1600 plus?
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