feeling guilty dont want to get discouraged

One hamburger and fries, while staying under target, is nothing to feel bad about. Unless it makes you physically feel bad.

Try to meet your protein objectives and track everything. Don't get down about eating food you like. Just eat in moderation and keep to targets and you'll get there.

There is no need to feel guilty (yes I looked at your diary). If you want you can have a peak at mine if it will set your mind at ease. I don't follow my macro's closely , but as long as it fits in your calories you will lose weight. I personally can't help enjoying chocolate, pizza, or a piece of cake from time to time.:flowerforyou:

I saw a lot of sodium on there. I know for me that stalls my weight loss. Maybe watch that for a few days and see if it makes you feel better/drop weight? Other than that, it seems normal. You're doing a good job.

You shouldn't feel guilty about food - we need food, it's necessary, and it's fuel for our bodies! Yes, some choices are better than others, but it does all come down to calories in/calories out.

i eat burgers at LEAST once a week - they fit into my goals, and I love them. :bigsmile: You can continue to eat foods you love, just log everything, and remember that this is a learning process - changing habits takes time, and the beauty of logging is not only knowing how many calories you've consumed, but shows you where you did well, and where you can do better.

My question for you is the nearly 1500 calorie burns you're logging - an hour and a half of cardio every day? You could really cut back on that. And adding some form of resistance or strength training would be good for ya too.

My diary is open - I eat burgers, pizza, desserts, drink wine, beer, mixed drinks - no guilt, not even when I go over sometimes. I'm still better than I was before I started, and I'm not putting the weight back on - I've developed healthy habits that I can stick to for life!

When you look at all the calories I have to eat I feel bad eating that much at my size last time I weighed myself I weighed 335lbs(I got to get a new scale water got in it and it broke). Im doing a lot of exercising and then to come home and eat so much seems to defeat the purpose. Healthier foods have less calories. I dont want to eat potato chips candy just to have the calories. What should I be eating?

Why do you feel bad about eating? I mean really. Food = Fuel. Not eating enough can be just as bad as eating too much. Make sure you get enough Fat and Protein. Also, make sure your getting enough vitamins (I take a multi just to be on the safe side). Also definitely add resistance training to your workouts (might want to cut back on the cardio), so that you maintain your LBM. More LBM means more calories burned in a day.

I posted this in another thread (btw I'm 5'4.5" and 185lbs (started at 260lbs):

I'm going to steal Pearsquared's idea and just show the reports from the last 90 days.

First graph is Total Calories consumed:



Even scarier is my Net Calories graph: (total - exercise)


And my weight loss (I weigh at random times):


I use fitbit, so I know that my activity level setting is correct. :flowerforyou:

When you look at all the calories I have to eat I feel bad eating that much at my size last time I weighed myself I weighed 335lbs(I got to get a new scale water got in it and it broke). Im doing a lot of exercising and then to come home and eat so much seems to defeat the purpose. Healthier foods have less calories. I dont want to eat potato chips candy just to have the calories. What should I be eating?

You should be eating whatever foods you love in moderate portions.

Seriously, don't demonize the foods you like. If you want a burger then choose the best burger for your diet and make it fit. Have a craving for chips? Then choose those made with higher quality oil or fry some at home.

If you're looking for calorie dense food alternatives: nuts, nut butters, olive oil, avocado, full fat dairy, cheese, Greek yogurt, granola, dark chocolate, etc. There are tons of healthy foods out there that have a lot of calories without filling you up.

Yesterday what I ate for dinner made me feel guilty. Even though I didnt go over my required calories. Is it ok to eat this kind of food? Should one eat only healthier foods to meet requirements or does it even matter as long as one doesn't go over recommended calories. I m having a very slow weight loss even though I feel im doing what im suppose to. I dont want to get discouraged. Please take a look at my diary for last three days. What am I doing wrong?

Don't feel guilty honey...just do some cardio or some other kind of workout and burn off the excess calories. I used to feel that way too but now if I eat something that has a lot of calories, I just have to keep in mind that I'll need to do a little extra exercise later to burn off the calories. Keep your head up.

Did you look at her diary? She doesn't have any excess calories to burn...there is no need for her to go do cardio...she did not go over her calorie goal....she was actually way under which isn't necessarily a good thing either.

I dont want to eat potato chips candy just to have the calories. What should I be eating?

Nuts, nut butters, avocados, eggs, cheese, use olive and coconut oils in cooking and dressings - these foods pack a lot of good cals in small portions, so you can bump up your calorie intake without eating junk or massive amounts of carrots.

I eat everything. Sometimes healthy, sometimes not. If I have a few bad days, I make up for it by having a couple good days. Don't let one day get you down. Don't go by daily calories, I do weekly. Just keep it up and results will show. Slow process.