Does anyone else feel guilty after cheating on their diet?

No guilt... just remember to eat according to your goals. And that if you don't hit your goal one day, it is okay. There shouldn't be guilt or that can lead you to a bad path... Remember, food is not going anywhere. You can have only 1 slice of pizza and have some pizza again in the future.

If it's a cheat day, do guilt.

But if it's one of those days where I know I shouldn't but do anyway... maybe a little guilt, but it's over in minutes, usually.

Nope. Dunno why.

I start over and deal with one day at a time. Usually after I indulge, it doesn't seem very worth it, so I am careful for the rest of that day and get back on the plan the next day. I have a plan for healthy eating, but not a diet. I realize a donut or a milkshake won't help me meet my goals, but it won't derail me unless I make it a habit, instead of an exception.

Yes. I always feel guilty having a "cheat day" or even a "cheat meal", I actually posted a topic about grocery shopping fear because I feel like I'm afraid of anything thats even seemingly unhealthy. BUT, thanks to a lot of people's support on MPF, I realized it's not wrong to have a cheat day, or a cheat meal. Not to mention, if you dont want to cut something 100% out of your life, then you shouldn't stop doing it all together. I actually heard it's good for your metabolism to have cheat days now and then. Just have to remember to eat your favorite foods in smaller proportions.

I sometimes regret going over on my calories, but never guilty. I am pretty laid back and understand I can't hit my calories, macros and exercise goals every day. With that said I try real hard to stay under my net calories on a weekly basis. Sometimes I fail. That is the way life is.

I don't want my calorie consumption and cardio to rule my life. I just want it to live harmoniously with the rest of my activities.

To jump up on my soapbox, you aren't cheating and guilt is not helpful in this context, I don't think. There are definitely times I fail to live up to my own goals and I feel a little bad about that, but since feeling bad does no good I try to just focus on what I can do or how to improve or make it easier for myself (for example, if I eat something I'd prefer not to have because I'm hungry and didn't have options available, I make sure next time I'll have options available).

My suspicion--based on other areas of life, is that experiencing a pattern of "cheating" and guilt makes it easier to get into the kind of cycle where you binge either because you figure you already blew it and it doesn't matter or because the bad and shameful feelings about yourself are the kinds of things that you've learned to deal with through binging. I may be assuming too much or extrapolating from my own emotional issues over time, but that's one reason why I don't think the concept of cheating helps. I have a goal--for me, not for anyone else--and try to treat it practically, as I would goals in other areas of life. I do as well as possible meeting that goal over time. If I don't, well I learn from that, but I can certainly get closer or farther from it--it's not a right or wrong thing, but a process. So long as I'm not above maintenance, I'm not going backwards and if I am it can be corrected easily enough.

I have never felt any guilt about what I eat.

What some consider "junk food" I consider part of my healthy lifestyle. In moderation you can eat almost anything and still achieve your goals.

It sounds like you are being too hard on yourself. If a daily calorie/macro goal is too difficult for you, why not try a weekly calorie/macro goal instead for increased flexibility?

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No, but I have a happy and healthy relationship with food.

Nope, I used to feel guilt but that is when I thought I had to be perfectly miserable dieting to lose weight. The guilt then was more a feeling of oh boy yet another failed attempt at losing weight.

This time no guilt because I understand I don't have to be perfect just consistent. I don't have to be miserable, no foods are off limits, and there will be days I'm under, right on target, or over but it's not the one day that matters, it's all of it put together that is what will make the difference.

I used to, but not anymore. I am not a success or a failure based on what I eat. It's just food, which we need to survive. I hated my all or nothing outlook and it made me miserable. Now I accept that some days I will stick pretty close to my plan and other days I won't. It's no big deal, it's life. Be kind to yourself.

I try so hard to eat healthy, but when I'm at home for the summer I'm around my family who do not eat generally very healthy. So I find it hard not to fall to my cravings, and then once I fall I fall hard and binge. After that, I feel ridiculously guilty and upset and feel like I just wasted a week of good eating. It is really upsetting. Does anyone else have this problem? How do you handle it?

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