OH the Guilt! It HURTS!

I know how you feel! I went to Applebee's last night and ordered the spinach artichoke dip. I still came in under calories for the day but I knew even when I ordered it that I shouldn't have done it. I'm really going to have to work harder at controlling what I eat when we go out to eat! don't beat yourself up too much over it because todays a new day which means a new chance at doing better with our choices!!

Enjoy it!! I am of the opinion that if you want a healthy lifestyle to last forever you need to eat what you want sometimes! As you said it was 170kcals (or you had enough cals for the dip) don't worry about it, enjoy and then work it off! 95% healthy + 5% what you want + exercise = happy healthy you!?

Ohhh Krispy cream donuts...any pastries yummm. I bow down to them about once a month and I KNOW i have to excerise that day for sure to burn some off. I relish every bite but log it and excerise. The high sugar content in these goodies can certainly add fat if you don't rid of it that day.I feel if we totally deny what we like , for me it leads to bingeing and going off track to losing focus=gaining more weight. Be accountable for it and excerise for those extra sin calories you just ate, You will no longer feel guilty because you counter acted the slip with a positive action.:bigsmile:

No reason to feel guilty for this. This is a lifestyle change and not a "perfect eating plan"... Eat and splurge some. Don't feel guilty about it. That being said it is very possible that your diet has changed to the point that you don't tolerate the sugars like you used to. There are things that I used to really "have to have" that don't appeal to me like they once did. Back to the guilt thing... Don't dwell on it... Want to exercise it off? Do it.... But guilt will only bring you down... not edify you.

No reason to feel guilty for this. This is a lifestyle change and not a "perfect eating plan"... Eat and splurge some. Don't feel guilty about it. That being said it is very possible that your diet has changed to the point that y:laugh: ou don't tolerate the sugars like you used to. There are things that I used to really "have to have" that don't appeal to me like they once did. Back to the guilt thing... Don't dwell on it... Want to exercise it off? Do it.... But guilt will only bring you down... not edify you.

Yep. My taste has also changed a little, but I eat whatever I want, in moderation and logged, cause I refuse to live the rest of my life without cinnamon buns or spinach dip. :laugh: I sometimes make not good choices, but no guilt. Deprivation is one of the biggest reasons people don't succeed.

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Sorry for the dramatic entrance... BUT I ATE A CINNABON CINNA-BUN! It was only a mini one... and it tasted DELISH! it was only 170 Cals... but... Why do I feel like I have been caught with my pants down* (just an expression which is literally how I feel)? I'm feeling depressed... The Sugar, Cinnamon, and the Fluffy Baked Dough (*pecans were added for some nutrition*) . Should I use this guilt-trip to do extra exercise tonight? I usually say no to temptation but I just don't know what happened!

They're only 170 calories? A big glass of milk is double that. Man, I should stop drinking so much milk.

Sure, you can work it off if you want to, or skip 170 calories of something else.