feeling guilty

cathyc113 · 01-18-2007, 09:30 PM

Has anyone had trouble with feeling guilty and like they have been "cheating". Maybe I just associate feeling full with eating too much, and think I have to feel hungry to lose weight, but I keep feeling guilty. Like I just blew a diet. And although i have been tempted, I have been following my guidelines to a "t". Has any one else had this problem?

Jachut · 01-18-2007, 10:03 PM

Yes! I know exactly what you mean. I too associate losing weight with starving myself and I often feel like some sort of imposter. I cant get my head around the fact that I am now not even overweight (!!!!) and only have a few kgs to go to my personal goal without having been miserable for the entire past year.

I feel that I have overeaten because I've eaten to a point of satiety. I still eat "bad" foods on occasion. I exercise a LOT but it seems not to count because I love it. Its really weird - and just goes to show how skewed my views on eating were beforehand (and still are I guess).

I do feel after 13 months though that my attitudes are changing permanently, 6 months ago it didnt feel nearly so settled in my head. So I can imagine in another year or two from here, that last trace of the fat me will be gone.

**Jack** · 01-19-2007, 12:19 AM

...I sometimes feel guilty when I look only at the scale....but it LIES!!!

When I keep track of NSVs I find a whole universe of good news...

those events other than our over focus on 'eating and food' that comprised our preBand universe have have been for far too long take relearning to even notice they are present...

I think this 'guilt over feeling NOT hungry' is related to the old preBand life that had us all believing we had to feel 'full' every time we ate...or for me, ALL the time, as being 'not full' was to be avoided at all costs...

I'm still unsure where THAT madness originated.

It is understandable our confusion over this new life, in which we can stop eating when we are not hungry, and eat when we are hungry, and not even panic when we are hungry and not eating...

'Guilt' is a sensation I do not associate with the daily efforts we all make in learning our new path. Some days we are more on our path and some days not so much....so 'head 'em up and move 'em out'....

'Guilt' to me leads to depression. Depression is best remedied by action self directed for purposes we choose. So I have no guilt, and have no depression. At times I have frustration. Frustration is evidence I am moving in the wrong direction, not making the proper decisions, not regulating my own behavior....so guilt in my own life has always been a result of inaction....and there is a way to cure that...

I don't have time to feel guilty if I keep moving on my chosen path.

good luck in your journey....all it takes is dedication, courage, action
and SWEAT!!! NOW!!!

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