Feeling guilty for eating?

[ahungryheart]

I feel guilty for being able to eat such good foods. Right now I feel reaaally guilty. I'm only at 600 calories and 17 carbs, but we're having buffalo wings for dinner and I know thats going to be 500 calories atleast right there because i love wings I haven't been on atkins for 3 or 4 years (i did it my first time when i was 15 lost 65lbs, now im 19 gained it back) and when I turned 16 I started using low calorie low fat diets ever since and id eat 1200 calories and have lots of binges in between all that from not feeling satisfied. Now I have to break myself of the fear i'm having about eating this food and gaining even though I know it works when I step on the scale im terrified itll say I gained it back from all the pork chops I ate or something

[LaceyLooWho]

Re: Feeling guilty for eating?

Dont be terrified. Just trust your body. You did this before with great success so you know it works! You should feel good about feeding your body lots of healthy foods. One thing you should realize is that if you dont eat enough calories, you will put your body into starvation mode and it will definitely stall your weight loss. Even with those buffalo wings you would only be at 1100 calories for the day and I highly doubt that is enough for you. The best way to add more calories is to add fat like butter and olive oil. You can also use this base metabolic calculator and figure out just how many calories your body needs every day just to breathe and function. Ideally you should eat that many calories a day or maybe even a couple of hundred more than that. I eat something like 2100-2500 calories per day. Good luck and trust your body You will do great!

[DesertRain]

Re: Feeling guilty for eating?

I had this exact feeling when I first started. It's all the hoop-la we've been brainwashed with from the media about low-fat, low-cal. When I started seeing results, I totally got over it, you will too Go enjoy those wings...

[momtomany1]

Re: Feeling guilty for eating?

Every time I am slowly savoring a half an avocado, I have a little flash of guilty pleasure!

[ahungryheart]

Re: Feeling guilty for eating?

Thank you so much for the replies ladies I actually ate a ton of wings yesterday and some broccoli and cheese, and still lost a pound today!!! AMAZINGGGGG!!! I have 8 days left on induction and so far i've lost 4lbs. =] 7lbs total since i've started changing my eating habbits.

[sugarsack]

Re: Feeling guilty for eating?

add me to the list of brain washed low cal, low fat.. this is my first atkins.. but gosh, i have lost 17 lbs after 2 months of :
3 hd boiled eggs (brkfst)
chicken breast/broccoli (lunch)
steak/zucinni (dinner)
cream cheese (guilty pleasure)