Are you food guilty?
No guilt at all. I ate whatever I wanted this Christmas and denied myself nothing, including pizza, a cookie here and there, potato chips and some crackers. Very reasonable portions, still lots of protein, I totally grazed and I didn't log a bit of it. Did do a lot of back and forth in my head trying to decide if I was making a choice or if I was binging and finally decided that I was making choices because that behavior didn't continue after Xmas. Immediately started logging food again after Xmas day, went right back to regular exercise and my regular routine.
One of my major goals for surgery was to eat and treat food like a normal person. Not to treat it as something forbidden, bad, can't have it, wrong. That will be something I struggle with for years to come, and I think I will have to analyze WHY I'm eating something for a long time to come just as a self-check and to be aware of what I'm doing. I'll never be able to have snacky food sitting around the house because that self-control to not eat it all just isn't there, but I'm ok with having a crappy snack every once in awhile.
Someone said earlier in the thread that they felt empowered..that is exactly the right word! I hope that can continue and I dont' slide back into previous behaviors, but I think it's something I'll have to work at, ie, I'm always going to have to use those self-checks.
And now, in my head, I'm wondering if I'm just rationalizing everything...might need to work on that too!!!
