whats with the OLD mindset???

Ok... so i ask this because ... i have found myself questioning...its so funny... that we do this... and i cant be the only one out there...

I will eat chili... and only it about 1-2 oz...    then the mindset sets in... im a pig... i ate too much... UGHHHHH...   WHAT THE HECK AM I THINKING????

Why do we do this... we hardly eat yet we try to convince ourselves that we ATE TOO MUCH... SO CANT BE NORMAL... anyone else?????

I am the opposite and it is probably because I am pre-op but I have noticed since I am becoming so much more concious about my eating habits that if I do not feel full then obviously I must be hungry and my body starts telling me to eat, it is so rediculous. We are such creatures of habit that our bodies become used to a pattern and if we diviate from that pattern our brain starts to scream that something must be wrong.

I am only 3 weeks out and I do it too.  I dont know why.  ill look at my journal and think "I seemed to have eaten a lot today" lol...really? because I didnt think 800 calories was eating to much.  Im not sure why I do it. My brother told me hes pretty sure Im not eating anywhere like I used too.

LOL its so funny you posted this! I ate 3 turkey meatballs last night and felt like a heffer! LOL

In actuality, its perfectly normal and looking back to before surgery, I could have ate like 20 meatballs! So yes, I do it too!

I ate 3 meatballs last night too... actually had six on my plate.. and even though i didnt finish them... i was like... such a PIG!!!!!   so sad... (

Yes, me too.  I ate like 2 oz of soup last night and thought what a pig I was and that I would never lose weight at this rate..all because when I entered my foods on the food diary it came to a bit over 400 calories...I am such a pig because I ate a bit over 400 calories! I guess it will take some time to get over feelings like that..

Yesterday I thought I ate the world.  But I did not.  Granted I had 6 nacho chips but 6 beats a whole bag

AMEN....   and enjoy those chips... i was told to enjoy everything... but just make sure that it fit into my calorie and fat grams for the day... and i was ok... so im not gonna neglect myself.. just not exactly craving sweets or saltys right now...   

have a great skinny day!!

6 months post op and I still have this mentallity. In fact I refuse to up my calories to 1000/day like my NUT told me because it seems too much. Funny considering I must have been eating in excess of 3500+ a day pre-op to be gaining like I was!  In a way I guess it is good because it helps keep us in check a bit...I don't know.

my nut told me to up it..to 1000-1200 per day... and yesterday i tried.. and only got it 583  what the heck....   the day i TRY to do it and i failed.. didnt beat myself up ... trying again today!!