I Feel Guilty

 So I wrote last week about how Halloween was kicking my butt.  I tried to make up for my candy binge by exercising more and having to shakes a day and only one meal.  I was fully expecting to hop on the scale and see a gain or a stay the same (I deserved it with my behavior).  Instead I lost over 4lbs!  My biggest loss in weeks (remember I'm pre-op so 1-2 is to be expected).  No I feel like I should have had to pay for my transgression instead I get the biggest loss since the 3rd week.

Does anyone else feel guilty when they lose weight even if they've been "bad"?  I meet with my therapist at 9am gonna ask her what she thinks.  My husband said that as long as I don't think this gives me free reign to snack on the sweets, chalk it up as a win and move on.  Smart words, wish I could get my brain to agree.

At a guess, you did more to compensate for the binge than the binge did harm. Plus our bodies are sometimes gonna do what they're gonna do - I am within 50 calories and 5 carbs a day 99% of all days, but I have stalled weeks and weeks like the one just ended where I also lost 4 lbs. No rhyme or reason to it.

Hubby is right - if you get in a pattern of this kind of thing you'll pay. If you have an occasional slip, you'll be fine.

Let go of the guilt and resolve to not have them very often!

I spent the last 20 years feeling guilty over eating the wrong things.
No more.

Part of the reason I had this surgery was to be able to eat normally, whi*****ludes junk on occasion, in a normal, single serving or less amount.

We are human, we sometimes eat sugar, carbs, etc. That is life. I wont beat myself up about it and I definitely dont feel guilty when I have a little junk or continue to lose or maintain. It means I have control over what I eat enough that one snack doesnt hurt me. As it shouldnt.

I wont starve myself because I ate the wrong thing then binge later.

Enough of the guilt!! Its a wasted emotion. Enough of the old behaviors with food that sabotaged us.

You know it shouldnt be a habit, you know to increase exercise when increasing calories. There is nothing to feel guilty about.

Definitely speak with your therapist regarding old habits and food.

This hasn't happened to me since surgery because I've been pretty good about what I eat, but I do remember that feeling from a few years ago when I was doing the Atkins Diet. I used to cheat sometimes and still lose weight. I don't know why I would still lose, but it happened more than once. Rather than feeling guilty, though, I would be thrilled, and this was not good, as I would use it to justify cheating again. Be careful of that.

Nope, because eating off plan isn't going to make me feel "bad." I got away from attaching those feelings to eating a long while back.. things like "cheat, bad, being good", etc. It's just food. I occasionally do the "good/better/best" thing in my head if I want something off plan, but if I decide I want something off plan, it sure as hell does not make me guilty or feel bad! I have it and go on.. no more guilt spirals if I can help it!

I also stay generally w/i 100cals, and w/i 5g carbs +/- from my plan, and have weeks of losses (sometimes really big!) and sometimes holds, or gains. It happens, just try to take the emotion out of the food while still staying conscious of your choices, whether they are on or off plan.. which also means, if you are an emotional eater- it's going to be a lot of work, but it can be done!