Feeling guilty on carnivore keto

(April Harkness) #1

No it’s not what you think. I didn’t cheat. I filmed a youtube vid that explains it a bit better. ( I hope!) I mentioned in another post how I used to be a binge eater and how Keto has helped. Now I have to learn to get used to the idea of being “full and satisifed”. It’s something I was not used to unless I binged. Now I get that feeling without binging. Now I am lean without restricting and feeling hungry. https://youtu.be/XpZdaLCVij0

(squirrel-kissing paper tamer) #2

So you associate feeling satisfied/full with guilt because you’ve generally felt that after a binge but now you get the same sensation eating carnivore? I think every time you have that “bad” association, practice positive self talk and remind yourself that this is different and attach a different emotion to it. I think it will begin to evolve into, I feel guilty feeling full after a carb binge, I feel content when my fullness comes from food that is good for my body.

Keep up the good work. Changing our minds can often be harder than changing our bodies.

(April Harkness) #3

Yes, I feel full and then I think that perhaps I will start putting on fat or I must be doing something wrong to feel this satiated. But inevitably I go ahead and check…no bloat. I feel full yet my stomach is not bursting. not in pain. You are right, I need to practice self talk. Tell myself this feeling is good. This feeling is healthy.

(Liz) #4

Totally understand! I was an overeater for 40 plus years and only keto is able to control my appetite. It is difficult to start to accept that you are not hungry, part of this is, for me anyway, an emotional response.
Food was an emotional crutch and I would eat way beyond satiety ‘just because’, keto allows me to separate the two but even now I really have to check if the hunger is real and if so I can eat without guilt.
Well done on your success, you have proved this works, eat when you are hungry and enjoy without guilt! :+1:

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #5

Not to nitpick, but just riffing on the words, I used to get full when eating carbohydrate, and by that I mean to the point where my stomach would be literally, not figuratively, ready to burst, and I’d still be hungry. On keto, my hunger is satisfied long before that point. There’s plenty of room in my belly for more food, I just don’t want any more. It’s the clearest distinction between “full” and “satisfied,” and one I was completely unaware of before I started eating keto.

Now, if only those sugar cravings would go away . . . :grin:

(April Harkness) #6

nitpick away Paul. It will just make me more aware of expressing my feelings and ideas more fully for others. I feel extremely full today…only ate half my OMAD. I actually am debating trying to go back to twomad and extending my eating window. Not because I want to eat more because I am hungry… but the opposite. I am NOT hungry. I don’t need to snack. But I do need fuel and while someone might tell me that feeling full means I have enough nutrients, I need to gauge how I lift the next day. WAs it a strong lifting day? Am I still dropping weight (I really don’t want to lose any further than I am). On one hand, so happy I can feel this way without eating boxes of doughnuts and feeling sick. On the other hand, still must accept that I feel this way much quicker on meat and that is a GOOD thing. Doesn’t mean I overate. This is what my brain has to realize!