Food guilt

(Jessica) #1

Anybody still experience food guilt? I’ve been doing keto for over 2 months now. I will find myself satisfied after a good keto meal and realize I’m anxious, and really worrying about what I ate. It’s amazing what these faulty food guidelines have done to our collective psyche. I come here often, not because I need more information, but because the number of people here, eating and being healthy, reassure me that I’m not “bad” for enjoying my food and not being hangry.

(I Am The Egg Man ku-ku-kachoo) #2

I don’t have guilt so much. But I do fear that the I’ll suddenly stop eating “right”, get the mix of C/P/F wrong or eat too much or too late or too early or too often and this awesome way of life will suddenly get complicated.

I tend to overthink everything.

(Jessica) #3

I think that’s it! I’m used to having to overthink food choices. This seems too easy sometimes, so I must be doing it wrong. I’m full, so I must be doing it wrong. I’m not craving, so I must be doing it wrong.

(I Am The Egg Man ku-ku-kachoo) #4

That’s me to a tee!
I’m trying take step back, remember what got me to this point, and stop trying to reinvent the wheel!!

  1. Keep my carbs (net & total) low.
  2. Keep my proteins moderate (for me 75-150g)
  3. Eat fats until I feel satisfied.
  4. Salt my food well.
  5. Drink water
  6. Stop snacking, eat a meal.

Rinse & repeat. :grinning:

#5

Maybe it’s because we’ve been taught something impossible for too long?

Honestly, when I eat now, I almost get giddy.

I’ve mentioned this before, but when I was eating a high-carb diet, eating for me was a chore more than anything else. Sometimes I even resented the fact that I had to eat, because I didn’t want to take the time to prepare anything. Cereals, sandwiches, anything microwavable were my food of choice. So obviously, fast food was my best friend! But I was never happy, because food never truly satisfied me.

Eating keto, I now realize food can be satisfying. I can actually taste the flavors of food, like never before! I look forward to eating, not only because it tastes good, but because it is good!

I have learned to love the food I eat, and the only guilt I have is that more people aren’t experiencing the same.

#6

I’m having food guilt too but it may be well-founded. I’ve been eating pork rinds for lunch several times a week. An appropriate amount, measured out…but does that seem wrong? Too low in nutrients or something??

(Jessica) #7

I think so. I’m a foodie. I’ve been taught my whole life that it’s a personality flaw that I love food.

(Running from stupidity) #8

+10000000000

It’s one reason I’m glad I did so much research/learning about keto before I started - I felt like I had a bit of a handle on it by then. And why I tell people to stop worrying about everything and concentrate on just two things - carbs under 20g, and eat plenty of good whole foods because it’s important to keep your metabolic rate up in order to lose weight. (Also, supplement electrolytes.)

(Katie the Quiche Scoffing Stick Ninja ) #9

Nope. I put it in my mouth and off I go, even when I cheat. No point beating yourself up! :smiley:

I have a refeeding issue where I can fast for 3 days, break my fast with a lovely meal but then I feel like not eating for 3 days has given me permission to just eat crap, not all the time, but I’ll choose the pancakes over the eggs if yanno what I mean. Or eat more crackers with cheese and end up putting on 1kg of water weight, and doing it all again the next week.
Hey as long as i’m getting smaller I do not care. Lol.

(Amy Ramadan) #10

As a fellow foodie I can tell you it is definitely NOT a personality flaw!!! For me and my famuky, as restaurant owners, it’s a huge part of who we are, so I personally embrace it!!! :wink:

(Jessica) #11

Oh I’m totally freed in my foodiness now! Intellectually I know any guilt or whatever is silly. It’s just like a subconscious “oh crap” because I’ve been conditioned to think good food will make me fat. My gut reaction is that I feel too satisfied to be losing weight!

#12

This is my method. Everything else seems to sort itself out. My personal carb limit is closer to 40 (that’s the limit, I’m not eating that much every day); it may be even higher but I see no need to push the limits since the under 40 seems to be my natural preference based on the foods I typically like to eat.