I feel guilty after eating?

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Litetally putting anything edible in my mouth makes me feel guilty. Yesterday at Thanksgiving dinner I ate some food and went home and cried after I ate. Today I ate a slice of toast and I felt depressed after eating it. I didn't want to eat anything else after that. Forget candy or other things, I feel like I will gain fifty pounds if I eat that. I go to the gym after eating big meals too and I'm obsessed with counting calories. The thing is, I am losing weight rapidly and my mind thinks I will gain weight if i overeat. I don't understand. I lost 18 pounds in the span of a month and a half. Help? How do I stop feeling so guilty?

RJGraveyTrain · Accepted Answer

Let me just explain something to you kiddo that I learned after eating disorder recovery: eating doesn't make you fat. OVEREATING and not USING the calories makes you fat.

If you eat well within a regular calorie intake you aren't going to fluctuate in weight. Giving your body what it actually needs does not automatically cause you to gain weight. Exceeding calories and saturated fat will cause weight gain. Eating a piece of toast = will not do anything to you. Heck, eating too much one day out of the week will not cause you to gain weight. That ISN'T how it works.

If you take care of your body it can process food. My recommendation is you read this and begin looking up eating disorders and trying to get yourself help. Seriously, being skinnier is not worth the path you are going down, it will make you miserable: www.girlsaskguys.com/.../a23241-taking-baby-steps-recovering-from-serious-eating-disorders

Minxxie · Accepted Answer

That's a huge red flag that you are exhibiting some pretty serious eating disordered thinking. You just need to be strong and let the people who love you know that you need some support and help to get past this before it gets worse. Losing that much weight that fast is a bad sign. starving yourself will only damage your metabolism and you will end up having even more trouble controlling your weight in the future. starving yourself can actually kill you long before you even start to look overweight because as well as calories you are also starving your body of precious nutrients that you will die without. Eating disorders are really serious health concerns and your family needs to know! You are too important to too many people to let yourself slip down this dangerous path.

introvertkidd · Accepted Answer

I have the best advive for you... simply look up freelee the banana girl on YouTube
She's all about eating vegan mostly raw... lots of fruit smoothies! She eats over 3000cals day and is skinnier than. fucking hell lol hope I helped.. Ps vegan is an unrestricted diet so u can eat unimited calls and not gain fat.. pls respond to this coment and tell me what you think

matheus_mb · Accepted Answer

I know how you feel, as former fat man I also feel guilty if I eat too much. Well, think that if you stop eating you'll die, but if you eat just the enough not the feel hungry and if you workout daily, then you're fine, you'll keep your weight under control.

Anonymous · Answer

I've dealt with ( and have been for the last 2 years) the same situation. I started trying to lose weight in 8th grade (I was 158lbs at only 5'4.) and I eventually lost a whole bunch of weight, to the point where everyone thought I had anorexia. Now due to my anorexic past my parents make me keep my weight at or above 125lbs. Which sucks because I have a small frame, so I look chubby at this weight. Now that I'm at a healthy weight (not underweight or overweight) I always feel guilty when I eat because I feel like I'm gonna be overweight again, and if I don't eat I'm afraid I'll lose weight and my parents will make me gain again. I literally can't win. So, I don't really have any good advice for you. But know that your not alone!!!

Jxpxtxr · Answer

I would have thought you might be on the brink of developing an ED but then you're actually aware that you're kind of obsessing and that it's not healthy which puts you at a great advantage if you wanna get those negative thoughts out of your head.
I think a good start might be by finding your basal metabolic rate, so find out how many calories you can eat without gaining weight. Then try to start counting the calories of what you eat and write everything down.
At the end of the day calculate how many calories you approximately ate and compare it to how much you could eat without problems. I think a week of doing that will already by enough. You might be surprised at the results and actually be able change your attitude about food that way.
That's what helped me overcome anorexia when I first realised I had a problem so it might help you get a better relationship with food, too. I wish you all the best! 💜

Tonga · Answer

Wait what? please tell me how you lost 18 pounds PLEASE TELL ME!!! i need help!!!

anyways OMG I feel horrible for eating in Thanksgiving too.

Sorry, try and consentrate on somthing else don't waste your time worring about just one toast... Its ok to eat something junky once in a while

You probably won't listen to me becuase i can't lose more than 5 pounds yet but just calm down, besides past is past you can't change it

GigiTheGuilbert · Answer

you are perfectly normal, feeling self conscious about your weight. eat what you want, people will love you for who you are. please take my advice and get out of this habit before it's too late, I didn't.

SirenDep · Answer

Eating food is a basic human need, to get enough energy for your body functions. Doctors advice people to never go under 1200 calories per day. It's alright if sometimes you eat a bit more. It happens. It's best to eat a slice of pizza consciously once in a while and enjoy it, rather that deny it from yourself and then eating a whole box.

Anonymous · Answer

There is nothing wrong with treating yourself once or twice a week. Food is nice, and I've lost 13 pounds and am still losing. If you don't treat yourself once in a while you will end up binging. Eat a little candy once a week, you will not gain 50 pounds, trust me.

9mfeo · Answer

Have you ever considered therapy? It sounds as though you have some form of disordered eating.

peachblossomluck · Answer

You are becoming borderline anorexic with bulimic tendencies, like me at your age. Get help for it now so you don't grow up and make yourself sick like I did♡ Wish I was able to get help at your age but no one cared.

jordan90 · Answer

Talk to someone you trust about it. It could lead to bulimia or anorexia, both of which you want to avoid like the plague.

Krillanr · Answer

Think about it logicly, if you don't eat, you die.

Food sustains a person, it's only in eating more than what you need that you'll start gaining too much weight.

Starving ones self too much is one cause of gaining weight, the brain goes into panic mode thinking there is no food available so it has the body start packing as much weight as possible.

If you eat what you need 2 or 3 times a day you'll be fine.

Anonymous · Answer

Ya me too I ate a massive pizza earlier and it was greasy but it was good, afterwards I was like good god I'm an animal! hahahaha

ichot · Answer

I can't help but think you have a ridiculously poor understand of just what "FOOD" is.  Re-evalulate your definition of food. I'd recommend a therapist.

Anonymous · Answer

Get therapy, a therapist would do you loads of good...

Bluemax · Answer

This sounds rather serious. I might recommend that you talk to a counselor about this, one who specializes in eating disorders.

Pink2000 · Answer

That happened to me when I was "bigger". I didn't want to eat anything and I would get so angry and upset because I looked so large. It didn't go away until I got down to 126 lbs I think. I don't know what causes it.

chrisbigman · Answer

I think your mind is right - you will gain weight if you overeat. However, you shouldn't stress too much. The fact that you go to the gym to work it off should help take off the pressure.

apple24 · Answer

Just take a nap and than you won't feel as bad!

Anonymous · Answer

I'm with you, sister.

jakeofalltrades · Answer

go see a shrink

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