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Dealing with “Eating Too Much” Guilt

By John M. Grohol, PsyD
Founder & Editor-in-Chief

It’s the week after Thanksgiving and as you try and get back into your daily routine, you can’t help but feel that maybe you ate too much. At our house, it was the celebration of Pie-a-palooza that did us in. (Is there such a thing as too much pie?!)

So you’re sitting there thinking, “Gosh, I’m full. I must’ve gained 10 pounds over the holidays. Why did I eat so much?” The dark specter of guilt raises it’s ugly head… What can you do?!

Weightless blogger Margarita Tartakovsky has six suggestions on how to make it stop:

1. Accept your feelings and move on. OK, acknowledge that you feel guilty and realize that this is just another feeling. But like other feelings, it will go away.

2. Tell yourself you’ll go back to eating healthfully. No harm done. You enjoyed a delicious meal, and the next day, you’ll return to your regular eating schedule. [...]

Read the other 4 suggestions and more in her entry, Do You Feel Guilty? (and 6 Ways to Stop).


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    Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 1 Dec 2009
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APA Reference
Grohol, J. (2009). Dealing with “Eating Too Much” Guilt. Psych Central. Retrieved on May 26, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/12/01/dealing-with-eating-too-much-guilt/

 

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