[zephyr524]

food still holds you captive just not in the same way as before? Before losing weight I LOVED to eat and I'd eat whatever I wanted without thinking twice about it. Now that I've changed my eating habits so much and lost as much as I have I still LOVE to eat..just different things. Every now and then though I'll have a bad day and feel totally guilty about it. Or I'll plan for a "bad" meal and can't stop thinking to rest of the day/night about how bad it was for me and I shouldn't have eaten it.

Please tell me that I'm not the only one that obbesses..

You're not the only one at all. Sometimes I'll eat completely healthy for the whole day but STILL feel guilty. I know it's something that I'll never be able to completely get over, but at least weighing myself everyday reinforces that I wasn't bad and I have nothing to be guilty about.

[beerab]

I think it's a hard mentality to break honestly. But you have to tell yourself there is no bad food out there. A treat once in a while is okay- you are only human!

[JMfan]

I struggle with this on a regular basis. I try to not label food as "good" or "bad". It only aids in making you nuts. It causes you to beat yourself up when you make a supposed "bad" food choice. It's a hard mentality to break.

[tuende]

Do I ever feel that way? YES! Like Samantha said, I can be eating healthy stuff and still feel guilty about it. Just the other day, I had gone over my calories because I ate a bunch of whole wheat/flax seed organic chips, hummus and raw nuts. I was feeling horrible about eating that, because it wasn't "meal time," I wasn't hungry, and it was over my 1250 calories for that day. It probably put me at around 1600 calories for the day. Why the **** was I so guilty about that? Maybe I wasn't going to lose much that day, but seriously! I feel like I'm getting a little crazy-obsessed sometimes. I don't usually crave "bad" food anymore, but I will go a little overboard with the "good" foods I've grown to love (and keep in the house). I have to keep reminding myself that loving these foods is perfectly acceptable...

[bama girl]

I do this too at times. I could be eating fresh fruit and veggies and be 1000 calories under for the day, and I still feel like I'm being a terrible person. At least it's good that we know that this guilt is absurd and unreasonable.

[bright83]

I also know how you feel! So many times in the past when i have tried to lose weight I have become just as obsessed with food as I was when i was overweight! I would worry about what I would eat for my next meal and if I had a healthy option in mind. I would worry about gaining weight if I cheated even a little or didnt know the exact calculations of my daily calories. I would be so concerned with getting down to a certain weight in a certain amount of time that I would refuse to let myself slip at all. It would always cause me to burn out in the end!!

This time around I am really trying to take it easy on myself. I allow myself to cheat every once in a while and don't beat myself up for it! (Although I am sure the anti-depressents help with that cuz I know its not easy!) I just keep telling myself that as long as I get there (there being a healthy weight) it doesn't matter how long it takes! I know its easier said than done but thats what I try to do atleast!!