I'm a calorie counter...but I feel your pain.
Just yesterday I ate over 5,000 calories...which included take-out Jamaican food (oh the fat!
), and one full pint of baskin robbins ice cream! I ate until my heart's content. No calorie counting, no moderation, no caring about anything but how delishous this food was and pondering over how much I miss real ice cream. It was really soooo good though. but. I. digress. (aaaahhh...memories)
Anyhoot, this is how I view it. I WILL NOT feel guilty for endulging. I just WON'T. That food was absolutely OUTRAGEOUSLY delishous and if I had it to do all over again, I would. This is why:
1. We (you even moreso than I), have lost a great deal of weight and have showed that we are in control of our diets (denying ourselves occasional spasmatic splurges will not disprove what 1 year or better + 60+ lbs has already proven); and
2. The mental abuse of feeling the need to "explain" why you ate a plate of pasta, or ice cream or whatever probably causes more stalls in fat loss than simply "allowing" yourself a treat every now and again. I mean an unadulterated/unmoderated free for all treat (not every day), but let's say once a month.
Today...I'm really not even all that hungry, but feel mentally much better. My calories just naturally fell low today (prolly cuz I literatlly ate myself to sleep on the couch last night
), and I'm up for my nightly 5 mile run.
I think it's best to put your past in your behind (oops..) I mean...well yunno!