Guilty About Eating

[Allfirst34]

Hello all,

I've been working out 6 days a week (the rest day is not set I usually change it up, and today was the rest day). I've been maintaining proper nutrition for the past 2 weeks. Protein with skim milk for breakfast with a banana. Then while I'm at school I try my best to balance out ziploc bags of veggies (carrots/celery/red peppers) and 1 sometimes 2 granola bars throughout the whole day usually have 4-6 little mini snacks of vegetables throughout the day. When school is over I go to the gym for 2 hours then I return home and consume another protein and skim milk and nothing after that. I drink 5-6L of water a day.

Today, actually a few hours ago I bought and consumed a footlong subway sandwich on whole wheat with all the vegetables and fat-free mustard it was a chicken breast sandwich. This will be my only cheat meal this week. It's also my rest day today. I FEEL SOOO GUILTY!! I feel that consuming that will set me back a week and results will never come because I ate a subway sandwich. This meal was around 1100 calories and I usually try to eat under 2000 a day.

I don't drink anything other than water and skim milk, and I haven't consumed any sweet food aside from fruit in over 2 months. What can I do to stop feeling so guilty? Was this a very bad thing what I did today? Are cheat meals of this proportion very bad for someone who is looking to remove essentially all their fat and build muscle? I know losing all my fat will take over 2 years even if I do 1 hour of cardio and intense weight lifting 6 days a week, but still, what I did today I feel is unacceptable.

Any thoughts?

[orangegoblin]

Read Emma Leigh's sticky thread in this forum on calculating your caloric and macronutrient needs. Get an online free subscription to a website like myfitnesspal. If you want to lose weight, cut 20% or so from your maintenance (TDEE) caloric needs, as explained in the sticky thread. Don't feel guilty about your sub. Search around the forums and for any questions you may have; everything pertaining to this stuff has already been addressed and expounded upon. Drive on and lift hard. Good luck.

[Ubernit]

seems like a serious eating disorder
get professional help

[orangegoblin]

You're 17. You should never feel guilty about eating a sub; or a whole large pizza for that matter. Enjoy your life and lift.

ETA: Lift because it's fun and you enjoy getting bigger and stronger, not to match some pre-conceived ideal body type.

[toxicity3]

You're 17. You should never feel guilty about eating a sub; or a whole large pizza for that matter. Enjoy your life and lift.

ETA: Lift because it's fun and you enjoy getting bigger and stronger, not to match some pre-conceived ideal body type.

Could not agree with this more! Kids should NOT be worried about such trivial things. If it becomes a problem absolutely go see your GP at least to discuss your eating "guilt"

[buckeyeOX]

seems like a serious eating disorder
get professional help

You're 17. You should never feel guilty about eating a sub; or a whole large pizza for that matter. Enjoy your life and lift.

ETA: Lift because it's fun and you enjoy getting bigger and stronger, not to match some pre-conceived ideal body type.

These!

[Jay5000]

From the sound of things you dont know lick about nutrition let alone building muscle, are you seriously thinking your gonna gain anything on under 2000 cals? You need to frequently eat subs from the looks of your avy, you barely eat as is.

Re evaluate your whole regimen after learning alot more, also, training 6 days a week with 1 unscheduled rest day? You're under eating and over training from the sound of things.

[MooseLaddin]

seems like a serious eating disorder
get professional help

this srs.

[Allfirst34]

From the sound of things you dont know lick about nutrition let alone building muscle, are you seriously thinking your gonna gain anything on under 2000 cals? You need to frequently eat subs from the looks of your avy, you barely eat as is.

Re evaluate your whole regimen after learning alot more, also, training 6 days a week with 1 unscheduled rest day? You're under eating and over training from the sound of things.

How? I consume 10g + 1gram per every pound of body weight in protein. So roughly 200g a day. I'm never hungry, except at 12AM midnight when I get hunger pains but I ignore them because thats my body burning fat. Why wouldn't I gain anything? I don't wanna get even fatter than I am now. I eat healthy as it is, vegetables, chicken, fruit, water and milk. 2000 calories a day is a generally accepted diet for losing fat.

[zyzyphe]

I ignore them because thats my body burning fat.

2000 calories a day is a generally accepted diet for losing fat.

These made my day

[nutking2012]

its important to eat every 2 hrs and eat good foods like brown rice chicken and broccoli otherwise ur metabolism depresses. please email meifu got any questions

~nutking2012~

[Nexxus]

You've got an eating disorder, please go see a professional to talk about your horrible eating habits, you should not feel guilty about eating an entire large cheesy crust pizza let alone a subway at your age.

Also you're nowehre near fat, you're 5'11 and 160 lbs, that's pretty skinny. I'd bulk, the reason you got no cuts is because you got no muscle definition not because you are fat. I'd advise you to go back and eat that subway everyday and try to bulk up over the next year....

[Allfirst34]

You've got an eating disorder, please go see a professional to talk about your horrible eating habits, you should not feel guilty about eating an entire large cheesy crust pizza let alone a subway at your age.

Also you're nowehre near fat, you're 5'11 and 160 lbs, that's pretty skinny. I'd bulk, the reason you got no cuts is because you got no muscle definition not because you are fat. I'd advise you to go back and eat that subway everyday and try to bulk up over the next year....

Can't tell if you're trolling. An entire greasy cheese pizza is over 2500 calories. There's a kid in school who I've seen eat an entire cheese pizza to himself at lunch and he's obese.

Today I ate an entire chicken. Half for breakfast and half pre-workout. I didn't feel guilty because I was working out today and I got a **** ton of protein in besides my shakes. I was wondering more along the lines of what is ok to eat during a rest day. I definitely do not have a eating disorder. And I'm not over training. Humans need daily exersize, how is that over training?

[Blacklac]

You should feel proud you ate real food instead of Protein shakes and veggies. Mix up your diet and don't depend on shakes unless you have to. There's more to protein rich foods than the protein.

Good for you for bagging veggies though.

[MAGnitude]

please seek professional help OP.

i would also recommend reading the stickies, but i think seeking help is the first priority here.

[taroux]

If you're eating under 2000 calories, you will be losing weight: muscle and fat. You can't gain muscle mass without gaining weight. Adding in 2 hours of working out, that would knock your calories down to under 1500... For a person working out that much, since you're still a kid, and since you eat that strict, your body is starving. That's not your body burning fat. That's your body STARVING at night. You will not lose fat without A.) looking like a starving person, or B.) being skinny-fat malnourished because your body is trying its damnedest to hold on to every ounce of fat that it can.

[Allfirst34]

please seek professional help OP.

i would also recommend reading the stickies, but i think seeking help is the first priority here.

Professional help is for pussies who like to a) waste their money on "professional help" and b) required to waste day-time listening to an old bastard tell them what to eat. It's simple, if enough experienced people tell me to eat more I will. I upped my game to 3300 calories. Just ate 2 mcdonalds burgers...