Guilt

Sometimes, I get a little frustrated at the attitudes that crop up in dieting circles. Time and time again, I’ve seen people characterize themselves as bad, weak, stupid, failures, and in general consider themselves screw-ups based on what they eat, even one particular eating incident. Especially one specific eating incident.

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Guilt. It's pervasive in the life of a many a person looking to lose weight. Guilt over what you've eaten. Guilt over what you didn't eat. (Are you wasting food? Don't you remember those starving children in China your mother mentioned when you didn't clean your plate?) Guilt over skipping exercise. Even guilt over "wasting" the last X years of your life by not watching your weight. If only you had been more vigilant before, you wouldn't be in this situation. Guilt, guilt, guilt!

All that guilt is enough to make you fat. Really.