Guilty?

Siri · #1 (**permalink**) 12-13-2008, 07:50 PM

Does anyone EVER feel guilty when you know you're eating/drinking something that you shouldn't??? This is still fairly new to me..... ( diagnosed May this yr). Most of the time I am really good which was hard in the begining....but today I think my brain fell out my head and I had 2 beers and I ate some chocolate

what was I thinking.....and I knew I was being naughty but I just didn't care and now I can't stop thinking about how silly I was and I have this overwhelming feeling of guilt. AND I know I'll pay for it tonight and all day tomorrow and my mum will be cooking sunday dinner tomorrow and I know I'll want to eat EVERYthing on my plate but I'll still be feeling guilty and a bit angry with myself.

ant hill · #2 (**permalink**) 12-13-2008, 08:07 PM

I would needen't worry as I just had lunch and I had a sandwich which is quite healthy and then I had a yo yo which is two butterscotch and combined with iceingsugar and a cup of chocolate drink. And I am happy.

Siri · #3 (**permalink**) 12-13-2008, 08:22 PM

Yes....note to self......DON'T FEEL GUILTY ! I guess I'm only human!!!! Hey Anthill....do you think you'll still be happy in 2 hrs wen you're sugar crashes!!!!! LOL Just kidding.....we all need chocolate now and then right!
x

jillrapp · #4 (**permalink**) 12-13-2008, 08:28 PM

Siri,

It's impossible to be "perfect" all the time. You'll see after a while your body is your own barometer. Eventually I just had to say no after the 5th time of an outrageous headache after I ate french fries!

Sometimes, it's good to be 'bad'.

ant hill · #5 (**permalink**) 12-13-2008, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Siri

Yes....note to self......DON'T FEEL GUILTY ! I guess I'm only human!!!! Hey Anthill....do you think you'll still be happy in 2 hrs wen you're sugar crashes!!!!! LOL Just kidding.....we all need chocolate now and then right!
x

Hey Siri, That's the attitude, I can remember in the 1970's when they had a no go list and I broke every one of them!! and felt good! and sure the BG was high but then you can able to get the BG down buy walking, Riding, Hiking or anything that will get your heart rate going and back then I did Ballet and that certainly get it down.

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Originally Posted by jillrapp

Siri,

It's impossible to be "perfect" all the time. You'll see after a while your body is your own barometer. Eventually I just had to say no after the 5th time of an outrageous headache after I ate french fries! Sometimes, it's good to be 'bad'.

That's right Jill, it's simply impossible to get that perfect number.

Siri · #6 (**permalink**) 12-13-2008, 08:46 PM

Hi Anthill.....you're right....I am also a dancer before my first love was also ballet....I intent to dance it off as soon as I can.....but just broke my arm...so am scared I might break the other one.....so instead I'm gonna sit back and have another chocolate biscuit!!!!!! LOL
( but I do still feel a bit guilty....only a bit though now )!

ant hill · #7 (**permalink**) 12-13-2008, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Siri

Hi Anthill.....you're right....I am also a dancer before my first love was also ballet....

WOW Another balletomaine.

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I intent to dance it off as soon as I can.....but just broke my arm...so am scared I might break the other one.....so instead I'm gonna sit back and have another chocolate biscuit!!!!!! LOL

Ahh!! But before you do that, Bolus properly and with the intention of dancing just back off on the insulin a little.

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( but I do still feel a bit guilty....only a bit though now )!

As long that you can work it off then you're OK.

Subby · #8 (**permalink**) 12-13-2008, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Siri

Does anyone EVER feel guilty when you know you're eating/drinking something that you shouldn't??? This is still fairly new to me..... ( diagnosed May this yr). Most of the time I am really good which was hard in the begining....but today I think my brain fell out my head and I had 2 beers and I ate some chocolate

what was I thinking.....and I knew I was being naughty but I just didn't care and now I can't stop thinking about how silly I was and I have this overwhelming feeling of guilt. AND I know I'll pay for it tonight and all day tomorrow and my mum will be cooking sunday dinner tomorrow and I know I'll want to eat EVERYthing on my plate but I'll still be feeling guilty and a bit angry with myself.

In this scenario, what is the guilt actually about? Is it about being careful with your BG - or - careful with your health in general?

They are two separate things (although they can of course overlap). It's strange that you've got it so bad being newly diagnosed because I associate this kind of guilt with the "old" approaches to type 1. (Never, ever have sugar in your coffee, never ever have alcohol, etc etc - it's all bad bad bad!).

New conventional wisdom is that a typical healthy diet is good for type 1s. Variety and moderation are keywords in this kind of diet. Blood glucose considerations run concurrent with this approach. So having a bit of chocolate and/or a couple of beers now and then shouldn't be a big deal - unless - it throws your BG out and had big repercussions for your BG. Is that what you mean?

soso · #9 (**permalink**) 12-13-2008, 10:02 PM

Hi Siri (and Peter and Jill) (and subby too...)

Why feel guilty? did you bolus for what you ate and drank? Did you enjoy it?

GOOD!

This is not a punishment(though it feels like it sometimes.) it just is... and we only have to do our best, without totally knackering ourselves hopefully...

2 beers and some chocolate is nothing to feel guilty about..otherwise I have to go now, as I have some self flagellation to catch up on! lol

cheers

GeishaGirl · #10 (**permalink**) 12-14-2008, 12:45 AM

I would actually try to remove morality for food -- food itself isn't "good" or "bad" -- that's the judgement we assign to it. Food is fuel, period. Should you indulge all the time? Absolutely not. Should you live like a normal person that just has to take time out to bolus? Sure! Should you live like any other health-concious person out there? Sure!

As my poetry teacher once said: "The soul needs sweets."

Guilt, in the long-run, is NOT a profitable emotion. All it does is drain our energy and not provide solutions. Let it go.

hodgsonsurvivor · #11 (**permalink**) 12-14-2008, 08:14 AM

To answer your question...Yes. I do. But I don't wallow in it...and usually, it's not so much about what I'm eating, more so how much and whether or not I took insulin to cover it (or if I took enough). I try not to stay in that guilt zone, though, and focus on bringing my bs back into normal range.

Psycho Penguin · #12 (**permalink**) 12-14-2008, 08:50 AM

I only feel guilty sometimes. It's weird. If I have good blood sugar control, I feel bad that I "ruined" it, and if I have bad control, I feel bad that I'm not doing as much to help it as I should. So... yes.. guilt is always a big problem for me.

Barberian · #13 (**permalink**) 12-14-2008, 12:05 PM

I allow myself one "guilty pleasure" a day usually. That's better than where I was a month ago (I know, a cop out, but we can't all be perfect, lol). I was eating a large bag of Doritoz, and a couple 24oz Mt. Dews a day. My #'s are a lot better but not where they should be yet. Down from the mid 300's avg with spikes in low 400's, to high 100's avg. with after meal spikes to mid 200's. I will probably cut it down to every other day soon if my #'s arn't still dropping. Still going down from medication adjustment.

lorilei · #14 (**permalink**) 12-14-2008, 07:58 PM

I'd say, as a dancer...you might be more prone to guilty feelings as it directly effects your career as well as your health. and yes, absolutely i feel guilty just thinking about it!

8kids4me · #15 (**permalink**) 12-14-2008, 08:06 PM

I feel guilty. Sometimes it stops me, sometimes it doesn't. Tonight is bad, I had 2 pieces of homemade pizza(too many carbs) and I'm going to have a beer in a bit to calm my nerves(I'm studying for my statistics exam tomorrow night). I know I "shouldn't" but the stress is getting to me. And that isn't good either.