{"id":110630,"date":"2023-08-14T10:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=110630"},"modified":"2025-10-03T10:17:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:17:47","slug":"feeling-guilty-after-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/feeling-guilty-after-eating\/","title":{"rendered":"How Harmful Diets Trigger You to Feel Guilty After Eating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you ever feel guilty after eating? Why do diets trigger self-judgment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diets often cause weight gain by triggering cravings for forbidden foods. If you fail to control your weight through dieting, you&#8217;re more likely to judge and blame yourself rather than question the effectiveness of diets or the societal ideals of the perfect body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at the root cause of feeling guilty after eating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: This article is part of Shortform\u2019s guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/hub\/personal-life\/health\/nutrition\/dieting-guide\/\">dieting<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/hub\/personal-life\/health\/mental\/understanding-habits\/\">habits<\/a>. If you like what you read here, there\u2019s plenty more to check out in those guides!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-diets-trigger-self-judgment-and-self-blame\"><strong>Diets Trigger Self-Judgment and Self-Blame<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Tribole and Resch, feeling guilty after eating arises because our culture assigns moral judgments to body types or food choices. You&#8217;ve been influenced to associate a slim figure with not only health but also moral qualities and traits such as self-control and beauty. Similarly, diets categorize foods as &#8220;good&#8221; or &#8220;bad,&#8221; establishing a dichotomy that implies <em>you\u2019re<\/em> &#8220;good&#8221; when you eat the allowed foods and &#8220;bad&#8221; when you consume the restricted foods. As a result, <strong>when you deviate from the prescribed &#8220;good&#8221; foods, you feel as if you\u2019ve committed a transgression, which results in feelings of guilt, shame, or failure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Food advertisements reveal how we\u2019re influenced to assign moral values to food and body types\u2014for example, fruits are often marketed as &#8220;clean&#8221; or &#8220;pure,&#8221; while desserts are described as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pdF6XsVoupM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sinfully delicious<\/a>&#8221; or &#8220;indulgent.&#8221; Echoing Tribole and Resch&#8217;s views, experts suggest that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/emotional-health\/the-case-against-food-morality-why-theres-no-such-thing-as-good-and-bad-foods\/#:~:text=The%20Moral%20Code%20We%E2%80%99ve%20Built%20Around%20Eating%20Is%20Related%20to%20Fatphobia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">these judgments are deeply rooted in fatphobia<\/a>, which equates fatness with moral failure. According to one sociologist, fatphobia may have originated in European culture in the late 17th and 18th centuries, when colonists attempted to link being black with being fat to imply a lack of self-control that justified enslavement. Consequently, foods\u2014and those who consumed them\u2014were categorized into two groups: virtuous and gluttonous.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-cycle-of-self-blame-and-restrictive-eating\">The Cycle of Self-Blame and Restrictive Eating<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Further, while you may initially feel virtuous and accomplished for sticking to \u201cgood\u201d foods, <strong>being deprived can ultimately make you feel resentful and rebellious<\/strong>. And, as previously explained, the more you restrict certain foods, the more intense your cravings for them become, often resulting in binge eating or overeating. Rather than recognizing these responses as normal reactions to food deprivation, you tend to blame yourself for lacking willpower or discipline if you break your diet. According to Tribole and Resch, this self-blame for indulging perpetuates a cycle where guilt for not adhering to the diet triggers a return to restrictive eating\u2014instigating another sequence of cravings, lapses, and self-blame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, imagine that while on a diet, you give in to cravings for chocolate. Because you perceive this food as &#8220;bad,&#8221; you feel like you&#8217;ve done something wrong and condemn yourself for your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lack-of-willpower\/\">lack of willpower<\/a>. Your feelings of self-blame and guilt push you to do the \u201cright\u201d thing and return to the diet, which restarts the cycle of cravings, slip-ups, and negative emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Jason Fung (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-obesity-code\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Obesity Code<\/em><\/a>), explains how common medical advice feeds into the negative feelings that can accompany dieting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-obesity-code#the-current-model-of-obesity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The prevailing view links weight gain to consuming more calories than you burn<\/a>, implying a lack of self-control among heavier people in regulating calories and exercising. As a result, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-obesity-code#the-prevailing-model-has-failed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">health professionals often prescribe \u201ceat less, move more\u201d programs and then criticize those who struggle to lose weight<\/a>. This contributes to the guilt people experience when deviating from their diets\u2014even though their <em>hormonal changes<\/em> in response to food restriction, not their self-control, are to blame for their inability to stick to a diet.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever feel guilty after eating? Why do diets trigger self-judgment? Diets often cause weight gain by triggering cravings for forbidden foods. If you fail to control your weight through dieting, you&#8217;re more likely to judge and blame yourself rather than question the effectiveness of diets or the societal ideals of the perfect body. 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