What is with all the guilt and remorse?

I've noticed that a lot of people will post daily reports in which they say they feel bad because they ate too much of a particular food, or they didn't consume quite enough of a given nutrient, or they (heaven forbid) couldn't exercise because they were tired and/or in pain. And when you look at the total numbers on their reports, they mostly still have a huge deficit. What is with all this shame and perfectionism? It disturbs me. The confessions people make are like the confessions some guilty Catholic would make. This just gets my goat.

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