I am a liar and a thief!

SunnySky2Day

On Day 2 of joining My Fitness Pal, I was invited to a family Thanksgiving dinner. I was prepared mentally to eat well, and healthy. I did fine until I went to the dessert table: 2 slices of cherry cheesecake, 5 pieces of homemade white chocolate pumpkin truffles!

When I entered my food consumption on My Fitness Pal, I saw that I had not only gone over my daily caloric consumption, I was also too high in carbs, sodium and cholesterol, and hardly had eaten any protein for the day. Until now, I never realized how I was robbing nutrients from my body by eating the wrong things. I lied to myself saying that it didn’t matter if I gorged on sweets; I didn’t gain extra weight from eating the sweets because I would fast the next day, further robbing myself of the nutrients from this day, as well.

My Fitness Pal, helped me realize that I could walk for one hour at a fast pace and burn up most of the extra calories, which I did!

Thank you, My Fitness Pal, for helping me to stop lying and stealing!

TheSatinPumpkin

Welcome and Kudos.

EmmieBaby

Welcome

dubird

And that's why logging works. And really, a word of advice: trying to diet during holidays is not a good idea. At least, if your family is like mine and eats to celebrate! I tried, and it just made me miserable. So the next year, while I did watch what I ate, I didn't stress if I went over and just took an extra walk. I figured as long as I didn't gain anything that week, I'll be doing fine!

AShannon54

I love MFP for the same reason! It really opened my eyes on the big picture. Keep going strong and best of luck to everyone going into the holiday season!!

mseslee

welcome, it takes awhile to adjust and learn but you'll get it.

astrose00

When I think back to how I was eating for the past 2 years, it's mind boggling. And I knew better! But logging on MFP really outs you if you go too far. Logging and meeting my goals gives me such motivation and control of my life. I feel so much more energetic because I'm getting the nutrients I need. I'm not hungry or craving anything. It gives me pause when I am faced with some calorie dense nothing of a food. The true test will be when I'm in maintenance (no time soon). That's where I have messed up before. I think logging in maintenance and weighing myself will really make me be successful this time. I know I let it get this far because I didn't have to SEE what I was doing. I ignored the tight clothes, the painful feet, the lethargy. I didn't get on the scale for more than 2 years. And when I did, it was 20lbs worse than I even thought it was. This is so hard and I don't want to put myself or my body through this again. No candy or junk food is worth this.

Thanks for the post!

SunnySky2Day

Thank you everyone who added your wisdom and encouragement to my post. BTW I did really good this week.

RHPSgirl1984

Glad you had a good week!