How do you get back on track after a day of indulgence?
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ravenrainchild wrote: »Thank you guys. I appreciate it.
Although why are you guys generally telling me to log it regardless if it's bad? I just usually chalk up the whole day and begin anew the next. Just curious!
I log the good, bad and the ugly. Now some days the logging may be more guesstimates than accurate, but I log it so next week when I'm wondering why the scale didn't move in the right direction I can look back and go oh yea that day. Also, some of my best indulgent days were impressive and I was showing off for my FL.. cause good food should be shared. Also, logging is part of my daily routine, it's just what I do0 -
When you come to the realization that you're never going to be 100% on all of the time, it's easier to "forgive" yourself and move on. Maybe take a step back and look at your diet (noun) as a whole rather than this day or that day...look at a bigger picture.0
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ravenrainchild wrote: »Thank you guys. I appreciate it.
Although why are you guys generally telling me to log it regardless if it's bad? I just usually chalk up the whole day and begin anew the next. Just curious!
I just ate my way through two days. I was super hungry, I wanted to eat, and so I just ate everything I wanted to.
If I didn't log it, I would just feel fat and sad.
Because I did log it, I can see that although I stuffed myself, I was only 1500 calories over for two days.
That's 1500 calories over my "losing weight" target, and only 500 calories over my "maintain weight" target.
Either way, by logging it, I can see exactly how LITTLE my eating spree cost me, and now, the next time I have a massive hunger day and want to eat the entire house, I will have a much better attitude about it.
And that's what keeps me here and keeps me losing weight. For the first time in my life, after having an eating spree, I don't feel like a loser. I feel like a WINNER.
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When you log your binge/slip up/treat/feast, you take control. If you let the slip up make you miserable, it has control. When you log it and put it in it's place, neatly in the rows and columns and charts that make your food diary, you take control over it.0
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Just one day isn't going to change anything
Just like a day of eating healthy doesn't change anything. Start fresh the next day, don't starve yourself and continue like normal. Perhaps exercise a bit more if it makes you feel better. Most probably, one week later you still lost weight or are back at the same weight before the day off! 0 -
Log it all. Don't beat yourself up. If you didn't eat over maintenance, then just accept that it will take you one day longer to achieve your goal, which is really no big deal. If you did eat over maintenance, try to make up for it a bit by eating slightly less the rest of the week. Still, shrug it off -- indulgences happen, and in the grand scheme of things, celebrating and having a good time sometimes is important in life and well worth it.0
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I've been maintaining for several years and I just had one of these horrendous pigout days. Usually I beat myself up about it and try to 'repair the damage' over the next few days, which makes me feel rubbish and usually fails. However, this time I've just washed my hands of it, refused to dwell and tomorrow I will continue as normal and eat within my calorie allowance. Punishing yourself promotes failure, not improvement, at least in my experience. Slip ups happen; what you have to do now is not create a vicious circle by over-restricting tomorrow, and not internalise it as a failure or a 'bad thing' you did that's symptomatic of being 'greedy' or 'disgusting' or anything.
You're just a person, food tastes good, and we can't be on our best behaviour 24/7.0 -
I log it, even if I am embarrassed by it. If I can't remember all that I've eaten then I log it under the "binge" entry, and try again at the next meal. I lost 60lbs this way, and am maintaining the loss,even with occasional slips. Even some big slips.AbsoluteTara79 wrote: »Take the shame out of it and log it. Then resume life.
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AbsoluteTara79 wrote: »Take the shame out of it and log it.
This. You log not to own up to it, but to own it.
Judging from my own past experience, of all the emotions - joy, passion, fear, frustration, anger, etc - shame has the highest calorie content. For most people here, logging is an effective way to take the shame out of it and take back control.
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brendawhite2765 wrote: »look at the week as a whole, not individual days - you may find that, although your day was a bad day (mine was today as well), your week may be ok. I always think that a good week is one where I maintain the current weight, an excellent week is one where I lose weight. I have learned not to beat myself up for the bad days and focus on the good.
I'm going to use that good week/excellent week definition!
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Its 1 day..., just enjoy it for what it was and move on, most of us just did this but for 2-3 weeks over christmas.0
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DeirdreWoodwardSanders wrote: »ravenrainchild wrote: »Thank you guys. I appreciate it.
Although why are you guys generally telling me to log it regardless if it's bad? I just usually chalk up the whole day and begin anew the next. Just curious!
I just ate my way through two days. I was super hungry, I wanted to eat, and so I just ate everything I wanted to.
If I didn't log it, I would just feel fat and sad.
Because I did log it, I can see that although I stuffed myself, I was only 1500 calories over for two days.
That's 1500 calories over my "losing weight" target, and only 500 calories over my "maintain weight" target.
Either way, by logging it, I can see exactly how LITTLE my eating spree cost me, and now, the next time I have a massive hunger day and want to eat the entire house, I will have a much better attitude about it.
And that's what keeps me here and keeps me losing weight. For the first time in my life, after having an eating spree, I don't feel like a loser. I feel like a WINNER.
^^^ This ... even if I've had a +1500 to 2000 cal meltdown day, I log it. I'm more interested in the weekly totals/average, than the daily fluctuations. Plus, seeing the weekly numbers helps me correlate to the weekly movements on the scale, and for me, they correlate pretty well.0 -
ravenrainchild wrote: »Thank you guys. I appreciate it.
Although why are you guys generally telling me to log it regardless if it's bad? I just usually chalk up the whole day and begin anew the next. Just curious!
Yep, log it. Allow yourself to see your truth. I did that just now, and I'm about 1200 calories over my maintenance. It doesn't happen often. I will eat less tomorrow. Sunday is also my long run day.
Tomorrow is a new day. 0 -
Every day is a new task new challenge. Take each day as it comes and think positive at the beginning. Sometimes all you can think off is pizza or burgers. Telling yourself your never allowed it will make u want it more. This will be when the over eating happens. Whereas allowing yourself a treat every now amd then. And not reprimanded yourself from it will male u feel good and stop you wanting it so much. Eat healthy but enjoy your occasional "bad" days. As everyone needs a day off once in a while. Just make sure it is once in a while lol :-) x0
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ravenrainchild wrote: »Thank you guys. I appreciate it.
Although why are you guys generally telling me to log it regardless if it's bad? I just usually chalk up the whole day and begin anew the next. Just curious!
Log ALL of your food. Reason is that you need to see that one day of "binging" is not really going to matter overall or it matters. Your log is about you and no one else.
Plus you will see any patterns in your eating. Also, you may find out that you need to adjust your calorie requirement as well.
Think of it in scientific terms. This is body science and it takes a lot of tweaking to get yourself to a good place.
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I had a day out in London yesterday and ate bbq food, mac and cheese, gin and tonic and cocktails. I can't accurately log it all but I've put in a good estimate, which means I ate double my daily allowance. I'm in the camp where I think you should just log it and move on, I kind of feel like if I don't log it I am trying to kid myself it didn't happen. I think it's important to be honest to myself.0
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Not to sound like a Nike comercial, but "Just Do It".
For motivation, just remember, one day is just one day. In the larger scheme of things, no matter how much damage you do on that one day, if you are good on all the rest of the days, you will be successful. If one day leads to two days, 1 week, 1 month, then you need to start over.0 -
you forget about it.........tomorrow is a new day and back to your normal day.0
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