Totally snapped today. : (

CaliforniaRower

I was on a winning streak. But yesterday, on the holiday, I ate a huge bfast and lunch in restaurants, so I ate almost nothing for dinner. Thinking I was doing a good thing, I ate almost nothing for bfast today nor lunch to make up for yesterday's calories...and then, at 4:30 PM, I became blindingly, illogically hungry and...ate everything in sight. Weird stuff - plantains fried with chili powder, half a pita and an entire batch of cottage cheese pancakes. (I didn't even realize I had the ingredients to make those!) Like I went into a snowstorm or something and just emerged a few minutes ago. Weird.

OK, note to self: tomorrow, go back to small, constant, high protein quality meals.

Yikes! Severe "make up" calorie restriction doesn't work so good after all.

tomatoey

yeah, exactly for this reason, best thing imo when you have a day you go over is just start again the next day like nothing happened (foodwise, if you want to throw in an extra workout no big)

MaVieEntiere

This has totally been something I've done before. Ugh.

hncary

Its okay to enjoy the holidays and not punish yourself. One day will not hurt you and you don't need to try to make up for it by eating less all week long. Enjoy your holiday and then get right back at it the next day. I've definitely made this mistake before and I feel your pain. Don't beat yourself up- you've got this

Lizzy622

Just remember we didn't gain all the weight by eating too much for one day. So if you get out of your usual pattern one day get back in the next. If I am making up for a bad day I try not to decrease more than 100 or 200 calories a day and actually would rather just try to make up as much as possible with exercise. My son and I went on a long walk/run Sunday between breakfast and lunch, which helped keep me in my calorie zone.

auddii

I find it easier to make up (or plan ahead) by eating 1-200 calories less per day over an entire week; it's usually too big of a deficit to try and conquer it in one day, and as you found out the severe restriction can lead to binging.

thatguynick

You can't really make up for excess calories, so don't starve yourself thinking you're balancing out. That's what leads to the overeating. Each day is a new day, treat it as such. We take this journey 24 hours at a time.

CaliforniaRower

thatguynick wrote: »

You can't really make up for excess calories, so don't starve yourself thinking you're balancing out. That's what leads to the overeating. Each day is a new day, treat it as such. We take this journey 24 hours at a time.

Thanks a lot everyone, esp @thatguynick. And yeah, I know you're all correct - if I had gone down just by 100-200 calories Monday, I wouldn't have snapped that night. Thanks for the support, everyone!

DYELB

I had 16 donuts today. They were tasty. I think I'm going to be over on calories.

cj94404

DYELB wrote: »

I had 16 donuts today. They were tasty. I think I'm going to be over on calories.

Glad you enjoyed them!