Legendary cheat meal.... HELP!!!
catherinecollins1420
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....well crap. I just accidenelty had one of the biggest cheat days I've ever had!!!! One little cookie slowly turned into about 5 big cookies, half a bag of chips, multiple rice Krispy bars, even more scatcheroos, and an entire box of cereal- just to name a few. I probably ended up eating around 6,000- 7,000 calories, and the only exercise I did was walk a couple miles!!! I am feeling horrified today and am feeling extremely guilty and terrible about myself. I just wanna go cry:( I am wondering- did I just screw myself over and gain 2-3 lbs of actual fat in one day, or does my body hopefully metabolize some of it away? And also, what is the best way to recover from this and get back on track and quickly lose all that weight that I just gained? Thanks!
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Just log it and move on. No use kicking yourself in the butt over it. You'll live.
Don't make a habit of it!0 -
TheBeachgod wrote: »Just log it and move on. No use kicking yourself in the butt over it. You'll live.
Don't make a habit of it!
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It wouldn't be 2 pounds, though water weight could make it look like more. Get back to work today as if it didn't happen. Also, maybe look into your diet to see if you're restricting too much that would have led to this.0
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Yesterday's history. Learn from it and move on. Don't let one bad day destroy everything0
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No point feeling guilty, terrible or horrified, log it, acknowledge the blip, and start again tomorrow, you may gain, you may not. Everyone has blips.
If you feel you want to do some damage control increase your deficit by a couple 100kcal for a week or so through exercise or diet.0 -
Good idea to cut 100 a day. I'm having one of those days. Long busy week. So today I'm exhausted, hungry.0
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You cannot uneat the food, so let it go. The guilt is unproductive. Unless you enjoy wallowing in your misery, there is absolutely no point to it. Don't let your emotions be wrapped up in food. Separate the two.
If you gained a little weight, big whup. You can lose it again.
Watch your patterns. Notice when you overeat, see how you were eating before it happened, how you were feeling, etc. If you had restricted calories too much and it led to a binge, don't restrict so much. If you cannot eat a little junk without stopping, consider not keeping junk food around. Whatever. Watch the patterns.
Everyone has setbacks. Everyone overeats on occasion. It happens. Let it go and get back in the game.0 -
The only thing you can do is to try to use it as a learning experience. Try to think about what, if anything, set it off. If you think you're going down that road again, try to remind yourself that one or two cookies does not have to turn into a full-fledged binge, and eating few hundred calories is not the same as eating a few thousand, so it DOES matter if you stop yourself part-way through the experience. Try not to foster the idea that the day is shot if you're not perfect, so you may as well go ahead and go all out. And don't beat yourself up about it. It happens to the best of us.0
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If I eat more than I intend to one day, I don't get on the scale for a while. I start over and eat at a deficit but the water weight can stick around a while.0
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Well from the looks of your food diary, you aren't eating enough. I'd be bingeing too. MFP gave you extra calories you are eating well under them, eat back at least some of your exercise calories and you probably won't feel the need to have such an epic cheat day.0
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Agree with Beach & Rabbit.
And in other news, I ready scatcheroo as snatcheroo, and thought "I don't even want to know what that is".0 -
As stated just log it and move on. Tomorrow is a new day and new start.0
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These things happen, you're a human being, not a robot.0
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So you had a mega cheat day - Stop beating yourself up over it! As PinkPixie said, we are humans and not a robot. Personally I see it as if you do not make a habit of this, it is absolutely nothing to beat yourself up over. I would just continue with your regular diet and exercise routine from today and go from there. If you want to throw in a bit more intensity into the workout then go for it, but do not burn yourself out. But I wouldn't eat less than normal because of your cheat day.
You'll be fine!0 -
Log it and start fresh next day. We all have days we go over. If you've been good at staying at your calorie limit, one off day isn't going to change anything.
And like @janjunie said, if you're restricting your diet too much, that tends to lead to binging down the road. If there's certain foods you love, it's ok to add in a single portion of them when you want them. Your diet shouldn't be so restrictive that you can't bring in treats or favorite foods when you want them. Work out what single portions are and practice sticking to that. And if you happen to go over, log it, learn from it, and move on. Make your changes to your diet ones that are sustainable long term, and you'll be much better prepared to not only lose the weight, but keep it off.0 -
Time for some deadlifts PRs!0
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catherinecollins1420 wrote: »....well crap. I just accidenelty had one of the biggest cheat days I've ever had!!!! One little cookie slowly turned into about 5 big cookies, half a bag of chips, multiple rice Krispy bars, even more scatcheroos, and an entire box of cereal- just to name a few. I probably ended up eating around 6,000- 7,000 calories, and the only exercise I did was walk a couple miles!!! I am feeling horrified today and am feeling extremely guilty and terrible about myself. I just wanna go cry:( I am wondering- did I just screw myself over and gain 2-3 lbs of actual fat in one day, or does my body hopefully metabolize some of it away? And also, what is the best way to recover from this and get back on track and quickly lose all that weight that I just gained? Thanks!
you don't just store fat in a day, that's not how the body works. weight gain the day after a binge like that is due to replenishing depleted glycogen and more inherent waste in your system.
the human body is very good at energy balance and you don't just put on fat overnight, even if you over ate...just as if you under ate for a day, you're not going to lose a bunch of fat. losing or gaining actual fat requires consistently under feeding or over feeding to override your body's natural ability to balance energy and maintain the status quot.0
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