Day 2 of this and I've already failed. :(

Choosing2BHealthy86
Choosing2BHealthy86 Posts: 8 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I totally pigged out today.... and I'm still hungry.

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  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    Tomorrow is another day.
  • llbrixon
    llbrixon Posts: 964 Member
    Make little changes in your eating habits and before you know it, you will be committed and focused and on your way to changing your eating habits
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    Trying2BHealthy86 wrote: »
    You're right. I'm going to change my handle now.

    Yes!
  • Panda_Poptarts
    Panda_Poptarts Posts: 971 Member
    You haven't failed.

    Look at this with curiosity. Were there emotional or physical stressors that are unusual for you, that may have triggered the munch-a-thon? How did you feel while you were eating? You might learn something about your eating habits! Come back and start fresh tomorrow.
  • Choosing2BHealthy86
    Choosing2BHealthy86 Posts: 8 Member
    Nothing out of the norm besides my TOM.
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    Nice name. One day at a time. Keep at it
  • hiyomi
    hiyomi Posts: 906 Member
    It happens, (saying this in a nice way) but suck it up and get over it because tomorrow is a new day! :D Don't turn a bad day into a bad week. :)
  • murp4069
    murp4069 Posts: 494 Member
    Tomorrow is a new day. I don't think anyone here can say they've eaten perfectly every day. It's a matter of not being defeated and moving ahead the next day or the next meal. Good luck!
  • californiagirl2012
    californiagirl2012 Posts: 2,625 Member
    We all have to accept that we are human and move on. We all learn to count another victory instead and go to sleep every night with a victory on mind. Otherwise you overwhelm yourself with negative.

    Accept that you are human. Sometimes stress causes the hunger hormones to increase. Sometimes eating too low for two days can increase your hunger too much and there is no such thing as willpower. We all have to trial and error to find the right deficit and it may or may not be what the calculator says.

    Never give up.

    Never call it a failure. Thomas Edison found 10,000 ways that the light bulb didn't work, he did not call them failures, he called them steps to success. You can do that too if you decide to.
  • LoveEpifanie
    LoveEpifanie Posts: 37 Member
    llbrixon wrote: »
    Make little changes in your eating habits and before you know it, you will be committed and focused and on your way to changing your eating habits

    This 100%! I could not have started with everyday being perfect. Some lifestyle changes I made over time have really helped me to becoming more focused. Even small changes will have huge benefits in the long term. The first thing I did was I stopped drinking my calories. Water helps me so much! After I got that down, I then cut out fast food. I had a big problem with going to them and eating all the food I got in a matter of minutes.

    I would just look at what little changes you can make that will help you in the future and don't let one bad day make you quit all together. If you never stop this journey, you will never have to start again!
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,153 Member
    Choosing2BHealthy86 wrote: »
    I totally pigged out today.... and I'm still hungry.

    Did you log everything you ate? If you did then you didn't fail. Don't beat yourself up and start fresh tomorrow. If you didn't log it then log it now.
  • Choosing2BHealthy86
    Choosing2BHealthy86 Posts: 8 Member
    I logged everything.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    It takes time to make changes. Every day you make new choices.
    Every day will not be perfect. One high calorie day does not doom you. Log it and move on. If you are here around Thanksgiving or Christmas you will see that highly succesful people eat a generous amount those days and then move on.
    Look at your weekly calorie goal instead of just your daily goal. Eat at maintenance level sometimes.
    It doesn't stop you unless you choose to stop.
  • daisyyrush
    daisyyrush Posts: 6 Member
    I pigged out too.
  • dlkfox
    dlkfox Posts: 463 Member
    I believe we can all say...been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

    Some days are just hungry days. But I am so proud of you for logging it all! That is success. Tomorrow, you'll start over.
  • oph296
    oph296 Posts: 12 Member
    Why you did it? Identify the reason and eliminate it for tomorrow.
  • RebekahDFoster
    RebekahDFoster Posts: 7 Member
    Try to switch up ur thinking...spend some time finding things that motivate you and create a system that reminds you of those motivations often throughout the day. And try to make it fun
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    A fall is only a fail if you don't get back up.
  • Carol_
    Carol_ Posts: 469 Member
    I bet at least one of your meals was not a failure! Keep going. You will get better at it!
  • Etsar73
    Etsar73 Posts: 260 Member
    Do you know how many 'Day 2' days I've had! Too many! Do you honestly think anyone who successfully lost weight never had a bad day or more? What I have learned to do is to not beat myself up about it. Saying 'I've failed' is defeatist. Take it as a part of your learning to lose weight journey and getting to now yourself.

    I agree with the person who said that regardless of how good or bad you ate, you must log it. I have made counting calories work for me. I eat 'not so healthy' sometimes if it gets me through but I always log it and try to keep it within my calorie goal. I have gone over many times (once every few weeks) but my tactic now is to 'carry over' the food I ate into the next day/s and sometimes week/weeks. I overate a lot a week ago so I have spread it over this week and into next week. I don't wan't the overeating to be 'out of mind and out of sight'. I might think a little more before over indulging now! Or maybe not but who cares, this is my journey and I'm making it work for me.

    I am truly thrilled to have stuck with it through the ups and downs. As of this morning I have lost 16.2kg (35.7lbs) I feel proud! I am sooooooooooooo glad I persisted. I have 7kg (15.6lbs) to go until goal weight.
  • MissusMoon
    MissusMoon Posts: 1,900 Member
    sunnybeaches105 wrote: »
    So make day 3 better. And put some thought into your internal monologue. Your profile is "trying?" No. Choose to be healthy. No one is standing in your way but you.

    THIS. If you must, make the decision every minute.
  • pebble4321
    pebble4321 Posts: 1,132 Member
    What's done is done. The only thing you can change is your actions going forward.
    So, you ate more than you planned today.... make better choices tomorrow.

    And definitely consider how much you are eating - have you set yourself up with a ridiculously small calorie allowance? If so, you might want to change your goals so you are set at "lose 1/2 pound per week".
    If you don't have much to lose then you are better to do it slowly rather than be unrealistic and "fail" every day.
  • 85Cardinals
    85Cardinals Posts: 733 Member
    edited May 2016
    Don't get discouraged, think of it as a false start and start again. You can always start again on things!
  • kasparkid
    kasparkid Posts: 40 Member
    Accepting how imperfect we are is the goal. I know how you feel - I used to get really angry with myself when I felt I was sabotaging myself (or being sabotaged by someone else... or by life). Things started working for me when I cared less about any particular day, and more about gradually shifting my lifestyle.

    I still have what I used to call "bad days," but I don't think of them that way anymore. I log everything I eat, I weigh myself every day, and I am as a result no longer as sensitive to changes on an everyday basis.

    Every day is another opportunity to change your life. Think of your "relapses" this way. Make the time between them longer, the time they last shorter, and try to make them less intense (a piece of delicious cake, instead of half a cake). Whatever you do, try not to beat yourself up. It's not easy to change your lifestyle. Be kind to yourself.
  • kaknieke
    kaknieke Posts: 4 Member
    After eating too much, think that you still have chance to burn the calories. I almost fail, i ate too much and now i have to burn 500 calories. Ill be swimming like crazy this afternoon.
  • edoll61
    edoll61 Posts: 22 Member
    Choosing2BHealthy86 wrote: »
    I totally pigged out today.... and I'm still hungry.

    Don't give up. I'm 318 pounds and know the struggle like so many. I've fallen off the wagon countless times, but I see it as motivation to try harder. A trick I use is to drink a ton of water. When I'm really feeling it, I pound a 16 ounce cup of water and it fills me up for a short while. Also you gotta get the crap food outta the house if you haven't already. It's easy to binge if you know it's there. Keep with it. That's what this forum is for.
  • memickee
    memickee Posts: 250 Member
    Not a failure, but a learning opportunity. All part of the journey.

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