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onedayatatime12
onedayatatime12 Posts: 577 Member
in Food and Nutrition
My friend bought Costco Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.. and the last time she brought 'em I was good at controlling myself and not eating them.. But today it brought back memories of when I used to eat them with a glass of milk as a child in primary after school. So I shamelessly grabbed them. I ate one. I knew it was bad, but I thought DAMN! This is good, and I can eat 400 less calories tomorrow to make up for it. What's the harm in breaking the rule once? And I ate yet ANOTHER! I stopped after two because the guilt ate away at me, and I feel so horrible. I've been trying to do clean eating, but lately, it's been IIFYM, with me being constantly on the move due to work I'm doing this summer. Also, is this what you call a 'binge'?

Thanks :(

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  • jstika
    jstika Posts: 18 Member
    2 cookies? No that's not a binge.
  • mumtoonegirl
    mumtoonegirl Posts: 586 Member
    2 cookies is not a binge, if you had come back and said you had eaten a costco sized box of cookies on your own - now THAT is a binge!!!!!
  • tekwriter
    tekwriter Posts: 923 Member
    I agree the box with a quart of milk is a mini binge. lol
  • quiltlovinlisa
    quiltlovinlisa Posts: 1,710 Member
    Oh gosh, on the fourth I ate seven oreos, a doughnut, lets see, potato chips, there was lots of goodies.

    You move on, no big deal. I'm not convinced eating 100% clean is all it's cracked up to be. I try to make mostly good choices with a splurge in there, sometimes daily, sometimes a few times a week.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    2 cookies is called "normal".
  • grimendale
    grimendale Posts: 2,153 Member
    Relax. Two cookies is nothing to sweat over. I've had days where I ate, for instance, an entire box of cheez its, a large cheese pizza, breadsticks, half a cheesecake and cinnamon sticks (and that was just dinner). One day won't make or break your loss, and two cookies barely counts as a blip on the radar.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    TWO cookies. Oh my. So not a binge. So not anything to even be concerned about. So will not have any affect on your weight whatsoever. Relax. Do 10 jumping jacks if it makes you feel better. Tomorrow don't eat two cookies. Life goes on.
  • arcticfox04
    arcticfox04 Posts: 1,011 Member
    2 cookies ?

    I think your over reacting. I can slam an entire pumpkin pie from Costco without trying. Anyways, you'll be fine just continue to eat to your set calories everyday.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    I wouldn't worry over having eaten 2 cookies. You're human and humans do things like eat foods they enjoy on occasion.
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    This is called life..

    You need to forgive yourself and just eat healthy the rest of the day and continue on your clean eating (or whatever plan, if any, you follow) lifestyle the next day.

    Our bodies are amazing. An occasional over indulgence isn't going to harm us. (not that I think you over indulged, I probably woudla had 3 cookies LOL). it won't undo all the hard work you've already put in.

    So much of weight loss is mental. They say it's mostly in the kitchen but I disagree. I think weight loss starts with our thought process. Simply because if we believe we can't do something, then we usually can't no matter how hard we try to. If we are overly critical of ourselves when we do something like eat an extra cookie, we also set ourselves up to fail. There is a line between, well i shouldn't have had that 2nd cookie and i feel so guilty about having that second cookie and calling it (or wondering if it's) a binge.

    I ate close to 4,000 calories the other day. No guilt here.. was it a great day?? Nope.. but life happens.. and I absolutely needed the cheesecake and the beer and the chips.. because sometimes.. you just do..
  • onedayatatime12
    onedayatatime12 Posts: 577 Member
    Thank you for your kind words everyone!!
    The reason I was feeling bad was because, I already had a surplus of calories (over my TDEE) from the past two weeks (which resulted in weight gain for my weekly weigh-in), and I still had to cut a few hundred, before I could go back to maintenance. Yesterday was another day of being over my TDEE, so I have to cut back a lot a few more days before I can slash a moderate amount of calories. Won't feel too bad about it, and I think eating these two cookies kept me sane! ;P

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