Biggest blunders you've done?

ericwhitt

So I made up a few dishes using some Bacon I bought the other day. I measured the bacon by weight and added it all up into my recipies, and was shocked to see the calorie count come out to almost 1000 calories per serving. Few days later I realized with the bacon entry I used, it was for cooked bacon, not raw bacon... so I had put in almost 5x the amount of bacon I actually ate. Definitely made sense as to why I was so hungry later on.

What other blunders have you done that might help someone else avoid later on?

kommodevaran

I tried to eat low fat, because that was supposed to be an "easy" way to cut "empty" calories, and even recommended to avoid cancer, diabetes and heart failure. Of course you can't deny yourself real food for very long, so I binged on junk whenever I couldn't take it anymore.

Ironically, lots of people have had similar experiences trying to cut carbs and eat high fat.

ryry_

Large calorie deficits (greater than 2 lbs a week)

Super low fat, low protein diets (PSMF)

All or nothing mentality

quiksylver296

Miscalculated my weights and loaded a lot more on the bar than I was supposed to/thought I had. That was a very loud, epic fail when I dropped it on the catch bars.

ryry_

Noel_57 wrote: »

Wanting to lose X pounds by X date. There are many of those threads today. In my experience, it's recipe for failure.

Also this!

LynnBBQ72

Married a guy I met in high school. After we divorced, I tried to help two other women over the years avoid the same mistake I made but each of them ended up marrying him at some point. Some people just never listen!!

bethanyka

getting a matching tattoo with my NOW EX-Fiance

as far as weight goes, I agree with the above, All or Nothing mentality! and trying to lose X by X. never works for me anyway. Trying to work in that crazy concept of moderation these days

zyxst

Stop eating sweets/desserts/sugary foods if you want to lose weight. I concluded I wasn't spending the next 40 years never eating another donut. Weight loss got a lot simpler and easier after that.

jennifer_417

For me, trying to eat 1200 calories/day. It works for some, but I never made it for more than a week.

ravensdiet15

Gaining all this weight! And not putting a stop to it sooner!

quiksylver296

jennifer_417 wrote: »

For me, trying to eat 1200 calories/day. It works for some, but I never made it for more than a week.

Yeah! That's a good one!

goldthistime

littlemissbgiff wrote: »

Starved myself for 8 months so I could wear a size zero dress to a stupid Christmas party. I lost 70lbs, the dress fit beautifully. I also lost over 50% of my hair. I was too embarrassed to leave the house let alone go to the party. That was 10 years ago, my hair has never fully recovered.

Oh my! Sad story. I'm hoping some of the "lose it quickly" people will read this and learn from it.

@LynnBBQ72 I'm probably the exception that makes the rule. Started dating my husband when I was 17. I'm 55 and we're still nauseatingly in love.

To the OP, there are three people in my life right now with colon cancer, one of whom is my younger brother. I'll eat bacon if I'm visiting someone who has prepared it for me or if it comes with a dish I want at a restaurant but I wouldn't purposely buy or cook with it.

But my biggest "blunder" in the past was pushing the exercise and restricted calories too hard. Yes, I lost weight quickly and efficiently, but when weight started to creep back on, I stuck my head in the sand rather than doing something about it because I just wasn't ready for the ultra disciplined effort I associated with a diet.

jdhcm2006

Trying to do a move I've never tried before on my pole. I slipped right off too. I had a nasty bruise for days. I should have known better b/c it's a move that you rest the bottom of your foot on the pole, and pole always makes my feet sweat like crazy. That was all on me.

DanerTee

losing 97 lbs....only to gain 110 back over the following two years. Will never forgive myself for that one. I should be working on body recomp and enjoying my body right now. Instead, I'm 23 lbs into a 110 lb weight loss. UGH.

Dnarules

Regaining the 54 pounds I lost between 2012-2013. And not being able to get back on track.

ladyreva78

Taking diet pills. My bank account recovered. My liver is still somewhat iffy but on the way to recovery.


on the food front... dill pickles oddly enough do not mix with mocha yogurt... (don't ask...)

ericwhitt

I do have the goal to have lost 20lbs by Thanksgiving, partly because that's when my wife and I are going on vacation to Cancun, and partly because I'm the kind of guy who needs a measurable goal for motiviation. I've tried those diet things before, trying to cut foods, avoid certain things. This time around both the wife and I have joined a gym, both are logging everything we eat and instead of dieting, are trying to change our habits permanently. So far it's been a few weeks of good success. Just gotta get a routine and stick to it. Home by 4:30, gym by 5:00, home by 6:30, protein shake, shower, dinner cooked by 7:30 and then free time after that.

ashjongfit

bethanyka wrote: »

getting a matching tattoo with my NOW EX-Fiance

as far as weight goes, I agree with the above, All or Nothing mentality! and trying to lose X by X. never works for me anyway. Trying to work in that crazy concept of moderation these days

SAME, we got our wedding rings tattooed on, looking at removal since its been three years and I have a daughter and am with the guy I should have been with in the first place LOL

1. Lose 100 lbs in six months
2. 1200cal, no eating back workout cals
3. Not seeing that stupid entry for garlic that makes it like 10x the calories.
4. trying to have to large of a deficit

Intentional_Me

Definitely an all or nothing approach. 4 Years ago I lost 65 pounds in 4 months. (Yikes!!) Gained back 90!!!

I've failed so many diets because I tried all clean eating or LCHF. It all resulted in binges.

One day I woke up and redownloaded MFP and read a comment that said "Why cant you have a chocolate bar if it's in your calorie allowance? You can!"

Pretty sure that comment changed my life. I'm now down 61 pounds since mid April. Still have about 100 to go, but this is so doable.