Biggest blunders you've done?

DebSozo

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.

I stuck with 1200 for waaay to long.

Intentional_Me

DebSozo wrote: »

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.

I stuck with 1200 for waaay to long.

That's what MFP has me down to now. I'm 5'3, 228 pounds and starting to feel quite hungry. I think I'm switching to 1.5 a week loss at 205 pounds.

cross2bear

Math mistakes that have me over or undereating - over my calories I can live with but undereating really makes me angry!!! I use a calculator now for all my "figgerin'"

85Cardinals

I'm still beating myself up about eating all that candy Halloween night 1998. A date which will live in infamy.

imtriagain

Many many years ago I thought I'd do a low carb, high protein diet. I used to buy an iced coffee from the shop because of the protein in the milk. Never mind all the sugar that I hadn't realised it contained!

jolive7

Eating the WHOLE len and larrys cookie when one serving is half... dammit..

elisa123gal

Buying into a calorie is a calorie. I was always hungry eating 100 calorie snacks...chips.. cookies.. turkey dogs and trader joe's guilt free mac n cheese .all that. Nutrition matters and I lose better when I'm eating vegetables and making all my own food.

rcktgirl05

oliverneedsyou wrote: »

DebSozo wrote: »

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.

I stuck with 1200 for waaay to long.

That's what MFP has me down to now. I'm 5'3, 228 pounds and starting to feel quite hungry. I think I'm switching to 1.5 a week loss at 205 pounds.

I'm 5'4" and started at 220. MFP also had me around 1200 but it wasn't enough for me initially. I'm active (increased a lot since the beginning) and I set my own to 1380 which seems to be my magic number. I'm rarely over that even when I earn calories through exercise but it all does even out when I stick close. If I go slightly over I don't sweat it because I'm usually under on the other days. This way, I'm not hungry all the time and I have treats occasionally to keep me from feeling deprived. I've lost 42 pounds overall, 35 since mid June when I started tracking. Once you find your magic formula for what works, it's like turning around and floating downstream when previously you had been struggling to swim upstream. My two cents!

Asher_Ethan

When I was pregnant, I ate one of those Sonic shakes once a week. Turns out those are over 2000 calories a shake. No wonder I gained 60 pounds in 9 months.

kommodevaran

elisa123gal wrote: »

Buying into a calorie is a calorie. I was always hungry eating 100 calorie snacks...chips.. cookies.. turkey dogs and trader joe's guilt free mac n cheese .all that. Nutrition matters and I lose better when I'm eating vegetables and making all my own food.

Yeah, but that isn't "buying into"; but "misunderstanding". Nutrition matters AND calories count.

JenniferNoll

I got frustrated and quit

ladyreva78

JenniferNoll wrote: »

I got frustrated and quit

As far as blunders go... that's probably the biggest one you can do.

RoxieDawn

Spending too much money on trying diet food.. like 100 calorie this or 100 calorie that, they never tasted good, they never gave me that "wow".. all I had to do is save another 150 calories and have 250 calories of something much better.

goldthistime

ladyreva78 wrote: »

JenniferNoll wrote: »

I got frustrated and quit

As far as blunders go... that's probably the biggest one you can do.

Especially if you lost weight quickly before quitting. I read a weight loss researcher's comment once that basically said "a good way to gain weight is to lose a few pounds quickly first".

workinonit1956

For me, it's always been the "all or nothing" approach. I'd cut calories way down, or go extremely low carb, or whatever else I decided to jump into-- and then as soon as I "cheated" (ugh, hate that word and don't use it as regards eating anymore), I'd figure the heck with it.

Intentional_Me

rcktgirl05 wrote: »

oliverneedsyou wrote: »

DebSozo wrote: »

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.

I stuck with 1200 for waaay to long.

That's what MFP has me down to now. I'm 5'3, 228 pounds and starting to feel quite hungry. I think I'm switching to 1.5 a week loss at 205 pounds.

I'm 5'4" and started at 220. MFP also had me around 1200 but it wasn't enough for me initially. I'm active (increased a lot since the beginning) and I set my own to 1380 which seems to be my magic number. I'm rarely over that even when I earn calories through exercise but it all does even out when I stick close. If I go slightly over I don't sweat it because I'm usually under on the other days. This way, I'm not hungry all the time and I have treats occasionally to keep me from feeling deprived. I've lost 42 pounds overall, 35 since mid June when I started tracking. Once you find your magic formula for what works, it's like turning around and floating downstream when previously you had been struggling to swim upstream. My two cents!

Thank you! I'm going to keep this in mind. I would rather have a bit slower of a loss than get frustrated and blow it for awhile.

StealthHealth

I thought the calories for pop tarts were for the contents of a foil packet - but they were per slice.

StealthHealth

I've also (in my youth) experimented with several (most?) fad diets -what a waste of time and energy.

solieco1

Thinking that triathlon training would lead to weight loss.
Thinking that I deserved to eat because I swam, biked and ran.
Truth was I just needed less damn food!
Wow, so simple.

orsonsmith

Thinking that I can eat as much as I want during pregnancy, as long as I lose it all before my babies first birthday I will be fine. Well, first birthday is 3 months away and I've GAINED weight since giving birth.