Did I ruin my streak

dniania

I've been on a three week streak of no juice/soda/or sugary beverage other than water and milk but today I totally forgot and bought me a Bahama mama smoothie from Tropical smoothie and I only drank five straw fulls and realized what I did I don't know if I ruined my streak or if I'm in the clear lol

LivingtheLeanDream

Imo an all or nothing frame of mind sets you up for failure. Not that there's anything wrong with sugar but if that's your aim, log it and move on, each day we get a clean slate.

AngInCanada

You bought a Bahama Mama smoothie, had 5 sips, enjoyed it (yes?). Drink the rest, add it to your diary and move on. Why so much guilt over a food? Food is meant to be enjoyed.

PaulaWallaDingDong

I guess if the smoothie is sugary and was used as a beverage rather than a meal, you broke your streak. The question I have is, why do you care? What is the point of the streak anyway?

Stella3838

Not sure who is really keeping score here, but I agree to log it and move on. Do it better tomorrow. One food or one meal doesn't define us.

NoNameJustMe

RunRutheeRun wrote: »

Imo an all or nothing frame of mind sets you up for failure. Not that there's anything wrong with sugar but if that's your aim, log it and move on, each day we get a clean slate.

^^This^^

Evamutt

you can make your own delicious smoothies

livingleanlivingclean

You make your own rules. I didn't tell you to not drink those things, so how can I say whether you've broken your streak? (or anyone else here).

I do know that eating or drinking shouldn't create feelings of guilt. Who cares if you had some smoothie?
Are you allergic? Does it cause health problems? If not, enjoy it if you want it!

cnbbnc

Sugar drinks are gonna happen from time to time so my advice is to blow it off and stop worrying about keeping a perfect streak going. There isn't one person on the app who is completely perfect all the time.

Chef_Barbell

We're human. Striving for perfection is only going to lead to failure.

dniania

PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »

I guess if the smoothie is sugary and was used as a beverage rather than a meal, you broke your streak. The question I have is, why do you care? What is the point of the streak anyway?

Promised myself I'd do 30 days of only water and milk

CafeRacer808

Chef_Barbell wrote: »

We're human. Striving for perfection is only going to lead to failure.

I'm going to get nit-picky and amend your statement to read: Striving for perfection leads to improvement. Expecting to attain perfection leads to disappointment and failure.

Chef_Barbell

CafeRacer808 wrote: »

Chef_Barbell wrote: »

We're human. Striving for perfection is only going to lead to failure.

I'm going to get nit-picky and amend your statement to read: Striving for perfection leads to improvement. Expecting to attain perfection leads to disappointment and failure.

This is why were friends and stuff.

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CafeRacer808

dniania wrote: »

Promised myself I'd do 30 days of only water and milk

Sincere question with no intended snark: Why? Do you plan to reintegrate them after 30 days, or is it that you plan to live the rest of your life without juice and soda and you're breaking it up in to 30 day milestones? I don't believe in elimination diets (unless there's a medical issue at play), so I'm genuinely curious about what you hope to achieve by completely eliminating sugary drinks for 30 days.

Alatariel75

Only you can answer that, you set yourself the "challenge".

brewerfan13

dniania wrote: »

I've been on a three week streak of no juice/soda/or sugary beverage other than water and milk but today I totally forgot and bought me a Bahama mama smoothie from Tropical smoothie and I only drank five straw fulls and realized what I did I don't know if I ruined my streak or if I'm in the clear lol

Check the sugar content of milk

PaulaWallaDingDong

dniania wrote: »

PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »

I guess if the smoothie is sugary and was used as a beverage rather than a meal, you broke your streak. The question I have is, why do you care? What is the point of the streak anyway?

Promised myself I'd do 30 days of only water and milk

Drinks other than water and milk aren't sinful. Is there a specific reason you're avoiding them?

dniania

PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »

dniania wrote: »

PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »

I guess if the smoothie is sugary and was used as a beverage rather than a meal, you broke your streak. The question I have is, why do you care? What is the point of the streak anyway?

Promised myself I'd do 30 days of only water and milk

Drinks other than water and milk aren't sinful. Is there a specific reason you're avoiding them?

I've been drink sugary drinks since Christmas I wanted a month without any fun drinks lol that's all

pebble4321

dniania wrote: »

PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »

I guess if the smoothie is sugary and was used as a beverage rather than a meal, you broke your streak. The question I have is, why do you care? What is the point of the streak anyway?

Promised myself I'd do 30 days of only water and milk

In that case, yes you broke your streak becuase you had a drink that wasn't water or milk.

But, the important thing is not what you did yesterday but what you do today and tomorrow.

Are you going to use this as an excuse to beat yourself up and tell yourself? "see, I knew I couldn't do this, I'm a failure, there is no point in my even trying to lose weight"?

Clearly there is nothing to be gained from that, so I suggest that you go with something like: "well, that was harder than I thought. It's a good lesson about being aware of the choices I make each day for what I eat and drink".

Log it and move on.

atjays

dniania wrote: »

Promised myself I'd do 30 days of only water and milk

Well milk has sugar in it sooooo.... I'm not sure why it matters that you had a sip of a smoothie. You still aren't drinking soda which is a positive in itself. And as someone else mentioned, being an all or nothing sort of mind set is setting yourself up for failure. Something small like today derails most people that feel like they just threw away a "Streak" or some goal they were shooting for. Ultimately you need to adopt a diet and strategy that you can sustain for the rest of your life. For most people that's going to be learning how to have "bad" things in moderation, not avoiding them entirely.

SpoonInTheRoad

dniania, I totally get it. I'm doing a streak of no sugar right now, at least in the form of added sugar such as desserts or pretty much anything that has had sugar added to it. Fruit is great (though I do keep it to a reasonable amount and can track it thanks to MFP) and not off of my list because the sugars occur naturally and aren't triggers for me. I judge no one who eats sugar (or I would've judged myself my whole life!) but I want to find out how I feel without it. If I don't try, I won't know. I'm eight days in to that routine right now and I just told my husband and son that it may end tomorrow, and it may end in six months. I have ZERO idea but, when it does, I may pick up the baton again and move on or change my mind.

Be gracious with yourself and realize that it wasn't a choice. It was just an oh-crap mistake. Keep going and realize that before you were even trying, you would have downed ALL of the drink without a thought. I agree with not hemming yourself in to the all-or-nothing idea. I think the "Man, I have SERIOUSLY improved!" mind-set will get you farther. Go, you!