Think I'm starting to fall off the wagon

Katie090307

I was doing so good staying away from fast food and junk food for last 3 months and lost 30 lbs total but today I allowed myself fast food and then when I got home all I wanted to do was snack on sweets and chips

livingleanlivingclean

There's no reason to completely avoid "fast/junk" food. It's not bad to include it as part of your diet - I found banning it completely, like it sounds like youve been doing, makes it more likely to be something you'll eventually binge on. If you know it's ok to eat, it's not as desirable.... Imo anyway!

dhimaan

Congrats on the weight loss. One day won't make or break you. Just log the food and move on.

Katie090307

Yeah I guess you're right. I completely avoided it. I always cook at home and only ate out 3 times since I started loosing weight and even then I ate salad and today I allowed myself something little and ended up eating a lot of things I shouldn't have

Katie090307

Thank you

margotlovesyou

Don't stress if you bugger up on one day, if you really want it just have it for one meal and tomorrow strap on your running shoes and get back to it. No need to give up completely because you need a little cheat day

SierraFatToSkinny

Nah... don't worry about it. Tomorrow is a new green day.

alecgrodecki

Pretty much what everyone else has said. The basic principle is that it's about what you do most of the time, not what you do only some of the time. You can allow yourself to have cheat meals/days every so often and indulge in the junk food, so long as you are able to get back to your normal meal plan.

perkymommy

Nemi1989 wrote: »

I was doing so good staying away from fast food and junk food for last 3 months and lost 30 lbs total but today I allowed myself fast food and then when I got home all I wanted to do was snack on sweets and chips

It happens. The best thing to do is to try and get back to the way you usually eat as soon as possible. Chart the meal you over ate on or what have you and move forward to the next one. It's life! No one said you couldn't eat what you want anyway. Just try not to keep doing it consistently day after day and it will be fine.

mbanks123

I had this the other week and I just had to pig out to get back on track. Sometimes we need it. Doesn't mean it's the end of the world

Lizzy622

Just slowed the wagon down a bit. You're still on.

kommodevaran

Don't go on and off wagons. To lose weight, you just have to consistently eat a little less. Don't go on restricive diets. A restrictive diet makes you want to rebel. Eating shouldn't have to be like that. And it doesn't have to. Your diet is just what you eat. Have a diet that you'll never rebel against. People want to and need to make their own choices. When you compose your own diet, based on your own choices, you can't rebel against it.

laburto

It's ok! It's hard to eat healthy..I'm the same. I've been eating healthy and then all of a sudden I crave junk food. The key is moderation..u can eat anything with moderation and you should be fine! Keep it up!

Katie090307

Thanks everyone I really shouldn't have cut out fast food from my diet completely. I'll try to incorporate it into my calorie limit maybe once a week so I don't have another day like yesterday.

CaladriaNapea

That's a great idea! Incorporate reasonable amounts of fast food and use it as something you enjoy as opposed to something that controls you. The difference is all in the mental attitude.

Ice cream used to be a binging trigger for me. After working hard on my attitude toward it, I now regularly eat moderate amounts of ice cream. I plan for it, log it, enjoy it, and then move on with my life.

ninerbuff

That's not falling off the wagon. Doing it for weeks would be. ONE DAY of indulgence won't derail consistency. That said, if you like fast food and chips, leave calories for them.
I eat fast food at least once a week and ice cream and snacks that are sweet are a daily thing for me.




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theflatpick

For me, it is all about the logging. I lost down to my goal two years ago. I allowed myself to eat "non diet" foods such as fast food, just logged it and tried hard to stay at my calorie goal. Once I stopped logging it, I slipped a little more, and a little more... Now two years later, not logging for a year, I am right back where I started. So here I am again. But when I eat fast foods, I just need to log it, watch the calories and move on. If you log it, it is not cheating! It is just higher calories for that meal, have to cut somewhere else.

Katie090307

Thank you everyone for all the replies. I definitely did much better today and to my surprise this morning was even a pound down. So my question now is could a person be loosing too much weight? Too fast? Is that bad? In last 7 days I lost almost 5lbs and 30 lbs total in less then 3 months. I'm 5'5" SW194 CW164 I eat 1200 -1400 calories per day and run on treadmill 3-6 miles a day (depending on the day) 5-6 days a week I never eat exercise calories back. Am I doing this wrong?