taking a day to eat whatever you want and not count calories
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I think the daily message of "if every day was like today" keeps us on the straight and narrow. When you have a bad day and MFP tells you that if every day were like today in 5 weeks you would weigh ???. That's enough to get me back on track after a "bad day".5
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I had a day like that yesterday and I knew it was coming. I wasn't going to be home all day. I had to eat at my moms, then it was date night with my husband. I enjoyed myself and kept a mental note of everything I ate and made sure to input it into MFP late at night. I went about 800 cals over, but it was worth it.1
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Update: Yesterday I went onto my food diary and updated it with what I thought I might have eaten. They were guessimates. I was about 1200 calories over my goal.
Anyway, this morning I weighed myself, and I have lost 400g since my last recorded weigh in, or 1kg since yesterday! (my weight had gone up due to sodium). I was shocked and delighted. So the most important thing is, write down what you eat, you may not have done as badly as you thought.
I thought the chocolate icing was going to be over 1000 calories, but I measured out the icing sugar and the butter and it wasn't even 300 calories. I sure felt silly after that!2 -
In all things balance. If you over eat one day you have to either accept that you will gain weight or use a combination of diet and exercise to compensate for that decision. No one says you have to feel guilt but you will have to pay whether you like it or not. Not knowing how much the bill is doesn't mean you don't owe it. Its like walking into a store and grabbing a bunch of stuff and putting it on a credit card without looking at the tags or totals. Sure you can do that and it feels great but the bill will still come at some point.4
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I lost weight all last year accidentally blowing through my calorie target once a month. Then when I decided that once a month was ok I quit doing that. I tried doing that yesterday and failed.0
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I haven't had one of those days yet, but i have had a couple of days where i've gone over by maybe 100 cals.
But what's helped me is I try to save room for a treat/dessert every night. Just 100-200 cals for some popcorn, ice cream, chocolate, cookie, whatever strikes me. I also try to remind myself that on those days I do go over by maybe 50-100 calories, it's still not enough to gain since i'm already eating at a deficit. At most it would be close to eating my maintenance cals for the week. (my setting is for .5/week loss)0 -
I did yesterday. Have only been logging for 2 weeks but struggling with some other health issues and woke up depressed yesterday, skipped breakfast and lunch, scoffed some white chocolate blondies for afternoon, had a meat/pasta/cheese dish for dinner with coffee (usually a no-no to have caffeine with dinner because of my anaemia). At the end of the day I felt bad and decided to be honest and log it. Was surprised to see I still had a hundred or so calories left over!
I can't even binge succesfully it seems hehe.0 -
Every so often I have an entire weekend Iike that. I did the same thing while losing. I honestly don't think my mental health could stand just logging everything and staying within my calorie range every day. I figure it's only a problem if I can't get back on track afterwards or do it so often that I start gaining back weight. I do usually gain a few lbs but it comes off quickly.0
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I have been doing this for about a month. I have not gained. I wanted to see what would happen if I just did not try to meet a certain goal. I was mostly using logging to retrain myself to eat like a normal human being and not like a starving beast. I still weigh my serving sizes some of the time, but not all the time. Mostly fruits and vegetables or something I think I may be about to eat way too much of.1
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I'm not counting calories right now. I have a rough idea of how many calories I'm consuming and a get a readout from my exercise. I figure that that long as I am weighing myself regularly that I'll catch myself if I get too far from my goal range.2
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Personally I would feel if I didn't at least estimate those "eat anything" days that I was trying to avoid the consequences of my actions by only logging those days when I was "good". Logging calories and weight keeps me on track and I've accepted that one bad weight day or calorie day is not the end of the world.4
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i do it every friday, although right back on satuday. works fine for me......0
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Once a week I have 1 splurge meal (not the whole day). I feel this helps me stay on track the rest of the week. I do guesstimate the calories and enter as "splurge" meal, just to get an average of calories for the week. But I never feel guilty about it because I need my sanity and I love the taste of the more indulgent foods as well as healthy foods. *And you have to live life5
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thanks for all the comments. I sometimes get carried away and eat too much, temptation, emotional or whatever but as long as it is temporary and get back on track I think that is the key. No need to beat myself up like ya said, just log and weigh and I will know where I am at. Yes I need the taste of indulgent foods sometimes!0
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In all things, moderation...including moderation.2
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Eating whatever you want for a day means different things to different people. Does it mean having one cookie you normally wouldn't have or eating a whole batch of cookies?! Just realize you can easily wipe out your weekly deficit doing this. If that's OK with you, have at it! Don't be surprised that weight loss slows down.1
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I have personally found that when I give myself a day off I can do too much damage. So instead I give myself a free meal rather than a whole day. This has worked very well for me and keeps me motivated to keep going, rather than feel like I have overdone a whole day of bad decisions and then may want to throw in the towel.0
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Yep! I'll still try and log everything but I do have days where I eat/drink what I want and don't pay attention to how many calories I'm going over. I make sure I get back on it though.0
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I plan a time, ranging from a single meal to a whole week, where I eat at or above maintenance. Both "cheat" meals, re-feeds and diet breaks are all important when dieting for prolonged periods of time.0
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