One cookie made me gain 2lbs

Tjs8819
Tjs8819 Posts: 33 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
Well not exactly one! I've been having trouble with incorporating "not so healthy foods" into my diet without going overboard. So on last Wednesday had a taste for s chocolate chip cookie, so I had one... problem is, in my mind having one cookie is like having 10. If I have one I might as well have a few more (because my diet is ruined) and get back on track the next day. Well the next day I again ate poorly and decided to enjoy the weekend and start fresh... I went to the gym today and 2lb up. This is why I try so hard to avoid foods that i really like because I won't want to go back to eating healthy. Anyone else like this? I'm tired of the binge and restrict cycle I've fallen into
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  • Unknown
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  • eyer0ll
    eyer0ll Posts: 313 Member
    Oh, yes. This time around (ha), I'm telling myself my main goals are to 1. log everything, everyday and 2. stick with it, no matter what, no matter how much I fly right past that calorie goal. At this point the weight has been coming off as a result of those two behaviors, even though there have been many days I've overeaten (I have a lot to lose, YMMV). It keeps me from that "*kitten* it, I've ruined my diet" cycle.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,422 Member
    Just get back on it ASAP. It's a process.

    I still have pints of Ben and Jerry's on occasion. I still eat a package of cookies some days. I try to do it less than once a week, and I still have some fruit every day to take that sweet craving away.
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    edited May 2017
    Unless you ate 7000 calories over your TDEE over the past few days, you haven't actually gained 2lbs of fat.

    Fluctuations are normal. Not to mention water retention after eating a bunch of junk food. Plus all the poop in your system.

    It's normal. It sounds like the lesson you've learned is 1 cookie is dangerous and can lead to many more cookies. So maybe it's better not to give yourself access to cookies at all. Or make some healthy cookie substitutes for yourself.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    It's all individual. Some people are great moderating intake while others are better at abstaining. I can't drink a glass of champagne - I have to finish the bottle.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    VintageFeline wrote: »
    I am pretty good at just taking a serving and putting the rest back now but back when I started? Nope. If I wanted something calorie dense/a "treat" I bought a single serve. Harder with something like a cookie. But if I only buy one and walk away I can only eat one. Often best done just before bed so I don't have time to sit there and think how nice another ten would be.

    I do this^

    Plan ahead.....late in the day works for me too. 100 calorie cookie packs are nice - Chips Ahoy and Oreo Crisps.
  • Geocitiesuser
    Geocitiesuser Posts: 1,429 Member
    If you ate a massive cookie that had over 100carbs, it could potentially result in a full pound of weight on the scale (assuming one g carb binds with 3 g water to form glycogen). So.... maybe three cookies could make you gain 2 lbs.

    Just conjecture that may or may not be relevant :) Weight is different from strictly just fat, and the amount of water in our bodies is pretty significant.
  • FreyasRebirth
    FreyasRebirth Posts: 514 Member
    I actually modified a cookie recipe to only make like 8 cookies, instead of 2-3 dozen. There are even "single serve" recipes out there. This one makes two cookies: http://www.number-2-pencil.com/2012/09/30/perfect-single-serving-size-chocolate/
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    that must have been a very large cookie
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    must have been a helluva cookie.....

    im eating tootsie rolls at the moment. and will still be under for the day.
  • fitmom4lifemfp
    fitmom4lifemfp Posts: 1,572 Member
    No one can force you to have discipline. That has to come from you. Either you want to lose, or you don't. It's your decision.
  • lucypstacy
    lucypstacy Posts: 178 Member
    If I want to have a cookie or something similar, I make sure to only buy one. It's a lot easier to limit yourself if you don't have a bunch on hand.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    I'm confused...did people just read the title and not the OP, or was the OP heavily edited after initially posting? As the OP is written now it clearly states she didn't have just one cookie.
  • Geocitiesuser
    Geocitiesuser Posts: 1,429 Member
    To be fair though, for a lot of us with 'unhealthy food relationships' one cookie is enough to send us barreling off track into fatsville.

    Obviously, always, it comes down to self discipline and willpower, but people who have never truly struggled with their food relationship don't really know what a wild ride it is. I'm not making excuses for anyone, but I know just one cookie is enough to turn me into a ravenous carb craving beast for days, and it takes all my will power to stop myself. I have to be very careful what I eat because certain foods trigger binge cravings. That's how it is for me, that's how it is for some people, it's just not how it is for everyone. We are all very unique.

    Again, not making excuses, but for those of us who struggle, I guess it's some sort of hormone imbalance or deficiency probably brought on from being overweight to begin with. For me the best solution has always been abstaining from certain foods (like pizza or raspberry danish) that send me into a hunger rampage.
  • JohnnyPenso
    JohnnyPenso Posts: 412 Member
    My route of choice to counter this my over indulgence tendencies wasn't abstinence or self control but rather pouring energy into creating alternatives that I thought were healthier and lower in calorie at the same time. Like eating a black bean brownie instead of one made with while flour and sugar. Is it as good? No. But it's better for me in many ways, far lower in calories, and was much easier to fit into my caloric goals for the day. That's something you might want to consider OP. There are different approaches to many recipes that can satisfy your cravings and be easier on your calorie count as well.
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,244 Member
    What would have happened if you enjoyed this one cookie and didn't eat the rest? Would your diet be truly ruined?

    Did it end up more ruined or less ruined after the choice you made?
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited May 2017
    Tjs8819 wrote: »
    problem is, in my mind having one cookie is like having 10. If I have one I might as well have a few more (because my diet is ruined) and get back on track the next day.... Anyone else like this? I'm tired of the binge and restrict cycle I've fallen into

    Yeah, I have definite tendencies that way. I know it is irrational, but I still have thought patterns that can go there -- oh, bad day already, might as well blow off the rest of the day and start again tomorrow. I think NOT doing this is what allowed me to be successful (I lost 95 lbs in 2014 and early 2015), and I avoided it by really consciously being aware of it and how silly it is. Basically, I decided I did not have to be perfect, that I would analyze screw ups (which having a cookie is not) and figure out why, make it a learning experience, not a "why it's ruined" excuse, and I would work in room for being imperfect (some treats, a dinner out per week, starting with 3 weeks of exercise, not demanding 6 or 7). It was still hard -- when I skipped a bunch of exercise because work went nuts I felt awful and guilty and like it was ruined, and that I might as well just eat badly too, but I did not, and ended up losing more than usual that week, which was a huge step.

    Logging helped a ton too, as you could see that one whatever was not a big deal and did not ruin everything, whereas using that as an excuse to eat 10 more, well, that would mean I was taking a week off probably.

    But I get it. Keep working against it.
  • Duchy82
    Duchy82 Posts: 560 Member
    Easier said than done but maybe try and not look at it as a diet but as a change in lifestyle. You want to maintain your weightloss when you reach goal right? That means the changes you are making will have to be for life not temporary.

    If you start looking at this for the longterm (it did help me to do this) all of a sudden that cookie no longer becomes that forbidden food that ruined my diet by having one. It becomes: 'I fancy a cookie, let's see if I can fit it in my calories for the day'. If you don't want give up cookies for the rest of your life then find a way to fit them in on occasion. (This applies to any food by the way the cookie was used as the example).

    (I will put a disclaimer in, I have had to ban cookies from my house when I first started though as I had no self control and would just eat the whole pack in one sitting but this was temporary and they now feature in the snack cupboard again.)
  • MalkinMagic71
    MalkinMagic71 Posts: 1,433 Member
    fitmom4lifemfp wrote: »
    No one can force you to have discipline. That has to come from you. Either you want to lose, or you don't. It's your decision.

    This is the truth.
  • Ironandwine69
    Ironandwine69 Posts: 2,432 Member
    How does Cookie monster never get fat?
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