Drank Saturday and can't get back on track!

Famof72015

Yell, be mean, say what I need to hear. I'm so mad I was doing so great and I feel like I set myself up for failure I knew I was going to drink but then I had it in my head if you do it's probably going to mess you up because the next day you're going to want to eat bad and lo and behold I have and it's almost been a week of being off of my plan.... and now I'm telling myself okay well tomorrow is your anniversary and the calories that you were going to save to enjoy yourself you now can't and then Sunday I'm going to dinner with my whole family and the calories that I was going to save you now cant and so I basically feel like oh you should just start again on Monday. I'm so mad I have sabotaged who knows how many lbs and weeks of hard work. I drank twice last month and this last one is enough for me. Not worth it. I know I'll get back on and I'm not going to beat myself up to much it's just the initial getting back on I just need to do. And quit thinking fomoof problem!

amorfati601070

It's okay have some fun once in a while, in fact it might actually be good for you! There's always time to get back on track and sometimes you just gotta live in the moment and enjoy it. By just writing this it shows that you still have ambition to stay healthy and fit. Don't be so hard on yourself .

Famof72015

amorfati601070 wrote: »

It's okay have some fun once in a while, in fact it might actually be good for you! There's always time to get back on track and sometimes you just gotta live in the moment and enjoy it. By just writing this it shows that you still have ambition to stay healthy and fit. Don't be so hard on yourself .

Well thank you!

kimny72

Stop trying to make up for it, stop beating yourself up. It's a week, no big deal. What's done is done, just commit to getting back on track right now. Not tomorrow, not Monday, just put on your big girl pants and do it now lol. Remove guilt and judgement from eating and you'll go farther!

Many people fail because they feel guilty about one bad day which turns into one bad week which turns into giving up. Those who succeed know that everyone has bad days and it's no big deal. Be one of the successful peeps :drinker:

Firefly0606

Why have you put yourself on a 'diet' or 'plan' that is so strict that you can't have a few days where you live your life?
Why are you punishing yourself by not allowing yourself to enjoy your anniversary?
Why do you think what you have done is "sabotage"?

You drank some liquid. You ate some food. That's it.

No criticism, just things to think about. If the wagon you have put yourself on is so strict that it is completely fun-free, and is emotionally too hard to get back on if you fall off, and means you have to be cruel to yourself to have "success", perhaps you need to have another look at the wagon you're on? Torture for weight loss, or a healthy lifestyle is absolutely not necessary.

AnnPT77

Granny sez:

Drama and self-recrimination burn no extra calories and are mostly no fun, so why bother?

Plan to enjoy your anniversary (only one per year, amiright?) and your family dinner. Until then, and in between, and after, just get back on a healthy track. Maybe take a little extra walk or something if you have time . . . as much for stress-busting as extra calorie burn.

And about this:

. . . I feel like I set myself up for failure I knew I was going to drink but then I had it in my head if you do it's probably going to mess you up because the next day you're going to want to eat bad and lo and behold I have . . . .

So, you wrote and rehearsed a script in your head about how you were going to drink, then overeat, so you did? Big surprise, eh?

Sure, if you want and need to give up alcohol, more power to you. Personally, I think it's a good plan to use the weight loss process as an opportunity to learn and practice new behaviors that I can follow forever to stay at a healthy weight (**), and I wouldn't want to give up all alcohol forever.

So, maybe consider, as an alternative, writing and rehearsing a different script in your head, then apply it next time you do drink. Could be something like alternating/pairing each alcoholic drink with a big glass of water to avoid the effects of alcohol-induced dehydration, then get up the next day and take a brisk, brief head-clearing walk, followed by a nutritious, filling breakfast to replenish depleted vitamins and stave off the hungries . . . or whatever works for you.

Just a thought.

(** It's worked pretty well, so far, for me: I'm in year 2 of happy maintenance.)

Famof72015

Our 10 year anniversary ❤️ thanks everyone! I knew I loved MFP for a reason!

dustinjbrock

I feel your pain! I Just had my bachelor party and went back home for the weekend to visit family. I've been on a 5 or 6 day hiatus but I'm not sweating it. Doesn't matter if you fall off the horse.... just matters that you get back on!

TavistockToad

i was drinking saturday night, and ate pretty much all the food Saturday and Sunday... was back on track on Monday. th escales took till today to get back to where i was last friday, but i had a brilliant weekend, so i really dont care!

life happens... i usually have 1 event per month where i go way over cals, but i don't worry about it, because its my choice and i know the impact it will have... and its worth it to enjoy myself, celebrate birthdays/weddings etc.