It started with a slab of birthday cake and ice cream...
HilTri
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I eat a very clean diet day to day. I recently had a birthday and a very large piece of birthday cake that I thoroughly enjoyed guilt free. The next day however, I made sugar cookie double doozies with cream cheese frosting for my class. I ate 4 cookies and enough frosting to frost two cakes (gross exaggeration). The thing I want to put out there is that my mind is telling me to exerercise excessively to redeem myself. My body is tired from my normal regimen and I know this isn’t healthy thinking. I should just close the book on yesterday and start back to my regular diet today. I am just saying this out loud so I glean the insanity of trying to out exercise a bad day of eating.
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It's good that you're hearing alarm bells around your thought processes. The clean/dirty dichotomy you're setting up is leading you to mentally assign a virtue/vice value to your food and exercise. You have some indulgence and then you have to balance it off with exercise or 'good' food to pay penance for your 'sin'. If this goes on you can fall into disordered behaviors.
It may be a good time to have a diet break, and try to reset your approach to something that can allow for the indulgence along with your day to day pattern.
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You didn't have a bad day, you just had a different day. Cookies aren't sinful. There are no Cookie Crimes on the books.
Agree with bpetrosky above: Rather than getting back to your regular diet which seems to have no room for cookies, I would start looking into making room for the occasional treat. When you put these things on a pedestal as Bad Food your brain can get hyperfocused on them and turn them into something they aren't. Every food is just a different combo of carbs, fats and proteins and none of them have any moral or ethical values.
And belated happy birthday!21 -
Such is life, and birthdays are meant to be celebrated
the next day ok, it happened too but log it and move on - its a learning process. A few bad days do not outweigh all the good days. 4 -
Thank you, thank you, thank you ladies.6
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Log it, learn from it and move on. 4
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I eat a very clean diet day to day. I recently had a birthday and a very large piece of birthday cake that I thoroughly enjoyed guilt free. The next day however, I made sugar cookie double doozies with cream cheese frosting for my class. I ate 4 cookies and enough frosting to frost two cakes (gross exaggeration). The thing I want to put out there is that my mind is telling me to exerercise excessively to redeem myself. My body is tired from my normal regimen and I know this isn’t healthy thinking. I should just close the book on yesterday and start back to my regular diet today. I am just saying this out loud so I glean the insanity of trying to out exercise a bad day of eating.
Umm.
Wow. Kinda not what I expected when clicking on this.
Kudos to you for understanding and having a balanced response. And I get posting just to put it out there.
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You didn't have a bad day, you just had a different day. Cookies aren't sinful. There are no Cookie Crimes on the books.
Agree with bpetrosky above: Rather than getting back to your regular diet which seems to have no room for cookies, I would start looking into making room for the occasional treat. When you put these things on a pedestal as Bad Food your brain can get hyperfocused on them and turn them into something they aren't. Every food is just a different combo of carbs, fats and proteins and none of them have any moral or ethical values.
And belated happy birthday!
i dunno, putting raisins in cookies might be considered a crime
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The "It Started" part I can relate to, though.
I try to stay away from regular intake of super sweet things - my brain instantly tells me, "These are the best foods, these are the ones that taste best, these are the things to continue to eat - moremoremoremore," so I have to be really mindful about them.
With that said, Happy Birthday. I totally eat whatever I want on my birthday. Some years it takes me one day to get back on track, some years I stretch that birthday into a week. It's all good. No harm no foul. 8 -
deannalfisher wrote: »You didn't have a bad day, you just had a different day. Cookies aren't sinful. There are no Cookie Crimes on the books.
Agree with bpetrosky above: Rather than getting back to your regular diet which seems to have no room for cookies, I would start looking into making room for the occasional treat. When you put these things on a pedestal as Bad Food your brain can get hyperfocused on them and turn them into something they aren't. Every food is just a different combo of carbs, fats and proteins and none of them have any moral or ethical values.
And belated happy birthday!
i dunno, putting raisins in cookies might be considered a crime
Point on the doll where the raisins hurt you.
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snickerscharlie wrote: »Log it, learn from it and move on.
This was (is?) one of my hardest lessons. Good job getting it out there.
Now...what are these sugar cookie double doozies with cream cheese frosting thingies you speak of? I have theories and need to test lol.
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snickerscharlie wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »You didn't have a bad day, you just had a different day. Cookies aren't sinful. There are no Cookie Crimes on the books.
Agree with bpetrosky above: Rather than getting back to your regular diet which seems to have no room for cookies, I would start looking into making room for the occasional treat. When you put these things on a pedestal as Bad Food your brain can get hyperfocused on them and turn them into something they aren't. Every food is just a different combo of carbs, fats and proteins and none of them have any moral or ethical values.
And belated happy birthday!
i dunno, putting raisins in cookies might be considered a crime
Point on the doll where the raisins hurt you.
they hurt me all over...i like raisins one way...crushed up in wine 4 -
deannalfisher wrote: »i dunno, putting raisins in cookies might be considered a crime
Only if they're mis-labelled, all cookies should be equal under the law 3 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »You didn't have a bad day, you just had a different day. Cookies aren't sinful. There are no Cookie Crimes on the books.
Agree with bpetrosky above: Rather than getting back to your regular diet which seems to have no room for cookies, I would start looking into making room for the occasional treat. When you put these things on a pedestal as Bad Food your brain can get hyperfocused on them and turn them into something they aren't. Every food is just a different combo of carbs, fats and proteins and none of them have any moral or ethical values.
And belated happy birthday!
i dunno, putting raisins in cookies might be considered a crime
Point on the doll where the raisins hurt you.
Raisins are grapes who have had all their hopes and dreams sucked out of them. I like them!
OP, as others have said, log it and moved on. Maybe give some thought to this concept of "eating clean" and if it's creating emotional turmoil that is unnecessary.6 -
Also.
Pie > Cake
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I "fell off the wagon" for Valentines and it was my first binge style cake/candy/chips&salsa situation since late December. The next day also was a struggle. I don't try to make up for it - i'm just back on track today and not planning on weighing myself until next week. Give those extras time to get out of my system.0
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nutmegoreo wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »You didn't have a bad day, you just had a different day. Cookies aren't sinful. There are no Cookie Crimes on the books.
Agree with bpetrosky above: Rather than getting back to your regular diet which seems to have no room for cookies, I would start looking into making room for the occasional treat. When you put these things on a pedestal as Bad Food your brain can get hyperfocused on them and turn them into something they aren't. Every food is just a different combo of carbs, fats and proteins and none of them have any moral or ethical values.
And belated happy birthday!
i dunno, putting raisins in cookies might be considered a crime
Point on the doll where the raisins hurt you.
Raisins are grapes who have had all their hopes and dreams sucked out of them. I like them!
OP, as others have said, log it and moved on. Maybe give some thought to this concept of "eating clean" and if it's creating emotional turmoil that is unnecessary.
i like raisins - just not in cookies...there is nothing more disappointing than grabbing a cookie that you think has chocolate chips and finding out they are raisins 9 -
deannalfisher wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »You didn't have a bad day, you just had a different day. Cookies aren't sinful. There are no Cookie Crimes on the books.
Agree with bpetrosky above: Rather than getting back to your regular diet which seems to have no room for cookies, I would start looking into making room for the occasional treat. When you put these things on a pedestal as Bad Food your brain can get hyperfocused on them and turn them into something they aren't. Every food is just a different combo of carbs, fats and proteins and none of them have any moral or ethical values.
And belated happy birthday!
i dunno, putting raisins in cookies might be considered a crime
Point on the doll where the raisins hurt you.
Raisins are grapes who have had all their hopes and dreams sucked out of them. I like them!
OP, as others have said, log it and moved on. Maybe give some thought to this concept of "eating clean" and if it's creating emotional turmoil that is unnecessary.
i like raisins - just not in cookies...there is nothing more disappointing than grabbing a cookie that you think has chocolate chips and finding out they are raisins
There are few things in life that are yummier than fresh-from-the-oven oatmeal raisin cookies.
My husband, however, would agree with you. He says they look like desiccated bugs. 7 -
Well, today was 1800 fabulous calories of protein and veggies! My body likes that better than fat and sugar. I like it all...Someone told me today that our bodies aren’t machines, they are instruments. I like to take care of mine. I like raisins too.6
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snickerscharlie wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »You didn't have a bad day, you just had a different day. Cookies aren't sinful. There are no Cookie Crimes on the books.
Agree with bpetrosky above: Rather than getting back to your regular diet which seems to have no room for cookies, I would start looking into making room for the occasional treat. When you put these things on a pedestal as Bad Food your brain can get hyperfocused on them and turn them into something they aren't. Every food is just a different combo of carbs, fats and proteins and none of them have any moral or ethical values.
And belated happy birthday!
i dunno, putting raisins in cookies might be considered a crime
Point on the doll where the raisins hurt you.
Raisins are grapes who have had all their hopes and dreams sucked out of them. I like them!
OP, as others have said, log it and moved on. Maybe give some thought to this concept of "eating clean" and if it's creating emotional turmoil that is unnecessary.
i like raisins - just not in cookies...there is nothing more disappointing than grabbing a cookie that you think has chocolate chips and finding out they are raisins
There are few things in life that are yummier than fresh-from-the-oven oatmeal raisin cookies.
My husband, however, would agree with you. He says they look like desiccated bugs.
I care far more about what food TASTES like than what it LOOKS like.
And I'm with you - I love oatmeal raisin cookies. And I loathe oatmeal chocolate chip. (WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING?! UGH!) I do like regular chocolate chip though.3 -
Well, today was 1800 fabulous calories of protein and veggies! My body likes that better than fat and sugar. I like it all...Someone told me today that our bodies aren’t machines, they are instruments. I like to take care of mine. I like raisins too.
How much weight are you trying to lose? 1800 is pretty low for a guy. Like, close to the bare minimum.
Why not eat 1600 calories (or what ever would be a reasonable calorie target for your goals) of “clean” foods and then save 10-20% of your budget for treats? Might save from going off the rails next time. Besides, what’s wrong with fat? It’s an essential macronutrient.7 -
WinoGelato wrote: »Well, today was 1800 fabulous calories of protein and veggies! My body likes that better than fat and sugar. I like it all...Someone told me today that our bodies aren’t machines, they are instruments. I like to take care of mine. I like raisins too.
How much weight are you trying to lose? 1800 is pretty low for a guy. Like, close to the bare minimum.
Why not eat 1600 calories (or what ever would be a reasonable calorie target for your goals) of “clean” foods and then save 10-20% of your budget for treats? Might save from going off the rails next time. Besides, what’s wrong with fat? It’s an essential macronutrient.
OP is female.
Rest of the advice applies, however . 3 -
WinoGelato, I am a female in maintenance. I seem to do better reserving the sugary treats for special occasions. I don’t mind fat but the fat is was referring to was the stick of butter in the cookie frosting and the crisco in the cookies!0
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This!clicketykeys wrote: »I care far more about what food TASTES like than what it LOOKS like.
And I'm with you - I love oatmeal raisin cookies. And I loathe oatmeal chocolate chip. (WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING?! UGH!) I do like regular chocolate chip though.
My wife makes awesome oatmeal raisin cookies, and the first few usually go down really quick when they come out of the oven. For ... quality control purposes...lol.
OP - I get it, I eat almost what I want to these days - last night was cinnamon buns for dessert, but I had plenty of room for them. But I do feel it, at least just a little. The days I load up on veggies/lean meats/fruits leave me feeling more energetic over all.
I do love the desserts though....
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WinoGelato, I am a female in maintenance. I seem to do better reserving the sugary treats for special occasions. I don’t mind fat but the fat is was referring to was the stick of butter in the cookie frosting and the crisco in the cookies!
I am so sorry for my mistake! I almost always check but will admit to being distracted posting on my phone and did not check your pic or your profile, saw 1800 as a goal and assumed you were a guy going for rapid weight loss just like so many women going for rapid weight loss get the 1200 minimum and struggle!
I also appreciate that you acknowledge the fat in the sweets because most people do only fixate on sugar!
So sorry again!10 -
I eat a very clean diet day to day. I recently had a birthday and a very large piece of birthday cake that I thoroughly enjoyed guilt free. The next day however, I made sugar cookie double doozies with cream cheese frosting for my class. I ate 4 cookies and enough frosting to frost two cakes (gross exaggeration). The thing I want to put out there is that my mind is telling me to exerercise excessively to redeem myself. My body is tired from my normal regimen and I know this isn’t healthy thinking. I should just close the book on yesterday and start back to my regular diet today. I am just saying this out loud so I glean the insanity of trying to out exercise a bad day of eating.
As others have said, there's nothing wrong with celebrating occasionally, but my take on it is you have to watch portion sizes. There are no "good foods" and "bad foods", but a slab of cake sounds a lot different to a slice!! Don't know what "sugar cookie double doozies" are, but I'm sure the danger lies in that word "double". Also you should perhaps leave the word "diet" out of your vocabulary. It's a lifestyle change. So we can easily include a celebration into our lifestyle as long as we're conscious of what our caloric intake is, as well as our caloric output. Keep on striving for a calorie deficit, despite whatever may have gone wrong on that one day.2 -
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