i ate half a jar of peanut butter

shw112

I have been doing so well with healthy eating lately, logging everything for almost two months straight, lost a good amount of weight and only went over my calorie count significantly about twice in that time and then today i'm in a really bad mood and i just kept going back to the cupboard for spoons of peanut butter (which I didn't think i even liked enough to eat by itself???) and now half a jar and about 900 calories later i feel sick and really angry with myself

i know this isn't a massive deal but my head is telling me i just erased two months worth of progress

someone make me feel better about this please haha

Panini911

well i really can't see how it ruined TWO MONTHS of progress. depending on how big your deficit is you may not gain at all. just not lose/lose slower this week.

i would suggest taking a moment to review if maybe your deficit is too large to maintain without risking binges, or if maybe you are being too limiting in your food options. Maybe fitting in PB once a week would help avoid this sorta thing (maybe, maybe not). Sometimes when we try to eat too "clean" or too "diet food only" we only end up creating more and more cravings that become increasingly hard to avoid. Everything in moderation.

Today is a new day. We all have over eating days, it's normal.

Machka9

I would be in so much pain!!!

MikePTY

900 calories isn't that much food at all. How much did you eat for the day? You probably at worst, at maintence for the day. So you didn't reverse any progress, let alone 2 months of it.

I've had days where I've eaten entire large Domino's pizzas during my weight loss journey and been fine. I didn't lost any progress, and once I got back on track I kept losing. I am sure you will be the same with some peanut butter.

oocdc2

Please don't beat yourself up: this is a journey, not a race.

We've all had those binge days, and, agree with @Panini911 , this one instance isn't going to blow everything. (Though, I would prepare for a stomachache--that's a lot of peanut butter.)

Tomorrow's a new day.

tinkerbellang83

shw112 wrote: »

I have been doing so well with healthy eating lately, logging everything for almost two months straight, lost a good amount of weight and only went over my calorie count significantly about twice in that time and then today i'm in a really bad mood and i just kept going back to the cupboard for spoons of peanut butter (which I didn't think i even liked enough to eat by itself???) and now half a jar and about 900 calories later i feel sick and really angry with myself

i know this isn't a massive deal but my head is telling me i just erased two months worth of progress

someone make me feel better about this please haha

Not sure what a good amount of weight is in your book, but 900 calories over your daily calorie goal, doesn't equate to erasing 2 months of progress.

1lb of fat is roughly equivalent to 3500 calories, so in order to gain 1lb of fat you would need to eat your maintenance calories + 3500 calories.

If for example you're set to lose 1lb per week that gives you a daily calorie goal of your Maintenance - 500 calories. So if you ate an extra 900 calories above goal on one day, you'd only be 400 calories above maintenance and still in a 3100 calorie deficit for the week.

You may see a rise on the scale from the change to your eating habits but it'll just be water.

Obviously it's not something you'd want to be in the habit of doing but as a one off it's not going to have a significant impact on your weight loss.

kimny72

shw112 wrote: »

I have been doing so well with healthy eating lately, logging everything for almost two months straight, lost a good amount of weight and only went over my calorie count significantly about twice in that time and then today i'm in a really bad mood and i just kept going back to the cupboard for spoons of peanut butter (which I didn't think i even liked enough to eat by itself???) and now half a jar and about 900 calories later i feel sick and really angry with myself

i know this isn't a massive deal but my head is telling me i just erased two months worth of progress

someone make me feel better about this please haha

So if you've been logging and losing weight, you know it's all about the math. Let's say you've been losing 1 lb per week, that would mean you have been carrying a deficit of 3500 calories per week. If you get right back on track today, you will have eaten an extra 900 calories. That still leaves you in a deficit for the week, just not as big. So how would that erase two months of progress?

There are two important things to do right now:

1. Remove the overly dramatic thinking, put it behind you as no big deal, and get right back on plan.
2. See if you can figure out WHY it happened. Have you been over restricting? Losing too fast? Was it emotional eating due to some stress in your life? Fear of success based on the progress you've made so far? Or honestly, sometimes we just have one of those days where we self destruct for an hour or two and who knows why?

TonnnnUK

Good advice so far. Make sensible changes and chalk it up as a blip. And on the bright side it's a good protein hit, at least

peachvine29

Great advice above, love what kimny72 had to say, and I would emphasize that you don't try to restrict yourself further tomorrow to try and make up for this! That could just lead to another episode of overeating. Just get right back on your plan and have your normal meals and calories.

I have had many days where I've gone 1,000+ over my goal calories (I have tried to restrict only 250-500 from maintenance) and have lost 63 pounds in 1.5 years! Slow and steady. It's what you do 90% of the time that counts. This is just a little slip, no big deal! It's okay

cmriverside

I've done that more times than I can tell you with peanut butter!

When I started buying fresh-ground peanut butter from the Natural Food section, it got worse.

Peanut butter is a trigger food for me. You're not alone, lots of people have peanut butter problems. I have to be super mindful about peanut butter or I can easily eat that much.

Just move on. Eat your normal calories today and keep going. No harm done. You learned that peanut butter is too delicious.

forestfreek

I think the fact that you've done so well for 2 months is what you should be focusing on, not the one time you slipped up and were human. It happens. At least it wasn't the whole jar, which is the other positive.....lol.

Spliner1969

shw112 wrote: »

I have been doing so well with healthy eating lately, logging everything for almost two months straight, lost a good amount of weight and only went over my calorie count significantly about twice in that time and then today i'm in a really bad mood and i just kept going back to the cupboard for spoons of peanut butter (which I didn't think i even liked enough to eat by itself???) and now half a jar and about 900 calories later i feel sick and really angry with myself

i know this isn't a massive deal but my head is telling me i just erased two months worth of progress

someone make me feel better about this please haha

It's really really easy to eat that much peanut butter. Don't feel bad. The average peanut butter sandwich people make has between 2 and 3 servings of peanut butter anyway. A couple of those, which I can easily eat, and you'd be at 4-6 servings x 180+ calories per serving. 6 servings = 1000+ calories. That's not a half a jar, unless it's a really small jar, so don't feel like you've done anything anyone else wouldn't do.

I have to stay away from peanut butter most of the time because it's too tempting. I keep it in the house for the grand kids, but try not to allow myself to start on it, because once I do.. I'm gonna blow up my calories for the day.

Then there's the honey I like to put on the sandwiches.. now add more calories.

If you really like it you can try some peanut butter powder which has the fat removed, it'll be about half the calories but won't taste as good, nor will it be the same consistency. I like the PB2 chocolate stuff the most, but it's expensive as well.

SugaSugaNooo

Don't worry too much about it, you got it out of your system now, ready to move on. You'll be fine.

shw112

Thanks guys, I feel better now
I knew logically it wasn't going to undo two months worth of progress (nearly 8 pounds of weight loss) but i more had that bloated post-binge bloated feeling where you just irrationally feel like you're instantly 10 pounds heavier and you have to lie still for an extended period of time before you can continue your day haha
I think I will probably just stop buying foods which I know will cause me to do stuff like this, at least for the near future. I had to cut out cereal for a while following an incident involving almost a whole box of chocolate granola
I think i'm gonna go for a run now that i feel less bloated and then just have my dinner a little later (rather than compensating by not eating for the rest of the day which is something i've done in the past and usually just sets me up for more binging)
Thanks everyone for the enouragement!

floofyschmoofer

Honestly, of all the thing you could have binged on, you picked a good one. A body in motion stays in motion-- just keep moving forward and put it behind you! Just a speed bump is all!

cariduttry

peanut butter is definitely my nemesis as well. i cannot control myself around it!!

Piqueaboo

Log it, move on. Peanut butter is delicious, it happens. To all of us.

SueSueDio

The same goes for over-restricting to "punish" yourself or to compensate. It'll be okay, don't panic.

MostlyWater

2 months in, you needed a break. Nothing wrong with that.

You might not want to keep peanut butter in the house, though.

88olds

Log it. Move on.

elisa123gal

I don't have peanut butter in my cupboard because.... Why would I put something so calorie dense and something that tastes so good, one sensible tablespoon is never ever enough in my house? My fridge and cupboards feed me well... but no binge trigger traps allowed in my house. It has worked for me.

alinaromania21

I can understand, that's why i dont have any "temptations" at home. While shopping at my local store, I saw the Nutella jars which looked very inviting and as i was thinking to reach out for one, I suddenly did a 180 and walked away from the aisle just to physically remove myself from that situation.....
On the positive side, it's good you didn't the whole jar! Hehhe