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Lynn_Nanos

I just had 640 calories worth of cookies within 10 minutes. I feel very guilty and ashamed. How do I move forward and recover?

Carriehelene

To paraphrase our own AnnPT77, feeling guilty and ashamed does nothing but feel bad. It doesn’t burn calories, so why do that? Log it, figure out if there was an underlying reason you did it, and move on.

Carriehelene

Oh, and I’ll just add, my son makes THE most amazing chocolate chip cookie calorie bombs known to man. 3 of them will beat your 640 calories hands down. I will eat them, enjoy them, log them, and move on, guilt free.

JBanx256

"How do I move forward & recover?"

Better question - how do you NOT? The sun will rise tomorrow. You'll still have to go to work. You'll still have your family to care for, etc. What legitimate option is there other than moving forward? Unless you're seriously thinking about ending your life over a handful of cookies, literally the ONLY thing you can do is to move forward. Learn from your mistakes - there's no reason to beat yourself up over something that is ultimately completely trivial. If your kid or best friend made a mistake, would you think they are some sort of awful human? Nope. Give yourself the same acceptance.

happysquidmuffin

You simply... do. It doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. Just eat healthy, nutrient-dense foods the rest of the day. Don't try to starve yourself to make up for it. Accept that today is an over-calories day. These will happen. What matters is that you stick to your calorie goal as an average over a week. And then another week. And then a month. And then multiple months. There are really no bad foods and good foods. This is a journey to find a balance in your own life. Make sustainable, enjoyable habits. When you've had an overindulgent day, just enjoy it. And don't do the same thing the next day.
(If you cut your finger, you don't just say well I screwed that up and cut off your whole finger, do you? Just let it heal and move on.)
You can do this!

quiksylver296

Log them and learn.

What caused the issue?

Did you undereat previously to the point you had no willpower left? Were you upset and you ate them for comfort? Was it that time of the month and you were hangry?

Figure out the underlying issue and then make plans for how to deal with that issue better next time.

feisty_bucket

Throw the rest out, and then don't do it tomorrow. But you've gotta forgive yourself and not make a big deal out of it, 'cuz it's really not. You can easily make the deficit in, say, a day.

paradelac

I work nights at a Hospital and patients family alway get the staff pastries and chocolate. I did the same thing with the cookies and felt the same way. I look at it this way, I did it, there is nothing I can do about it accept the food choice. Make a better decision next time. Let it just roll off you back! Good luck friend. You can do it!

SweetP27

Do the next right thing.

JaysFan82

I went to Toronto with my friends recently for 4 days and ate/drank everything in sight, including Popeyes Chicken at 2am two night in a row. I'm also now down 98 pounds. It's not that big of a deal. Trust me. You just move on.

springlering62

Don’t get in the habit of making food a villain. Food is food is food.

The sky won’t fall if you overate for a day.

Put it in your diary and carry on.

In a week or a month or two, it’ll just be a spike on a graph and the only way you’ll even remember it is by flipping back to that date and saying “oh yeah. I remember that day.”

And best of all, you won’t even care any more.

It’s when you flip out and beat yourself up and lose hope that it becomes a problem. If you were running a 10k and stopped to catch your breath for a moment, would you just quit then and there?

corinasue1143

Yesterday is gone. Forget it.
Tomorrow is a dream. Dream of how good it will be when you achieve your goals.
Now is the only time you can control. How can you minimize the damage without putting yourself into a yo-yo situation?

How much is your built in deficit? Subtract that amount from 640. That’s your real damage for weight loss purposes. For instance, if you are cutting 500 calories a day to lose one pound a week, 640 - 500 = 140 calories over maintenance. 140/3500=.04 pound. Do you really want to be mad at yourself for .04 pound?
If your deficit is 1000 calories a day to lose 2 pounds, you’ll still lose weight, just not as much today as some days.

Learn from it. What can you do to avoid it recurring?

lifesnotfare1

It was a Crumbl cookie wasn't it.

csplatt

instead of hating yourself, remember the cookie fondly and get back to your calorie goal tomorrow. do not punish yourself and lower tomorrows calories because of your choice