When you overindulge

kevymetal_
kevymetal_ Posts: 21 Member
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Just curious how people here deal with those days that they "slip up". Maybe you started the day off well, but ended up way over your daily calorie goals. Or you decided to go out on a Saturday night, have too many drinks and finish the night with half a pizza? Do you just start the next day fresh and just carry on, business as usual? Or do you get to the gym asap and slam out an extra hard cardio session to help burn off some of those extra calories from the day before?

I try not to beat myself up for it, but when I overindulge, I usually try to make sure over the next few days, I'm burning a little more than usual, whether it be an extra cardio session or a longer hike or bike ride than usual.

No right or wrong answer here, just curious about how everyone else deals with their shortfalls.

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  • ElMeroKeeQue
    ElMeroKeeQue Posts: 546 Member
    edited September 2022
    Slips are ok as long as they don’t become new habits. Get back into the routine and keep grinding. At least that’s how I have dealt with it over the last two years.
    Usually slips lead to painful indigestion or feeling sick since I haven’t had that kind of bad food in a while.
  • Reckoner67_again
    Reckoner67_again Posts: 184 Member
    Get up, go again
  • ermengarde22
    ermengarde22 Posts: 2,116 Member
    i used to punish myself and like had lil berating voice in my head, but a nice person told me its good for your body to occasionally get too much or too little and not eat the exact same every day so whether or not that’s true i just try to believe it now
  • nsk1951
    nsk1951 Posts: 1,304 Member
    Get up, and back to normal again. Like someone said ... just try not to let it become the normal to overindulge often.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,993 Member
    Business as usual. One day isn't going to totally wreck your journey. CONSISTENT overindulging would be issue.

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