Fell off track

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jadu1536
jadu1536 Posts: 119 Member
in Goal: Maintaining Weight

I fell off track yesterday with a very late dinner and it was Italian food so very heavy , with birthday cake after. I plan to be back on track today!

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 37,046 Member

    I figure the birthday track, which is a rare thing, is an entirely different track from the everyday track I repeat over and over. The birthday track is supposed to be different from the daily, and there's cake. 😋 That's true for anyone special's birthday, though I admit I don't have a big family, which helps with the rarity. YMMV.

    Getting immediately back on the everyday track after birthdays is important, I agree about that. 😉

  • Canarias1969
    Canarias1969 Posts: 2 Member

    I would simply call it a cheat day and forget about it! Nobody can be perfect 100% of the time 😉

    Happy belated birthday Jadu1536 🥂

  • carolchiz
    carolchiz Posts: 4 Member

    Meeting track - I do lots of volountary work and a lot of meetings involve snack food and wine - bread - cheese - olives - Just a note for myself, hard to manage but I want to help

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,747 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48590879#Comment_48590879

    same here. I volunteer at an evening art event about every forty five days. Simple solution. I eat dinner before I go, and take a large container of ice water or chai, so then it’s not so appealing.

    If I feel peckish, I’ll grab some strawberries or celery off the catering table. Everything else tends to be rather unappealing anyway. Lots of finger food sized fried meats with dips or sauces, which I wouldn’t want anyway, and vast quantities of rather greasy low quality cheese. Meh.

    Old Me would load up her plate several times. Latter Day Me is more choosy, lol.

  • 1cathie7935
    1cathie7935 Posts: 2 Member

    If I know I am going out for lunch or dinner, I will adjust my calorie intake for the other meals of the day, so I don't blow it too much.

    Then just start again the next day.

  • jadu1536
    jadu1536 Posts: 119 Member

    Thank You all for the feedback!

  • witchyanna
    witchyanna Posts: 2 Member

    unlike other habits, you can't quit food cold turkey, and it's everywhere. it's ok to have A Day every now and again, just do your best to keep them rare, and when they happen, keep on truckin the next day. if you get right back on the wagon soon it will be like it never happened, but if you spiral about a bad day then you gotta chase the wagon down and that's no fun. so get right back on instead!

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,747 Member

    Having been the weird kid who had a real covered wagon in their backyard growing up, and having been on four wagon trains, y'all may not know that wagons- farm and covered- had ladders or steps.

    Like this app, that wagon is awfully easy to get back on again, as long as you’re not running in circles like your hair is on fire.

  • AnnofBham
    AnnofBham Posts: 2 Member

    We've all done it. Like others said, at times it just can't be avoided. But… what you do next it the important thing. 👍️

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