A week with binge eating + sickness :(

lauraspberry

So I had some cheat days, which I dont usually do because I know myself, cheat days make me fail. It has happened to me a lot of times. I had a cheat day last November 24 which isn't that far behind and now, December 8. I am really scared because I have been missing workout days as well due to strep throat. I am scared that I might start thinking that "it's okay" to have a cheat day and to mess with my schedule (moving rest days and doing modifications, etc) and start making excuses for myself for whenever i feel lazy to get up on my *kitten* and workout. Am I making sense? Sorry I just wanna vent. I can't tell this to anyone from my family/friends because they'll start teasing me and tell me I'm being paranoid or I'm having a disorder blah blah which I clearly don't, I'm just scared to lose my progress

lauraspberry

and I haven't been losing weight for the past weeks, am I in a plateau?

QuietBloom

You have strep throat, you haven't been lazy. Your 'cheat' days are likely due to your body needing more calories to fight off your infection.

Relax. When you feel better, you will get back into the groove. You haven't done any permanent damage to your goals. :flowerforyou:

lauraspberry

You have strep throat, you haven't been lazy. Your 'cheat' days are likely due to your body needing more calories to fight off your infection.

Relax. When you feel better, you will get back into the groove. You haven't done any permanent damage to your goals. :flowerforyou:

I was wondering why I was so hungry all the time normally sick people would lose appetite but I became really hungry especially for beef idk why. But thank you for your kind words :flowerforyou: I really feel so paranoid about messing up, I don't wanna start back to zero again

bc2ct

I just got over a cold and 1.5 weeks out of the gym because of travel & sickness and last night it was really starting to get to me. I ate pretty much as I normally do this past week (which is a lot... usually at least 2500kcal a day) and was getting to that weird sluggish place where every piece of chocolate looks good and you start imagining phantom rolls of fat all over your body. It wasn't great. This morning I woke up and decided to head to the gym and hop on the erg (I am a rower). I pulled PR scores on an hour of steady state and felt great!! This all goes to say that sometimes you need to let your body heal, rest emotionally and physically, and accept that the ramifications will never be as dramatic as you might imagine. After all, you aren't going to lose weight or break bad habits in a week!! So why would you gain weight and start bad habits in the same amount of time!

lauraspberry

I just got over a cold and 1.5 weeks out of the gym because of travel & sickness and last night it was really starting to get to me. I ate pretty much as I normally do this past week (which is a lot... usually at least 2500kcal a day) and was getting to that weird sluggish place where every piece of chocolate looks good and you start imagining phantom rolls of fat all over your body. It wasn't great. This morning I woke up and decided to head to the gym and hop on the erg (I am a rower). I pulled PR scores on an hour of steady state and felt great!! This all goes to say that sometimes you need to let your body heal, rest emotionally and physically, and accept that the ramifications will never be as dramatic as you might imagine. After all, you aren't going to lose weight or break bad habits in a week!! So why would you gain weight and start bad habits in the same amount of time!

Thank you for talking sense into me. I used to be a yoyo dieter and only now that I have found the healthy way to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle, I'm just so worried that one mistake can take me back to being a yoyo dieter. I don't wanna be that person anymore And I haven't even reached my goal yet so it's driving me crazy, I guess I just have to take it easy on myself. i started working out again earlier and felt good I hope I wont take unnecessary breaks. I mean the break that i took from being sick was necessary but then I'm afraid that I might start making excuses for myself when i dont want to work out. Like I might say to myself "oh I have to listen to my body, it's ok to not workout today I don't feel well" even if I'm perfectly fine and just wanna slack off I worry too much don't I? LOL thank you so much though for your motivational message :flowerforyou:

wannabpiper

Love this thread; thx for starting it!

Guilt and shame have no place in metabolic body issues - but as higher-thinking beings we blend our emotions with our biological needs, I'm sure for some evolutionary reason. I've been trying to tap into my moods and cravings by asking why they're happening from a biological/chemical aspect. A big clue is what we're craving, and you mentioned beef. You also mentioned an illness, so these could both be clues as to what and why. Again, great thread. I hope you have learned more about your body's needs and functions as we all seem to be doing on this site.