ACK--- Bad Day--- What to do...?

StuAblett

Yesterday, I had one of THOSE days :grumble: just a bunch of chit going on in my life, and a whole bunch of things came to a head and things just got me down, at one point I just threw up my hands and said "fug it!" :explode: I just ate what the heck I wanted to eat, I did not record anything, and I let it slide, I was in a bad place. I don't want to get into what was wrong, it was a pile of chit that I'm sure most of you also have in your lives, but I REALLY let it get me down.

Today, I woke up late, I had stayed up late last night, trying to change my head space by going down to my Dungeon workshop and working on some Christmas presents. I guess it worked. Even though I woke up late, I was in a better mood today, and I faced up to what I had done yesterday. I logged everything I did eat and I was rather surprised to find that I was only over my goal by 207 calories. I guess autopilot took over, and even though I had thrown caution to the wind, it looks like I suck at throwing :bigsmile:

Looking back, at yesterday, I'm really at a loss to explain how I let that pile of chit affect me as much as I did :huh:
Really, the things while of some importance, were not THAT important. I wish I could have taken a step back yesterday like I can today and look at what I was doing.

I don't eat red meat, but yesterday I did. Don't get me wrong, I love red meat, I love the smell of it cooking and the taste for sure, I really do, but red meat and my body don't get along, it puts me in a funk for at least a day, I feel bloated and my trips to the little boys room are....... well, that may certainly be "TOO MUCH INFORMATION".... suffice to day they are not fun...:sick:

I also ate a fair bit of stuff out of cardboard boxes, really, really processed crap, the kind of stuff I usually avoid at all costs, yesterday I just let go, and today, I'm feeling it, I feel run down and tired, this morning when I woke up, I feel like I'd drank a bunch of beer last night (I did not drink a drop!)

I guess it is a lesson learned, or maybe a couple lessons learned :blushing:

Don't let the chit get to you, don't eat red meat (for me, some thrive on the stuff :drinker: ) and I have a fresh reminder of why I stay of the processed food (sic) cardboard box stuff.

I hope you all have a great day and weekend!

Cheers! :drinker:

neelia

Bleh, I have days like that, too.

Just remember these 2 simple things:

- If hunger is not the problem, food should not be the fix.
- "Thin tastes better than any food."

vickiele1

There are days when everything just seems so much bigger than it really is - and you are right, we all have those kinds of days. I think, for me, I simply try to change my view of things. Instead of letting those things have control over my diet, my weight, etc. I CHOOSE to take control. So, for example, when I have one of those days, I will CHOOSE to exercise more and then make "choices" about what I eat. I may go ahead and eat that bag of chips and that cheese dip, or have that 1 or 2 glasses of wine, or indulge in that filet mignon (by the way, beef messes up my system too and it is supposed to be really good for me - but it isn't). If I make that "conscious CHOICE", I know that I will also be accepting the outcome of that choice - so I will likely have a really sluggish system for about 3 days following eating beef (even a turkey/beef burger can do that to me). Then I have to have a plan to deal with that results of that. I have learned that I will then have to drink more water, and exercise more to get my system back on track. It is about perception really and how we communicate with ourselves. We can view it as "god I screwed up, I was bad, I fell off the wagon, etc." or we can say, "I choose, I made a choice, etc." I know it seems like semantics, but there is a lot of research that supports that the self-talk is really important. We would never say to someone we love (or even a complete stranger) - "wow that was really stupid - you are bad - why did you do that to yourself" So, why do we do it to ourselves? Don't we love ourselves? Not sure if any of that will help, but just my thoughts.

Blessings

Vickie

raven5131

Check out the "Skinny Saturday" post. I am in for today! But great you looked at what happend and the effect it had on you. Gives you the leg up when it happends again. I agree with Vickiele1. It is all about choice and what you are going to do about it. Way to go! You definately have what you need to get what you want.

VAbreeze

I have to be honest with you ... I found your post entertaining. Not laughing at YOU, but somewhat at myself. I haven't really had one of those "funk" days where I totally threw caution to the wind, but I have had a weekend getaway, where I didn't pack what I needed & even some here & there foods in the non-healthy category left me feeling like crap ... a food hangover. It's good to have those days or times, cuz I think it sets you up for easier success later. I don't eat a great deal of red meat, either & most especially, I cannot eat pork (it somehow gives me a headache!)....& I like pork, but I found every time I ate it, the next day, I would get a headache that would get increasingly bad despite anything I took for it until perhaps the food was out of my system. I like the phrase the Neelia posted about "if hunger is not the problem, food should not be the fix".
Love it that your little "Santa's workshop" helped change your disposition. Glad you're back on the wagon! :P

Bermudabarbie

Unfortunately we've all experienced days like that. For me -- it's almost like I go "unconscious.". I don't like that feeling. I lose total control of my reasoning. I just "quit thinking" and go into auto pilot eating whatever is available -- not even tasting the food and certainly not enjoying it. You caught yourself though and you're right back on track! Glad to hear you didn't go too far over your goals. Today will be a much better day. I know you can do this! You're right back on track.

Wolfena

Yesterday was only one day of your life. You'll have days like that again at some point - you'll survive!

Nobody is perfect, nobody should expect to be. "Chit happens" :laugh:

The goal is to have more better days than bad ones overall..... live and learn (as you said) right?! :flowerforyou: