Over Indulging & Exceeding Daily Goal

DerekVTX

Had a lodge meeting last night and am quite upset that I went over my daily goal. I had half an egg salad sandwich after our meeting, then on to the bar.......although i was able to settle for just 2 pub chicken wings I drank 4 Pints of Beers (=6 Regular sized beers). When I got home from the bar my family had made popcorn (and they make em with lots of butter. So of course feeling buzzed from the beers I started to mow down on the popcorn. Those Beers, two chicken wings, the half sandwich and popcorn are 1439 Calories. All said and done I went over by 554 calories and feel very disapointed in myself. Today I start again and do it right. How does it make you feel when you do not meet your daily or weekly goals?

lemonsnowdrop

I look at my entire journey, not just a day or a week. I know that I didn't gain all the weight in one day or one week, so a slip up won't erase all of my progress. If I gain a pound or two back, at least I already know I can lose it - I've lost it before, after all!

oedipa_maas

I definitely feel bad, but the change I've made in my attitude is that I won't use exceeding my daily goal as an excuse to give up. I had an eating disorder for many years and I learned a lot about "all or nothing" thinking. Anytime I would binge (which is not what I think you did here, truly!) I would either go into a long period of starvation to kind of punish myself for my so-called weakness or I would give up any attempt to hold myself back since "it didn't matter anyway."

When I exceed my daily goal by a fair amount, I say these things to myslf: I'm not perfect, maybe I've been restricting too much and my body needs to eat more, maybe...well there can be a lot of maybe's! I have developed the tools to keep on keeping on. You didn't exceed so terribly much and you're in touch with how it made you feel. Don't let it throw you, don't restrict to make up for it, just keep taking those steps forward! Don't think of exceeding your calories as a step backwards, though. It's all part of the process when you are making a lifestyle change. Good luck!

Branstin

If days such as those are important to you then plan to eat at your maintenance calories level and at your deficiency the rest of the week but feel guilty...Never!

brower47

I feel mildly irritated with myself when it happens occasionally, though I never actually regret it anymore. I don't actually feel too bad about it unless I allow it to affect my eating habits the next day and the day after. That used to happen to me a lot but not so much over the past few years. I don't know what the catalyst was for my mindset change but I just decided one day that it wasn't worth getting really upset about anymore. Now, I find it tends to motivate me. I actually think my next day's workout tends to be better too, both as retaliation mentally against the extra calories and just because I have more physical energy.

Your disappointment with yourself is only a great as you let it be and only as demotivating as you let it be.

DerekVTX

Well those beers were really GOOOOOOOODDDDDD!

bcattoes

All said and done I went over by 554 calories and feel very disapointed in myself. Today I start again and do it right. How does it make you feel when you do not meet your daily or weekly goals?

Pretty much the same as you, if it was unintentional. Disappointed in myself. But, like you, I just dust myself off and continue on the next day.