Advice for a current situation

nykismile

Hello there.

I really screwed up yesterday. I'm leaving in three days and as a parting gift I made these vegan cookies that my family really enjoys, especially my younger sister. Well, I ended up indulging myself in them and I ate several spoonfuls of the dough, which is like the worst caloric way to eat them. All I had that day was a side salad and fruit, and after I ate the cookie dough I stopped there at 5 pm last night.

Kind of in a panic, I immediately went to the gym to try to run off at the very most a fraction of the damage, but I only burned 300 calories before I ended up having very intensive stomach pains. I rarely eat things like this so perhaps that's why. I later took a walk and also did 50 mins of yoga.

I still felt sick all throughout today and I burned off 600 calories on the elliptical, and it's 5 pm now (24 hours later) and I've yet to eat anything. I have no idea how many calories I ate yesterday but I'm guessing it's a bit over 3,000. My normal goal is around 1,500. Should I just fast for the remainder of the day or is that too much compensation?

_BearNecessities_

Hello there.

I really screwed up yesterday. I'm leaving in three days and as a parting gift I made these vegan cookies that my family really enjoys, especially my younger sister. Well, I ended up indulging myself in them and I ate several spoonfuls of the dough, which is like the worst caloric way to eat them. All I had that day was a side salad and fruit, and after I ate the cookie dough I stopped there at 5 pm last night.

Kind of in a panic, I immediately went to the gym to try to run off at the very most a fraction of the damage, but I only burned 300 calories before I ended up having very intensive stomach pains. I rarely eat things like this so perhaps that's why. I later took a walk and also did 50 mins of yoga.

I still felt sick all throughout today and I burned off 600 calories on the elliptical, and it's 5 pm now (24 hours later) and I've yet to eat anything. I have no idea how many calories I ate yesterday but I'm guessing it's a bit over 3,000. My normal goal is around 1,500. Should I just fast for the remainder of the day or is that too much compensation?

(A) Why is the dough the "worst caloric way to eat them?"
(B) Let it go. Move on. One bad day ain't gonna kill ya. Promise.

nykismile

Hello there.

I really screwed up yesterday. I'm leaving in three days and as a parting gift I made these vegan cookies that my family really enjoys, especially my younger sister. Well, I ended up indulging myself in them and I ate several spoonfuls of the dough, which is like the worst caloric way to eat them. All I had that day was a side salad and fruit, and after I ate the cookie dough I stopped there at 5 pm last night.

Kind of in a panic, I immediately went to the gym to try to run off at the very most a fraction of the damage, but I only burned 300 calories before I ended up having very intensive stomach pains. I rarely eat things like this so perhaps that's why. I later took a walk and also did 50 mins of yoga.

I still felt sick all throughout today and I burned off 600 calories on the elliptical, and it's 5 pm now (24 hours later) and I've yet to eat anything. I have no idea how many calories I ate yesterday but I'm guessing it's a bit over 3,000. My normal goal is around 1,500. Should I just fast for the remainder of the day or is that too much compensation?

(A) Why is the dough the "worst caloric way to eat them?"
(B) Let it go. Move on. One bad day ain't gonna kill ya. Promise.

Because you get more bang for your bite. A small tidbit of cookie dough merits an entire cookie after baking. When you eat spoonfuls, who knows how many cookies you could be eating?

SLLRunner

Stop being so hard on yourself. There is no need to indulge in food and then indulge in exercise to try and "burn" the calories. My advice is to take it as a lesson: too much cookie dough and/or too many cookies make you ill.

Everybody indulges over their calorie goal sometimes. Just log it and move on, and set normally today.

Have fun on your trip.

_BearNecessities_

You're talking about serving size, not calories.

Regardless, you still just need to calm down. What's done is done. Don't fast the rest of the day. Just eat like normal and you'll be fine. Again, one day isn't going to hurt you.

tiptoethruthetulips

If your profile pics are current you have absolutely no need to worry about one day's indulgence. Your reaction to it is unhealthy as is the obsessive to out exercise the cookie dough.

Edited to add: from reading your past posts I see you are underweight for your height and have had an eating disorder, you are now treading into dangerous territory again...obsessing over an indulgence, over exercising....

LianaG1115

Didn't your mom ever tell you, like mine did, that you'd get worms from eating raw dough?? hahahahaha

maz504

I feel like you might need to seek help from a professional - that's a whole lot of nothing to be obsessing/panicking over.

nykismile

Didn't your mom ever tell you, like mine did, that you'd get worms from eating raw dough?? hahahahaha

Haha it was vegan cookie dough, same caloric content but safe to eat raw.

(And tastier to eat raw, too)

nykismile

Thank you guys for your input. I'll eat today but now I'm considering cutting my calories down to around 1,400 just for the week? I mean that could help the damage out slightly in a less drastic way?

_BearNecessities_

Thank you guys for your input. I'll eat today but now I'm considering cutting my calories down to around 1,400 just for the week? I mean that could help the damage out slightly in a less drastic way?

Seriously. Let it go. You didn't "damage" anything. You are allowed to splurge from time to time. Don't let this become an obsession.

Rogiefreida

You're stressing out about one binge way too much and your reaction of trying to exercise it off isn't healthy. Also, your posting history points to the fact that you have a very damaged and unhealthy relationship with food and your body.

Ian_Davies

Hmm,

1. You look great.
2. While it wasn't supposed to be cheat day treat it like one, don't feel bad, its ok to have enjoyed it, you are clearly already winning so just smile and enjoy.
3. Stomach pains are not good so why not just eat a big bowl of veg - broccoli etc don't cut more calories, doing that will hurt your metabolism so its better just to move on and assume over the next couple of weeks you will burn it off. It is really important to your body to keep consuming a healthy amount of calories, if you blip over don't cut the next day, that will set you back more as you will be too tired to train properly.
4. Did I mention you look great.

Not much else to say but your pics inspire me to work harder, so don't think of yourself as failing for one moment, remember all your successes.

BusyRaeNOTBusty

Overeating one day does NOT "do damage" that you need to reverse. You're feelings of panic and guilt over eating are NOT healthy. Also trying to exercise "off" overeating is a form of binging and purging, so yeah, bulimia. I'd encourage you talk to a health care processional, parent or school counselor regarding your unhealthy relationship with food and exercise.

Ninkyou

I think you're doing a whole lot of overcompensating over nothing. Just move on and forget it.

I also think you should re-address your ED issues if you're panicking this much over some cookie dough, especially after only having a side salad and fruit for the entire day. What you're describing just doesn't seem like a healthy relationship with food to me.

michikade

Take a deep breath.

Don't fast all day, it's not really necessary and you shouldn't feel like you have to punish yourself for going over on your calorie goal - if you do feel that badly you may need to speak to your doctor or a therapist. It's natural to be disappointed for overindulging but taking it to the extreme of trying to burn every bit of it off immediately is disordered thinking.

The best possible thing is to just pick yourself up, dust yourself off and recommit to your goals. One day going over won't make too much difference - yeah, it may not be the whole amount you're expecting to lose this week or maybe you didn't hit your nutrient goals that day but if you're still In a deficit over the course of the week you'll still lose, and if you're generally hitting nutrient goals one day of over indulging in less nutritious items isn't going to derail your health.

Basically, it's okay to be human every now and then.

Ready2Rock206

Whoa girl. This is a whole lot of panic of nothing. Eat like normal today and move on with life. Seek a professional if needed for the ED.

sofaking6

Yeah I would say that you have triggered your ED either before or from eating that dough. Do you have someone you can go to for help?

nykismile

Yeah I would say that you have triggered your ED either before or from eating that dough. Do you have someone you can go to for help?

I was triggered a bit.. But in the past, I wouldn't have just tried to exercise it off. It would have been drastic and extreme measures. Now I'm trying to keep calm, but I don't want to gain anything from the binge, that's all. I don't want to slip back into old habits. I just have to undo this one incident, since they rarely occur as it is.

nykismile

I think you're doing a whole lot of overcompensating over nothing. Just move on and forget it.

I also think you should re-address your ED issues if you're panicking this much over some cookie dough, especially after only having a side salad and fruit for the entire day. What you're describing just doesn't seem like a healthy relationship with food to me.

I weigh in three days from now. I just don't want to see any weight gain when I do. Even though I didn't eat a large quantity yesterday, it still was over 3,000 calories and that's enough to put on weight.

sofaking6

Yeah I would say that you have triggered your ED either before or from eating that dough. Do you have someone you can go to for help?

I was triggered a bit.. But in the past, I wouldn't have just tried to exercise it off. It would have been drastic and extreme measures. Now I'm trying to keep calm, but I don't want to gain anything from the binge, that's all. I don't want to slip back into old habits. I just have to undo this one incident, since they rarely occur as it is.

I promise not trying to be argumentative or critical, just concerned - is calling a few bites of cookie dough a "binge" not one of the old habits? As well as trying to "undo" it instead of move forward? I know I am pretty ignorant of what you've been through but those kind of phrases got my attention, are they cause for worry? You said you haven't eaten since then...for me, that would be a drastic measure.

calibriintx

Yeah I would say that you have triggered your ED either before or from eating that dough. Do you have someone you can go to for help?

I was triggered a bit.. But in the past, I wouldn't have just tried to exercise it off. It would have been drastic and extreme measures. Now I'm trying to keep calm, but I don't want to gain anything from the binge, that's all. I don't want to slip back into old habits. I just have to undo this one incident, since they rarely occur as it is.

Chill. That wasn't a binge and you don't have to "undo" anything. Eat normally and move on. You didn't ruin anything by eating 1500 over one day.