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need some motivation for not eating too much on holiday

slemonfit
Posts: 97 Member
i need some motivation to fix the problem of overeating on holiday and when i havent slept enough
i went on a trip starting thursday for the weekend. usually at these events im out and about and i thought it'd be a good way to not eat so much but get some exercise too.
but wednesday i didnt get any sleep on my flight, and the day ran into thursday. im 5'1 and my daily calorie allowance is about 1300-1400. throughout the day thursday, i was hungry for some reason and kept eating, i was afraid if i didnt eat that my metabolism would slow down. thursday morning - i hadnt slept all night and for breakfast, i ate a mcdonalds sandwich and tater tots from the airport. due to the time difference, it was morning in the new timezone (eastern), but in the old timezone, it was like 3 AM when i never eat, yet i was hungry because i was up all night.
then, a few hours later, i arrive at my destination. i could have just slept the rest of the day on thursday since i hadnt slept all night, but instead i went to eat a burger, i was hungry and i was afraid if i just slept through thursday and woke up the next morning that my metabolism would slow down since i would have basically skipped thursday. but i think it was a bad idea because then i ended up eating like an addition 1300 calories compared to if i either slept through the rest of the day or just ate something light like a salad.
i keep giving myself "excuses" that it's ok to eat something unhealthy because im on vacation, and i kept doing it whenever something tasty came up. that same night (thursday), i tried some sausage from a street vendor in canada, and it was delicious. total thursday i might have eaten 2500 calories, nearly double of my usual daily calories. the next day (friday), i ate 3 of them on friday, they might have over 500-600 each one and i ate 2 churros yesterday too, maybe 500 calories from that, totaling again 2000. i told myself the next day (which would be today) i would try to eat better but i did almost 2000 calories again. sausage again (500 calories), fruity alcoholic drink (maybe over 300 calories), sushi for dinner (no nutrition label, 8 rolls of dragon maki sushi, maybe over 500 calories), and then the "normal" food, totals over 2000 calories again.
i cant seem to get out of this!
i feel crappy for eating so much the past 3 days, i havent eaten so much as i have the last few days since when i started the weight loss journey 4 months ago and it scares me
i worked so hard the past few months and i need help getting back on track
thanks!
i went on a trip starting thursday for the weekend. usually at these events im out and about and i thought it'd be a good way to not eat so much but get some exercise too.
but wednesday i didnt get any sleep on my flight, and the day ran into thursday. im 5'1 and my daily calorie allowance is about 1300-1400. throughout the day thursday, i was hungry for some reason and kept eating, i was afraid if i didnt eat that my metabolism would slow down. thursday morning - i hadnt slept all night and for breakfast, i ate a mcdonalds sandwich and tater tots from the airport. due to the time difference, it was morning in the new timezone (eastern), but in the old timezone, it was like 3 AM when i never eat, yet i was hungry because i was up all night.
then, a few hours later, i arrive at my destination. i could have just slept the rest of the day on thursday since i hadnt slept all night, but instead i went to eat a burger, i was hungry and i was afraid if i just slept through thursday and woke up the next morning that my metabolism would slow down since i would have basically skipped thursday. but i think it was a bad idea because then i ended up eating like an addition 1300 calories compared to if i either slept through the rest of the day or just ate something light like a salad.
i keep giving myself "excuses" that it's ok to eat something unhealthy because im on vacation, and i kept doing it whenever something tasty came up. that same night (thursday), i tried some sausage from a street vendor in canada, and it was delicious. total thursday i might have eaten 2500 calories, nearly double of my usual daily calories. the next day (friday), i ate 3 of them on friday, they might have over 500-600 each one and i ate 2 churros yesterday too, maybe 500 calories from that, totaling again 2000. i told myself the next day (which would be today) i would try to eat better but i did almost 2000 calories again. sausage again (500 calories), fruity alcoholic drink (maybe over 300 calories), sushi for dinner (no nutrition label, 8 rolls of dragon maki sushi, maybe over 500 calories), and then the "normal" food, totals over 2000 calories again.
i cant seem to get out of this!
i feel crappy for eating so much the past 3 days, i havent eaten so much as i have the last few days since when i started the weight loss journey 4 months ago and it scares me
i worked so hard the past few months and i need help getting back on track
thanks!
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Log it and move on. Don't let guilt get you down.
Eating out always makes you retain water, so drink a lot of water for the next few days and you'll likely lose whatever you're retaining as a result of that.0
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