shocking weekend...yikes!

kcmg0730

So, have not tracked since Thursday...nor have I exercised. I did not go completely off the wagon, but I ate lots of stuff I wouldn't normally; it was my daughter's birthday Friday, so I spent two days baking cakes and cooking up some pretty kick *kitten* Italian grub. Everything I ate was home cooked, I don't eat dairy, and I think I managed NOT to eat until I was full to bursting, so I'm hoping that I haven't chucked my progress away totally. I feel okay about it, but definitely don't want to get on the scale, and definitely wanted to own up to falling off the wagon...I know it happens, now I just have to dust myself off and get back on track.

Thanks...just wanted to vent a bit! Hope you all had successful weekends!

vanessaclarkgbr

Lol - we all do it, it's human! Forget all about it, back on track and weigh in next week - and well done for coming back, that's the important bit!

Teliooo

Don't beat yourself up for having a good time. This site is a guide, not how you have to live your life 24/7. It is good that you have a break, it means that you can relax sometimes. Just get back on it and you will probably find you have barely put on any weight if any. x

meerkat70

Sounds like a lovely weekend. A weekend off every now and then is like a little holiday - refreshes you for the next round. You're right though, just shake off the dust, and keep moving forward.

tkb1985

Lol, I had a pretty awful weekend too, 2 Buffet parties, full of things I had no idea how to track, so I didn't bother. Went to a 30th Birthday party yesterday, for which I baked brownies (so I HAD to have one :-/ ). I don't think I did too badly, but will definitely be much better this weekend.

Oh well, I wasn't going to ruin my weekend by worrying about it unduly, and today is new day. At least we had fun

melaniecheeks

In years to come, hopefully you and your daughter will have happy memories of this birthday - that's whats important.

kcmg0730

Thank you all...we really did have a lovely time, and my daughter loved it (she turned 4). What someone else said about coming back was right; in previous years, I wouldn't have admitted all this...would have just quit and never tracked again. I don't want to do that this time, so I really appreciate the support!

russelljclarke

I've done it several times, all at family events. So long as the trend is downward long term, I wouldn't beat yourself up about it.

kendrafallon

:drinker: So glad you had a fab weekend and celebrated your daughter's birthday in style!!

It was my sister's birthday over the weekend and the dirty-eating (as I've termed it) started Friday when i went out drinking with the girlies from Tae Kwon Do - we were celebrating one them getting a place @ university. Saturday was my sister's actual birthday so dinner was @ her choice of Chinese restaurant, which I had to admit was very yummy!! While I didn't stuff myself silly, as I would've done in previous years, I had no idea what I was eating other than the Hot & Sour soup that I actually logged. Sunday was the 'family' party, with Mum having baked a cake plus a whole load of Indian munchies.

Sunday was also my Tae Kwon Do grading and so i did treat myself to a pub lunch afterwards.

Overall, I had a fab weekend, and while I was massively over my limt Fri - Sun and not so hot with the food logging, I can't regret it because it was such a good weekend :happy:

As I see it, today is Monday, the start of a brand new week and a chance to get back on track!! Game on and good for you for admitting you weren't so careful and that you're willing to get back on track!!

:drinker: here's to you continued progress!! x

netchik

I would stay off he scales this week and just compensate this week by being v good and getting some extra exercise. Fingers crossed it will all equalize! You deserve a break for special occasions

kcmg0730

Awww...I'm glad so many others had a great weekend, too!! I think I come from a Weight watchers background, and so always felt like a weekend of a little more food was a 'bad' thing, and so would skip the meeting, not ask for support, etc. I find this so much less restrictive in that way, and because of that, I didn't stuff myself senseless because I'd decided to take a weekend 'off'...I didn't feel like it was a weekend off, I just relaxed and enjoyed the food, if that makes sense. I ate everything I liked in small bits rather than trying to 'get it all in', like I was never going to eat it ever again!

Anyway...I'm having a lazy Monday start, but at least my breakfast was good, and I'm going to take a nice long walk outside this afternoon, so I'm easing my way back in!