I screwed up on my first day...

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  • LMHinson15
    LMHinson15 Posts: 201 Member
    If 30 calories is a total fail... you're going to have a rough road ahead.

    30 calories is just that... 30 calories... you'd have to be OVER by that much for the next 116 days to make up one pound. And you're still at a deficit being 30 cals "over"...

    Don't beat yourself up. Learn from it. Move on! The quickest way to fail on this journey is to get down on yourself.
  • KeRAWRi
    KeRAWRi Posts: 79 Member
    30 calories is EASY to burn off!! No worries, love! :]
  • metco89
    metco89 Posts: 578 Member
    You did great!! I have had many 1st day screw ups not to mention the 1 week screw ups etc.., i just keep coming back to MFP and then i get back on track. I just now logged back on about 3 days ago.I am constantly "screwing up" but for today i am not giving up! You can do this, we all can with the help and support of others who are on this journey!!! :drinker: :smile:
  • sherrirb
    sherrirb Posts: 1,649 Member
    Sweetheart, this is not a failure at ALL, you are doing just fine for your first day!!! Be proud of your day!!! :smile:
    30 calories is a few jumping jacks.

    Failure is several hundred calories over your goal. Failure is falling back into old eating habits and eating so much that you feel uncomfortably full. Failure is 3 candy bars too late because you got a sweet tooth you just cannot satisfy and it overwhelms you.

    Failure is the miserable feeling when you realize you just finished binging out of boredom...

    Be proud of yoru first day! You are already making great choices. This change doesnt happen overnight.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    30 calories one way or another is nothing, its less than 0.01lb difference in your weight loss.

    A learning point may be to work out some low calorie healthy snacks you can take with you to work, enough to beat the hunger of a long shift.


    .01 LB - I like that!

    You did not screw up! None of us is perfect. Look how many GOOD choices you made today. If you make more good choices than bad choices .... you're on your way. This is all a learning experience.
  • KeRAWRi
    KeRAWRi Posts: 79 Member
    Also, take into consideration of where those calories came from. If most of your calories came in the form of nutrients/good calories then one burger is fine. AND if there are 21 meals in a week, and you screw up 2, you've still got it 95% right! :D
  • sergiovictor
    sergiovictor Posts: 1
    Only 30 over? you're doing great! Keep walking.
  • SueD66
    SueD66 Posts: 405 Member
    It's not screwing up. It's learning... getting to that healthy place is a process it is not learned or achieved overnight or any time super soon. You find what works and what doens't. Don't kick youself. Tomorrow you do something different and see how that works for you. Have a great tomorrow!
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