Ruining your week with a huge calorie bonanza

evakay1
evakay1 Posts: 23 Member
in Motivation and Support
This is my first post here at MFP, which has absolutley changed my life. I've been doing so well, in the past month I've shed about 4-5kg, meaning I've reached half way to my goal much quicker than I expected! I'm starting the 30DS this week and plan to readjust my goals for the last 5kg after I reach 60.

Problem is, last night was a family dinner. Coming from a Macedonian background, the portions are huge, the food not exactly healthy (think cheese and meat and garlic and carbs in every possible combination) It is downright frowned upon if I don't eat like crazy. I completely overindulged in everything, Beans, barbebque, huge portions of salad with tonnes of feta cheese, and beer! After attempting to and probably not even covering everything!) log what I ate, I found myself at over my weekly calorie intake by 200 or so.

What plan do you all have when faced with meals like this? And how can I make ammends with my body after what I did to it?

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  • Toddrific
    Toddrific Posts: 1,114 Member
    Your body treats calories with a rolling total. You can decrease calories beforehand if you know it's coming. You can also eat less than needed for a few days (maybe more) afterwords to make everything back in balance.
  • Natihilator
    Natihilator Posts: 1,778 Member
    I'll admit to it: I binge-drank last night, and had a huge breakfast (around 1200 calories) this morning. I "prepared" for it by eating very clean, light meals for breakfast and lunch before my night out, and also doing an intense workout, so I ended up with 1300 extra calories to "spend" for the night without going over my limit for the day. My breakfast covered lunch today, and I'll be having a light, healthy dinner, so same deal.

    There will be times where it's just sort of ridiculous to not induge, and I think exercise and going right back to eating healthy foods is really the best remedy. I'm not one for detox cleanses, I did one in the past and it did more harm than help :/
  • evakay1
    evakay1 Posts: 23 Member
    Cheers everyone. I don't think I've done as much damage as I thought I'd did. It's mainly the guilt of coming off the bandwagon! I'll go for a run, have a protein shake and start a-fresh. Thank you :)
  • cathylord
    cathylord Posts: 115 Member
    Yeah, it's just the guilt talking. One day isn't going to make a huge difference and your way of dealing with it sounds reasonable. All you can do is keep on keeping on. We get a fresh start every day. You really are doing great.

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