Anyone have a 4th of July Epic Food Fail?

opsniht

Oh, I did. But it wasn't TOO bad. I was only in the end like 300 calories (net) over my limit, so...

AnitaVolpato

I didn't do too, too bad. I had a Wegmans sub with everything. 7 inches of deliciousness. Luckily for me, my son knock out of my hand when I was about 3/4 of the way done with it and it flew apart on the ground. Huh, that's one way to cut calories. The entire cup of brown sugar and bacon filled baked beans didn't help, either, heh, heh.

Good lookin out son.. See you had some help. I wished someone had took my plate from me... but than again that would have caused a huge argument... ha ha ha

dotbell123

Total dessert fail at my house, made a peanut butter pie (with Reese's peanut butter cups). Over 400 calories a slice. Every bite was amazing. Today, it's back to the diet food. I loved my steak and corn on the cob yesterday. To hell with salad. :laugh:

I totally believe you need to splurge once in a while to keep motivated.

For some reason, I still wound up 20 calories UNDER my limit and got the 'starvation mode' message.

makalinger

You all have great stories and attitudes As for myself ? Bam! Homemade icecream ! gotta love it on the 4th of July!!! Hey today is another day! (((((((((HUGS))))))))))):blushing:

I_love_frogs

Well, I was omg-ing about yesterday tbh. I made sure to have a light breakfast.

I went to the gym doing intense water aerobics, and then went out and intentionally <ugh> helped rake and mow the lawn and other things. So I was hoping I had not sabotaged myself with the dinner that evening in case I pigged out. I was determined to be good tho!!

So then lunch/dinner came around and I bbq'd for my husband and me. I measured out everything and knew the approximate cals ahead of time. I was planning to have one burger and a salad.

Nope.

I had 2 burgers. Yes, 2 BURGERS!!! Not little ones either... 2 big juicy beef burgers with a little salt and pepper, fantastic With mayo <real mayo>, catsup, lettuce and onion too on hamburger buns. I felt like such a pig but they were so good....

AND I had a little bag of chips.

AND a green salad with miso dressing on the side.

AND I had angel food cake with mango butter and a ton of fat free/sugar free coolwhip. And they were good. REALLY REALLY good. I have no regrets.

Then came the end of the day and I tallied up my food and exercise here..........

I was still under my goal. So even tho it felt like I failed I really didn't!!

So nope...I regret NOTHING!!!

<and I am not counting this as my cheat meal either...I freakin earned those burgers :P You should have seen our yard....I think we need a jungle guide next time to make sure we get out>

And to top it off I was down 1/2 a pound today woot!!!

byebyeluvhandles

I made fruit kabobs (strawberries, bananas and blueberries) and veggie kabobs (zuchinni, red onion and yellow squash) so I wouldn't do so bad, but I still managed to go over on my calories. Not too much over, but still over, which I hadn't done since I joined this site a couple of weeks ago.

I'm sure it's bound to happen every now and then, but this just means that I gotta get back on track.

SavageFeast

I ate a slice of pizza the size of a toddler.

aaronrlindemann

I ate fairly poorly... water is the key though. After my walk and run this morning I hit a new low. My good habits are finally over taking my bad ones! ONWARD!!

contingencyplan

Damn straight I did. And I loved it. And I don't regret it. It's gonna happen, holidays are as good a time as any.

dyannajoy

well I started the day off well......which helped me alot at the end of the day I am sure. I started the eve well at my daughters 4th of July party.......but caved after a couple of hours and had some things that were not at all on my food plan. However the good news was that the things I did have did not taste as good as I thought. I had an orange ice cream float. Took two bites and threw the rest. The had a cake pop. Took one bite and thew the rest. Whew! And today is a new day....... all is well!:bigsmile:

janiedoe111

My eating was too bad, BUT I didn't sign in to MFP and I was on day number 31!!!

FatSlayer1016

wasted 108 grams of carbs on 3 tablespoon real maple syrup with my breakfast. Oh well (:

Real maple syrup is never a waste of carbs! That stuff is liquid gold where I am from! I would LOVE some real syrup but even though I live in the number one syrup producing state in America, I can't afford it.

Oh and yesterday was a fine calorie day for me. I even made sure I could have some scotch and a beer and didn't go over.

bloomlately

Is it a fail if I still stayed within my calories? I had fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans for dinner. And watermelon for dessert. Deeelicious. I went over my carbs and fat though (I wonder why... :P).

jennylea16

Fried dough, italian sausage, french fries so good but way over cals and a tummy ache today!

AnitaVolpato

Well, I was omg-ing about yesterday tbh. I made sure to have a light breakfast.

I went to the gym doing intense water aerobics, and then went out and intentionally <ugh> helped rake and mow the lawn and other things. So I was hoping I had not sabotaged myself with the dinner that evening in case I pigged out. I was determined to be good tho!!

So then lunch/dinner came around and I bbq'd for my husband and me. I measured out everything and knew the approximate cals ahead of time. I was planning to have one burger and a salad.

Nope.

I had 2 burgers. Yes, 2 BURGERS!!! Not little ones either... 2 big juicy beef burgers with a little salt and pepper, fantastic With mayo <real mayo>, catsup, lettuce and onion too on hamburger buns. I felt like such a pig but they were so good....

AND I had a little bag of chips.

AND a green salad with miso dressing on the side.

AND I had angel food cake with mango butter and a ton of fat free/sugar free coolwhip. And they were good. REALLY REALLY good. I have no regrets.

Then came the end of the day and I tallied up my food and exercise here..........

I was still under my goal. So even tho it felt like I failed I really didn't!!

So nope...I regret NOTHING!!!

<and I am not counting this as my cheat meal either...I freakin earned those burgers :P You should have seen our yard....I think we need a jungle guide next time to make sure we get out>

And to top it off I was down 1/2 a pound today woot!!!

HA HA HA HA... I love this.. "AND" "AND" "AND".... Hilarious!

olee67

oh yeah... the only good meal I ate was breakfast. But, I planned this day as a cheat day and I didn't disappoint myself.

FrugalMomsRock75

wasted 108 grams of carbs on 3 tablespoon real maple syrup with my breakfast. Oh well (:

Real maple syrup is never a waste of carbs! That stuff is liquid gold where I am from! I would LOVE some real syrup but even though I live in the number one syrup producing state in America, I can't afford it.

Oh and yesterday was a fine calorie day for me. I even made sure I could have some scotch and a beer and didn't go over.

Do you have an Aldi? They have 100% real maple syrup for 3.99!

dyannajoy

I made fruit kabobs (strawberries, bananas and blueberries) and veggie kabobs (zuchinni, red onion and yellow squash) so I wouldn't do so bad, but I still managed to go over on my calories. Not too much over, but still over, which I hadn't done since I joined this site a couple of weeks ago.

I'm sure it's bound to happen every now and then, but this just means that I gotta get back on track.

what a great odea of things to make for a party day! I will remember this as that was part of my problem last night......no foods that were healthy to eat at the party! Next time I will make sure I take foods I can eat and enjoy!

obeserat

4th July has absolutely no significance to me

ahipsher

ME. I stopped logging when I had 500 cals left for the day. I was maybe 300+ over.

Eating clean and going for a nice run today.

At least I skipped the booze last night.

TravisBurns

I actually stayed within my cals. But my macros were pretty hit. So i'd consider it a free day. As I usually do on a wednesday so it worked out pretty well for me.

AnitaVolpato

You all have great stories and attitudes As for myself ? Bam! Homemade icecream ! gotta love it on the 4th of July!!! Hey today is another day! (((((((((HUGS))))))))))):blushing:

((((((((((HUGS))))))))))) To you too....

(((((((((HUGS)))))))))))) To my 634 calorie's over.. with exercise... ha ha ha

bsix3

it was a borderline EFF for me! I don't feel bad though because I stayed away from my crack which is bread! haha! Belive me, i'm back on it today.

bcw660816

We went to Golden Corral and had buffet for a late lunch. I knew it was coming so ate a small breakfast and went to both Curves AND the gym. Pigged out ~ all healthy choices except the Bourbon Chicken and Spicy Chicken Tender. I was about 600 calories over my normal caloric allowance, but with a 35 minute evening walk I had it covered and even had about 175 calories left according to MFP. I never eat back excercise calories, trying to stay between 1600-1750 calories a day (BMR is about 1710), but yesterday I was glad to have them so I could stay in the green. :laugh:

AnitaVolpato

4th July has absolutely no significance to me

Hey even if it wasn't a holiday for you ..... it's still a day on the calendar and another day that God allowed you to breathe... That is significant...

midcoast_mommy

I had two beers, popcorn, a hamburger, and a hot fudge sundae. :grumble: I regretted it so much and thought for sure I was going to gain, but I stepped on the scale this morning and my weight hadn't budged. So it wasn't a complete fail after all! :drinker:

kapzilla

I wouldn't call it a fail. I knew what I was doing when I stuffed my face last night! It was worth it too!

I'm back on track today!

trm981

I did, and it was not worth it at all. I did all right up to around 9pm when my son freaked out during fireworks so I came back inside with him, and proceeded to snack on a huge bowl of Doritos that were still sitting out. They weren't even that good! I also ate a cookie and a brownie. I added almost 1000 calories to my day in 15 minutes and it wasn't even satisfying. I'm disappointed in myself. BUT I haven't gone over calorie goals in about a month before this so I should be proud of myself for that! Back on the wagon today.

Sassy922

I did it. I am guilty and you know what? I don't think it's a big deal... just got to get back on track today. I sat on here last night and laughed so hard at my diary. It was the worst food day for me since I started getting in shape..

*raising hand*

paulamhunt

I had one of my grand daughters and she wanted choc ice cream with rainbow sprinkles... Now everyone know a grandma can not say no to a cute little 4 year old... I did decide to go with the salt sea carmel preztel frozen yogurt with cookie dough bites.. so yummy and never thought about calories the whole time eating out with Miss Brooke... We also went to Bass Pro to view the animals, which she did inform me they were not real, you can touch them and they won't bite and processed to show me.. soooo freaking cute... She wanted some of the down home cookin from McDonalds too... so yes, grandma went to McDonalds.. Great day with the little one and do not regret a calorie... )

Your day with Miss Brooke sounds absolutely wonderful. I would so hang with you Grandma.