What do you consider a bad day?

BogQueen1

Just wondering the general opinions on the board here. What do you consider a failed day? If I look at my food intake, and I made it in under calorie allotments, but didn't eat any vegetables or fruits, and ate kind of a lot of junk food, I consider that a bad day, regardless of if I stayed under my calories or not.

Do you consider calories, or is there some other metric you look at to determine a good day? Maybe a stupid question, or pointless, but I see so many people saying 'yay great day today' and yes they are under calories, but their overall intake was complete junk.

Esther50

I would think like you. Maybe under calories but nothing nutritious, BAD.
But if I went over my calories a little, ate really good, but had desert that probably put me over, do I consider that a bad day? I'm not sure.

Nettabee

I look at overall food intake. Sometimes I can get in an apple or orange and a salad or something. Somedays its whole wheat and proteins. As long as my week isn't filled with a lot of junk food, I don't eat out too much, and can maintain a good balance while staying close to my cals I'm good. If I just eat fast food or junk and stay under my goals that doesn't mean I did good.

WhatAgirl_

going over my cals... seriously thats it

ashley67203

I look at sodium. If I go way over on that I know I was bad everywhere else.

ShaneOSX

Going over cals or having a poor macronutrient ratio.

AmyFett

I have my diary set to 1500 calories and I don't eat back exercise calories, unless I go over 300 or so for the day, then I do sometimes. But, a bad day to me, would be not exercising at all and getting my full 1500. Like today. I can't workout today, and had a 'blah' ish day.

ravenlaramie

Just wondering the general opinions on the board here. What do you consider a failed day? If I look at my food intake, and I made it in under calorie allotments, but didn't eat any vegetables or fruits, and ate kind of a lot of junk food, I consider that a bad day, regardless of if I stayed under my calories or not.

Do you consider calories, or is there some other metric you look at to determine a good day? Maybe a stupid question, or pointless, but I see so many people saying 'yay great day today' and yes they are under calories, but their overall intake was complete junk.

For me personally, it's a really bad day when I take in a ton of sugars or sodium. I have a bad habit of retaining water and the added salt doesn't help... and I just flat don't need all that much sugar.

Then again, I also consider it a bad day if I have a massive binge and just eat a ton of useless crap. Granted it tastes good but that's about it.

nikinyx6

Good days, I meet most of macros, and stay under calories...

In the 60+ days I've been here, today was my first BAAAAAD day. almost 1000 calories over, coz I 'grazed' all day at a free, all you can eat, bbq and salad day at work....and there were no nice healthy salads involved unfortunately...


do I regret it? not a bit...once every two months, I'll live a little :P

vanessalillian82

I do look at total calories, but I also judge it on how I feel. If I arrived at that total eating fruit, veg, lean protein, dairly (like yoghurt) and healthy oils (avocado, nuts) then I consider it a success because my body feels great. If I got there eating nothing but a packet of donuts, I consider it a failure because I feel gross.

birdieaz

When my I don't eat my full calories and net is too low. I'd rather be over than under. Aside from that, my sodium being too high, usually means too much processed foods.

moonlightturk

Going over cals or having a poor macronutrient ratio.