Bad choices day

checkmatekingtwo

Well, I'm 51 days into my journey and I've had my first really bad choices day. Went 285 calories over my daily limit. I know, not the end of the world. But I made bad choices for mid-day snack and bad choices for dinner. I could have easily made better choices and stayed within my calorie limit for the day.

And a shame, too. Because I made good choices for lunch. I had brought my lunch (lettuce, tuna salad, carrots), but there was a buffet lunch provided at school. I skipped past the bad choices there, and made myself a lovely yogurt parfait: strawberry yogurt, fresh fruit, and a small amount of granola. More calories than I planned for lunch, but a healthy choice.

I had planned to have two ounces of aged English cheddar cheese for my afternoon snack. But that was when I had planned to have my light-calorie lunch. Once I'd made that lunch change, I should have shifted plans and skipped the cheese. It would have been easy to change, since I had my uneaten lunch. I could have easily substituted the carrots from lunch. That would have put me "even", calorie-wise, for my plans for the day. And considering I really wasn't very hungry at snack time, the carrots would have easily satisfied me.

Strike one for the day.

Tuesday is Trivia Night at Wings and Things. I usually plan ahead to have one of my favorite bar food, leaving plenty of leeway calories. Tonight I had planned on having chicken wings. But, I was up in terms of calories from lunch and up from y midday snack. Did I alter my plans and have a lesser calorie, but equally enjoyable, bar item? No, of course not. I had the wings. Did I forego the blue cheese dressing (which would have kept me within the calories of the day)? Of course not.

And here's my take away for the day. Lesson learned: don't be married to my "plan" for the day. If I make one change, then I have to re-evaluate the entire day BEFORE I eat anything further. Regardless of my planning, I still have to be flexible. Next time, I need to make smart choices ALL day.

Tomorrow is another day. I need to shake it off and continue on.

Anyone else have a bad choices day lately?

lorihalsted

Everybody makes bad choices! Pick up and carry on tomorrow. 285 calories will not kill you. Keep up the good work!:flowerforyou:

Lyssa62

it's my birthday today and I went 19 over my fat intake..but it's not the end of the world...I ate 1 slice of cake my 21 year old son thought out and baked for me ( including slimming it down for me with splenda and stevia)....but it still was cake and threw me over..but I get up tomorrow and it's not my birthday and I continue with my progress.

you get up tomorrow and you will make different choices I always try to remember I did not arrive here over night and I can not depart from here over night.

lilawolf

I went over about that much last Thursday, and didn't do much better for the next 3 days either, getting up to a grand total of 280 cal deficit for 4 days. This is of course, under my TDEE of 2000. I had a blast and just so happened to lose 1.1 lbs in 6 days (including those 4). It is a good thing to give your body extra cals sometimes. It is also good to enjoy life and not feel guilty about a day of enjoyment.

notmac

Realize it, and then forgive yourself for it. Someday's you will go over what your plan is, it is not the end of the world, or the end of your journey. As mentioned above, sometimes you need to treat yourself, so you don't feel like you are deprived. One day in the whole scheme of things will not hurt you. You may be pleasantly surprised when you weigh yourself, but if it is not what you hoped for, you know that you are not going to do that all the time. You will get to where you want to be.