how do u recover from bad days?

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  • ZugTheMegasaurus
    ZugTheMegasaurus Posts: 801 Member
    You have to do two things: tell yourself how bad it was, and remind yourself that it's not that bad.

    You want to tell yourself that it was not a positive thing to do, not because you should feel bad or guilty, but because making those days a habit will hinder your ability to reach your goals. What I do is make a note when I have a day that I go over. I couldn't live without Post-Its, so I just mark down how much I ate and stick it to my desk before I go to bed. Then when I get up in the morning, inevitably feeling crappy after having too much junk food, I see the note and quickly jot down on it how I feel. It helps cement for me the cause and effect of eating the wrong things and feeling bad. Then I'm less likely to do it again since I'm more cognizant of the real consequences.

    You want to remind yourself that it's not a big deal though. One bad day isn't going to undo months of progress. Even whole out-of-control week will still probably do only minimal damage in comparison to the big picture. And odds are, if you're used to living a healthy lifestyle, those "bad" days are probably a lot better than what you could have done. What I do when I'm feeling down and kicking myself is to think back to how I used to live, when I would do a million times worse and think nothing of it. That was when my habits were horribly unhealthy, when my diet consisted entirely of Doritos, fast food, soda, and booze. It's hard to feel bad about those days when I go over a couple hundred calories in fresh, healthy foods now because I can see how much progress I've made, and no one day of bad eating will undo that.
  • mabelbabel1
    mabelbabel1 Posts: 391 Member
    I'm having a great weekend, with friends, food and wine....yes it will spoil any weightloss for my weigh in tomorrow, but it's real life...I can't live the life of a hermit until I am my goal weight, so I am enjoying this weekend and will get back on track from tomorrow.

    I don't like referring to days/weekends like this as bad days....their just days where I made different choices.....no big deal.

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