Help! I crashed my diet

JSharpe2013
JSharpe2013 Posts: 4
in Motivation and Support
I totally binged this weekend. I stuffed myself with junk food and did nothing active. I was doing so good, now I feel like I should just give up on the whole dieting thing all together :(
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  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    And that would help how?
  • ubermensch13
    ubermensch13 Posts: 824 Member
    How many calories did you go over? Seriously, it is only one weekend.....you aren't going to be perfect, nor should you be, the entire time. I ate 1/2 pizza for dinner last night, it was totally worth it! We all need to enjoy life, even when we are losing weight.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    You don't need to give up because you didn't really do anything wrong. We all go over once in a while. We all slack on the exercise once in a while. Daily adherence 100% of the time is not feasible. Guide yourself through this, tamp down the panic, and continue on with your day. You will do fine.
  • CandiceMcD
    CandiceMcD Posts: 115 Member
    Just gotta dust yourself off and continue on. Can't get down on yourself for being human.
  • jkfw
    jkfw Posts: 2 Member
    I totally understand. I did really good Jan. 1- 6 but then I took a turn for the worse. First, I started skipping exercise (which I think was the whole problem) then I started eating junk again. I had pizza and chocolate and wasn't even satisfied. I feel awful about it but now this week I'm going to have to really work hard at making sure I exercise everyday for 15-20 minutes. We can't give up we just have to keep trying. We all fall sometimes but we can't continue to not try. We need to say "this week I am going to exercise and eat healthy"
  • hayesjh01
    hayesjh01 Posts: 12 Member
    We all have those days. Don't get down on yourself, today startes a new week and keep pushing forward and don't look back at this past weekend. Just because you had a bad weekend doesn't mean you gained everything back plus I think you need a day or two like those sometimes to keep you going.
    Also I never weight myself on Mondays because I know I will not be happy with what I see.
    Stay focused you can do this!!!!!
    I BELIEVE IN YOU :)
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    well, just wondering how restrictive you were. It's really easy to over-do it after one taste of something amazing if you've been completely depriving yourself of those things. I recommend eating what you like in smaller quantities--that way you're not tempted to completely binge when you're presented with the opportunity. It's okay, everyone has slip ups. Pick yourself up and go forward making better choices!
  • 4_Lisa
    4_Lisa Posts: 362 Member
    I totally binged this weekend. I stuffed myself with junk food and did nothing active. I was doing so good, now I feel like I should just give up on the whole dieting thing all together :(

    WHY? it was one weekend! in the grand scheme of things, not a big deal unless you make it one. Get back at it, nothing worth doing is easy, and no one who quits is successful!
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Well... if that is how you feel, then you weren't committed to begin with.


    Come back when you are ready!
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    Hope you have insurance
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    And that would help how?

    Exactly.
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    Keep going!
  • capriciousmoon
    capriciousmoon Posts: 1,263 Member
    Your diet isn't the Titanic. You can't crash it. Just pick up and keep going as if the binge didn't happen.
  • cargilb
    cargilb Posts: 116
    I totally binged this weekend. I stuffed myself with junk food and did nothing active. I was doing so good, now I feel like I should just give up on the whole dieting thing all together :(

    I do something like that at least once a month. Just remember: this is a marathon, not a sprint. There is a long way to go, and many missteps will occur. What is important is that you get your bearings back and forge ahead.

    About 2 months ago I ate 4000 calories in a day.
  • muffle1969
    muffle1969 Posts: 96 Member
    I think everyone is saying the same thing because it really is true. :) You're building new habits overall, right? So the occasional exception, like this weekend, won't ruin your new habits as long as you get back to them.

    I'm having to keep in mind that I should just keep on with the exercise and documenting everything no matter what the scale says. I feel better and my old clothes fit, even if I go over on calories every so often.

    I look at the net average for the week in terms of nutrition rather than day by day. This helps me stay on track, even if I go over on calories one or two days, which I did. It motivates me to do better the other days, and to keep exercising.

    I hope this helps. Obviously, you have a lot of support! Good luck!
  • Bambers14
    Bambers14 Posts: 15 Member
    Nope, just start again today. We all slip up now and then. One or two days of binging won't ruin weeks of hard work.
  • ChristyRunStarr
    ChristyRunStarr Posts: 1,600 Member
    Your diet isn't the Titanic. You can't crash it. Just pick up and keep going as if the binge didn't happen.


    exactly
  • kali31337
    kali31337 Posts: 1,048 Member
    Don't do it! I was in the same boat at the end of October and let myself go for 2 months. I'm still trying to get back where I was when I fell off the wagon. I've got about 6 more lbs to go. Imagine where i'd be if I kept it up. Don't give up!
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
    I totally binged this weekend. I stuffed myself with junk food and did nothing active. I was doing so good, now I feel like I should just give up on the whole dieting thing all together :(

    This is only a problem if you allow it to be so.

    Just keep going.
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    I totally binged this weekend. I stuffed myself with junk food and did nothing active. I was doing so good, now I feel like I should just give up on the whole dieting thing all together :(

    So? I went to Chili's yesterday and ate chocoalte.. and had a whole lot of beer this weekend. Just get back to eating healthy..

    Also.. stop worrying abuot dieting. focus on changing your choices and how you eat overall. A lifestyle change will yeild mroe results then a diet and you'll stick to it. Instead of coming off a diet and gaining it back.

    Over eating ocasionally does not hurt us.. it's when it's a daily occurance that we become unhealthy.

    Just write it off and keep on keeping on!
  • Colleen5755
    Colleen5755 Posts: 1
    So you fell off the wagon. We all do from time to time whether it's food, alcohol, smoking, etc. We are only human. Don't berate yourself. Just get back up, and climb back on. :)
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I guarantee you that you didn't do the kind of damage that you think you did. Think of it this way...for just one Lb of fat gain you would have to consume 3,500 calories above your maintenance level TDEE...pretty difficult to do in a weekend, even one that has been of excess.

    For me, my maintenance TDEE is right around 2,500...that would mean I would need to consume 4,250 calories per day for two days to gain 1 Lb of fat. I had a big day on Saturday and just enjoyed myself and my food...huge breakfast of bacon and eggs and the works and then friends over for food and drink...I made short ribs with a heavy wine sauce mashed potatoes and broccoli...I had about 3 servings of the beef...my dinner alone was arouind 1,200 calories. Everything together for the entire day, including my beer, wine, and cocktails totaled right around 3,000 calories for the day...or the equivalent of .15 Lbs gain...no biggie, it's already gone.
  • nroth57
    nroth57 Posts: 21
    So what if you gained a pound or even two this weekend?! Rome wasn't built in a day. You're on this path for the long haul, right? Denying yourself cheats and spills and falls will only make you feel guilty and make you lose hope. Celebrate the fact that you got a "weekend off", and know that you gotta get back on the horse and keep trottin. Another one of those weekends will come along eventually and you should just embrace it, enjoy yourself and know that you need to get back into it come Monday. the longer you're on this new path of eating right and exercising, the less of those "weekends" you'll find yourself having.
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    I totally binged this weekend. I stuffed myself with junk food and did nothing active. I was doing so good, now I feel like I should just give up on the whole dieting thing all together :(

    Yes you should quit. Because I lifetime of eating crappy food and bingeing is better than shrugging off a bad weekend and getting your *kitten* to the gym.
  • miracole
    miracole Posts: 492 Member
    your only failure is if you allow one bad weekend to be your excuse to quit.

    Everyone has the binge days. That's life. I had a binge 2 weeks over Christmas and it was kind of glorious though I felt like a blob afterward! It's for days like that that I rely on the idea of penance exercise. Eat whatever you like but then it's time to lace up those shoes and run it off again! (or bike it off, swim it off, etc)
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    Giving up now is the ONLY way to crash your diet.
  • cargilb
    cargilb Posts: 116
    I guarantee you that you didn't do the kind of damage that you think you did. Think of it this way...for just one Lb of fat gain you would have to consume 3,500 calories above your maintenance level TDEE...pretty difficult to do in a weekend, even one that has been of excess.

    For me, my maintenance TDEE is right around 2,500...that would mean I would need to consume 4,250 calories per day for two days to gain 1 Lb of fat. I had a big day on Saturday and just enjoyed myself and my food...huge breakfast of bacon and eggs and the works and then friends over for food and drink...I made short ribs with a heavy wine sauce mashed potatoes and broccoli...I had about 3 servings of the beef...my dinner alone was arouind 1,200 calories. Everything together for the entire day, including my beer, wine, and cocktails totaled right around 3,000 calories for the day...or the equivalent of .15 Lbs gain...no biggie, it's already gone.

    good point. the worst that one binge will do to you is that you will remain at your weight. If you gain more than that its probably water and undigested food still in your system... that is temporary weight at worst.
  • umachanxo
    umachanxo Posts: 926 Member
    So, you're saying that you had a bad week, and rather than getting back on track and just starting again, you want to go back to your old lifestyle and gain more weight?

    Seems counter productive to me. See, to me, if you worked hard to get any results, one week shouldn't set you back forever. Stop the excuses, stop complaining, and DO SOMETHING about it.
  • Eeyore_Chick
    Eeyore_Chick Posts: 39 Member
    I totally binged this weekend. I stuffed myself with junk food and did nothing active. I was doing so good, now I feel like I should just give up on the whole dieting thing all together :(

    You're human!!! We all have days where all we want to do is stuff our faces with chocolate cake, ice cream, pizza, lobster drenched in a pound of melted butter... whatever it happens to be that is what your craving - it doesn't mean we should give up - it just means that you look at that as a speed bump in the road & carry on bravely the next day.

    You're the person who needs to decide for you if you want to stop what you're doing & go back to how it was before or if you want to keep working towards your goal. If you decide to stick with it and view this as a hiccup then GOOD FOR YOU!!!! If you decide to go back to not worrying & then start again later - well I for one have been there & will be there to support you if you're having to start over - again - because I've started over 'again' more times than I can count. Just remember that you have a support network that understands the ups and downs and that is there to help you through them.

    :flowerforyou:
  • sweetsarahv
    sweetsarahv Posts: 180 Member
    And that would help how?

    She's right! Giving up is never the answer!!! Dig in where you are and keep moving forward!

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