Overeaten...now what? Exercise tomorrow or Fasting?

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  • WickedDancerr
    WickedDancerr Posts: 11 Member
    I feel your pain! I learned my lesson and usually read before I eat. But you? I would exercise AND eat less. It's the weekly total that matters, not the yoyo of daily logging. Just be down for the week.
  • aussiestargazer
    aussiestargazer Posts: 98 Member
    Tomorrow is another day - and a new start - look at it this way - now you know the calorie cost - will make it easier to avoid next time - I am making sure I drink heaps of water before I go out anywhere i have to eat and eating an apple on the way and I am totally lost without the app to help me work out the calories

    but yep you blew it - maybe a bit more exercise tomorrow but just learn by it all and never give up!
  • amoffatt
    amoffatt Posts: 674 Member
    When I do this, I would personally watch what I eat the rest of the week, especially drink water to help eliminate all the sodium in the meals. This always helped me with the "bloat" feeling afterwards. At least you were honest in your diary which is being honest with yourself.:happy:
  • bmqbonnie
    bmqbonnie Posts: 836 Member
    Tomorrow's a new day. Learn from your mistakes and carry on as normal. It's not a good idea to get into an endless cycle of self punishment.

    It also sounds like you don't have much of a calorie allowance which I wonder if that's responsible for bingeing in the first place. Sometimes getting overly ambitious is more trouble than it's worth. I know I get overwhelmed and end up being more likely to overeat than if I just picked something reasonable in the first place.
  • apriltrainer
    apriltrainer Posts: 732 Member
    Look at my diary from 9/9 to now.

    On Sat I BLEW It. DId a little better on SUn but still blew it.

    Heck, I've had almost a week of high cal days. My usual cal intake is below 1450. But this week - very excessive.

    But after Sat I decided I wasn't going to overexercise or fast.

    I love to exercise and i use fasting as a tool. But I WANT to keep them as positive tools. Never as punishment. (yes I have fasted for health as well as spiritual benefits but I WON't punish myself with it.)

    I told myself Sat after eating in excess over 3000-4000 that tomorrow would be a new day.

    It was. Still high cal but lower. Every day since then except for yesterday has been a downward trend.

    on 9/9 I was 119.

    On 9/11 I was 122.

    Today I am 119.4

    WOW. A .4 increase. That's nothing. I did go up but went back down, by not overexercising and not fasting. Our bodies are constantly trying to keep us in homeostasis. Some weeks you might eat less, some more.

    Today i woke up and didn't feel hungry at all. Not even after a hardcore strength training session. Just didn't feel hungry. I am going to let my body dictate what it needs. It's sometimes hard to do, I still have a hard time trusting my body. For years I punished it. But I want to love it now.

    I may now be going into a low cal phase. THe past week I have woken up famished and fallen asleep still hungry even after eating alot, wheras there are days when I might eat less than 1200 and feel fine! Body is interesting sometimes.

    But I am learning to not punish myself.

    Like others have said. Tomorrow is a new day. You might have to have a few tomorrows like I did to get back to feeling alright.

    That's ok too.
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