I am so discouraged :(

Everyone slips up sometimes. Don't let it get to you, just use it as motivation for trying harder from now on.

So, my advice is forgive yourself and move on to another day in your journey. **** happens and we all go through the mishaps and bad decisions. the key is to get back on the horse and move forward, in my opinion.

I think we have all done at some point. Don't give up. The best thing you can do is log it and move on. Don't beat yourself up over it. Start fresh this minute and move forward. Hang in there. You can do it

Not only is every day a new day, but every moment is a new moment! I ate half of a bag of Caramel Apple Kettle Corn from the fair last night while laying in bed. -_- I worked harder this morning. You will be fine!

It is not easy to stay the course, if it were this site would not exist. You can't change what has happened, maybe you should go for a walk and take care of those extra calories! You have complete strangers rooting for your success, how can you not at least care for your well being as we do? Get up, get offline, go for a walk.

Most people have a "give in" day every once in a while. Forgive yourself and move on. Like someone already said, it's 3500 cal for1 pound of fat. Just work out a bit more and behave the rest of the day

I tried to take a look at your diary but it is not public. As others have said, one binge isn't the end of the world. Just get refocused and move forward. One thing that I would suggest you consider though is that the currrent food plan you are following may be to restricitive and may not be one you can follow for long periods. You don't say (or I missed) how long you've been at this diet but a break and reset may be in order and possibly a less restrictive plan going forward. Just food for thought.

It happened to me today, too. I just ate a big donut here at work. I hate that I gave in. But, like someone just told me, the day is young and there is still time to burn calories!

NEVER GIVE UP!! You deserve more for yourself.. We all are going to have good and bad days.. NOBODY is perfect, and that is why all of us are on here.. We need each other! Nobody has complete control, as much as we try. You just have to do the best you can... Live your day meal by meal instead of day by day!!! This is a complete life change, stick with it, DO NOT LET YOURSELF DOWN!!!! Stick with it:) Good Luck!!

I hear you. What you are feeling now was the SINGLE most important thing I changed about my journey. I would go on these insane diets, be perfect for 4 days, then binge, feel disgusted and give up.

I had to change my mind before I could change my body. I still have moments of weakness, but I am on this journey for a lifetime now, not 30 days or whatever the fad I was following suggested. My goal was to be healthier, fitter and stronger, not just slimmer. I am achieving all my goals - slow and steady. I got better about planning my treats and working out for me is essential - if I sweated for an hour there is NO WAY I am eating a snickers in 20 seconds and wiping out all my effort. Funny the way that works :laugh:

Learn from it, pick yourself up and move on. Don't give up.

I look at it this way..if you drop your phone..and get a scratch..do you throw it out..nope..its still in good condition..you pick it up..and move on with your day.

Thats the attitude you need..you cant drop all the success you had just because of one lousy day..

Forget...start over tomorrow.

"HOLY ****! I'VE EATEN SO MUCH! IM GOING TO BE OBESE"
I bet you're thinking that. I know I have. But I read this and it put my mind at rest.

"Ok.

Stop.

Take a deep breath and put your thinking cap on.

I’m going to hit you with some wisdom, ok?

Take your weight loss calorie goal, and just toss that number out the window. We’re not going to talk about that right now. We’re going to talk about that minor (or major) freak out we sometimes have when we’re having a really good week, eating really well, then we lose our damn minds and stuff our faces with delicious delicious junk food.

2000 calories is about what your body needs to maintain your weight and keep all your organs doing all those lovely keeping you alive things that they do. Your body burns all those calories at rest. That means that while you’re sitting on your *kitten*, walking to the fridge and back, scrolling through tumblr, etc etc.. your body is making you breathe and make new cells and **** and burns those 2000 calories.

To gain a single pound, you’d have to eat another 3500 calories on top of those 2000. Thats 5500 calories. 5500 calories is a ****ing lot of calories, okay?

Lets take a look at what 5500 calories looks like.

One slice of a large pepperoni pizza from pizza hut is 330 calories. You’d have to eat a little over 2 entire large pepperoni pizzas to hit 5500 calories.
One crunchy taco from taco bell is 170 calories. To eat 5500 calories, you’d have to eat 32 tacos.
One double cheeseburger from mcdonalds is 440 calories. 12 of those is 5500 calories.
21 cheetos are 160 calories. 714 cheetos are 5500 calories.
Was whatever junk you ate probably a bad choice health-wise? Probably.

Did you ruin all your progress? No.

Did you even eat enough to gain an entire whole pound? Nooope.

Are you going to survive, drink some water, go for a walk or run in the morning, and forgive yourself? Yep. You are.

Know why?

Cause **** happens.

But we move on, and we stay determined.

Stop freaking out. Forgive yourself."


I read this in another post today and thought it was fantastic. Hope it inspires you as it did me.

Dear discouraged, have you looked into the Ideal Protein program? It solved my problem.

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Dont give up! just fix it. if you had a slip up, add an extra 10 to 20 minute walk/exercise to make up for it. But honestly, Its ok to treat yourself once in awhile.