I am so discouraged :(

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.

Do you happen to sell or be a dealer for Ideal Protein?

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.

If it makes you so unhappy that you've slipped up, then what good would giving up be?

it's 1000000000% worse than just carrying on. Nobody is perfect, everyone slips up now and again, but the important thing is to push on. If you've done it before you can do it again. No excuses!!

It happens to everyone! Don't give up the past is in the past.. let it be. Just move on and forget it happened. You can do this!

Log it, go for a walk, earn some calories and see where you are at the end of your day. It may not be as bad as you think. If you go over it is okay....shoot for a perfect day tomorrow. NOT all days have to be perfect, after all this is life, not a movie.

It happens for now don't cry over spilt milk. Get up, get dressed and have yourself a good workout!

You are sooo not alone! I know it's tough, but don't beat yourself up about it or toss in the towel. I scarfed down 2000 calories in cookies just yesterday! We all have slip-ups, but we all know how to dust ourselves off and start doing the right thing again! Just start fresh with the next meal.