The day after you have fudged up your whole diet.

Get right back into eating clean the next day. One day won't set you back too far, even a really bad day. Just try to be active, eat nutritious foods and drink plenty of water the next few days. You might not lose as much as you had wanted this week, but chances are you won't have a big gain either (unless the binge involved lots of salt which can cause water retention).

If you say screw it, next thing you know it will be a month or two later and you will have undone some hard work.

ya it was a good day for bad things and I can understand the whole "what's the point" but that's just BS and you know it. Walk it off.

I too had an EPIC binge day. Wasn't in the mood for anything at lunch and was craving a piece of cake and a turkey bacon panini. So what did I do - I ate it - all 1000 calorie of it. Left work with 74 calories, went to physical therapy for my hip which is jacked from running while fat and came home and what did I do? Ate 2/3 of a donato's pepperoni and sausage pizza because my appitite has been out of control today.

Sometimes you do it because you're stressed or emotional. Sometimes it's because you crave something. Sometimes it's because you just want a day to say "Screw it"....

It doesn't matter. That was today - what will you do to tomorrow?

Tomorrow I will eat my normal breakfast, my normal lunch, make a healthy dinner, walk my dog, do my PT at-home exercises and go to bed... and I wii get up and do it again the next day.

Willpower is hard to maintain but keep in mind - you didn't to where you are now quickly, it happened over time. Changing your life is a learning experience and the weight will come of - one day and one piece of education at at time.

As the song says, "Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again."

I have to agree with Storms here. It is not possible to foul up you "whole" diet in a single day. Good grief - looking at your progress bar, you're doing outstanding. Unless you somehow managed to eat enough food today to somehow gain back every single ounce you've lost (hint - you didn't), then all it was was a bad day. We all have bad days at times. The trick isn't to not have a bad day.

The trick is to not let the bad day defeat you.

Every meal is a new meal. If I give in (Sunday night = 2 pkgs Japanese peanuts and 3 large cookies), I know it's okay and I'll eat better for the next meal. When you get upset, go for a walk, run, lift weights, call a friend, go to a movie - find something else to ease your pain. I don't keep my trigger foods in my house. Even my SO knows that ice cream is a no-go. If I see it, I will eventually (usually sooner than later) eat it. If it's not in the house, I have to REALLY want it to have to go to the store to get it. The walk over there makes me remember my ultimate goal is not going to be found in a pint of ice cream.

Hope this helps. Good luck with your car and your journey!

WOW you so deserved a cheat day......... problem is.... the little bit of comfort it gave you at the time is now coming back to haunt you......

self control is a muscle just like any others.... and you need to start facing that..... when you are tempted recognise the temptation and just say no...... remind yourself that this IS something that you can control and every time you stay strong you will build that muscle...

I'm not saying you aren't ever going to eat twix bars again..... .to be honest I just finished one lol.... but not because I was having a bad day, and not because I was having a good day and I wanted to reward myself...... but because I can......and so I did

and then I put the other half in the freezer for the next time I feel like having one just because......

They say that a pound is about 3500 calories depending on what the calories are made up of (fats/carbs/proteins). I figure even if I go 1,000-2,000 calories over my goal once every few weeks, it isn't going to kill me. I, too am a stress eater and a stressful day used to mean a bag of tortilla chips and a jar of salsa con queso downed in about two hours. I haven't done that lately but if I do, I just think the next day that I'm starting again. You can't change what you did yesterday but you can work on today right now! Good luck!

Kelly

WOW you so deserved a cheat day......... problem is.... the little bit of comfort it gave you at the time is now coming back to haunt you......

self control is a muscle just like any others.... and you need to start facing that..... when you are tempted recognise the temptation and just say no...... remind yourself that this IS something that you can control and every time you stay strong you will build that muscle...

I'm not saying you aren't ever going to eat twix bars again..... .to be honest I just finished one lol.... but not because I was having a bad day, and not because I was having a good day and I wanted to reward myself...... but because I can......and so I did

and then I put the other half in the freezer for the next time I feel like having one just because......

I like this attitude - I totally need to work on my self control muscle. We (that muscle and myself) have impulse issues...

Don't let one bad day ruin everything you have worked for. Consider it a cheat day and move on..Life will always bring you ups and downs just don't let it keep you down. You are stronger than you know..I too am an emotional eater but i have learned how much i hate that guilty feeling after a binge so i tell myself this chocolate chip cookie or cupcake will not solve my problem and most of the time i can walk away it is hard but it can be done.

Yeah, that's why I'm not on a diet. I'm doing the "lifestyle change" thing.

Which means, I know that I will have bad days here and there. And I know I'm gonna eat some crap food now and then. All of that is ok. Because, that's life. It doesn't work out the way we plan/want it to sometimes.

So, you can either be defeated, or you can suck it up and make better choices tomorrow. Hopefully, you know what choice would be more sensible.

Today, was a bad day. Last night my car broke down on me(hence looking for exercises at home) and today I found out it's gonna cost $300 just to get it running again. Also yesterday, I put my last $30 into my gas tank. Big bummer right?

I am an emotional eater. Being sad led to a pint of Twix ice cream, 2 cupcakes, and 3 donut sticks. Totally not what I have been eating for the past 2 weeks and totally ruined my goals of eating healthier.

My question to you all is: When you have messed up a whole day of your diet, do you start from scratch the next day? Or are you like me, and now that you've messed up, you kind of feel like "What's the point?".

"Every day is a new day, I'm thankful for every breath I take."
When you eat over your calories one day, or even a whole week, you're not fudging your entire diet. You're just not going to lose weight that week (or as much).

Don't be so hard on yourself. You had a really crappy day. Yes, you do need to find new soothing hobbies that you can do that isn't so self harmful, but you did it and that is something you just have to throw out the window and say "next time, I'll call someone and talk about my feelings" which works wonders by the way.

So track what you ate and eat like you normally would. Don't eat less to "make it up", life has no second chances and you just have to keep moving forward. I wish you luck and I hope that your week gets better. :flowerforyou:

I heard this recently (Jillian Michaels) : If you get a flat tire, do you change it and move on or do you slash the other three tires?

I like that!

I too had an EPIC binge day. Wasn't in the mood for anything at lunch and was craving a piece of cake and a turkey bacon panini. So what did I do - I ate it - all 1000 calorie of it. Left work with 74 calories, went to physical therapy for my hip which is jacked from running while fat and came home and what did I do? Ate 2/3 of a donato's pepperoni and sausage pizza because my appitite has been out of control today.

Sometimes you do it because you're stressed or emotional. Sometimes it's because you crave something. Sometimes it's because you just want a day to say "Screw it"....

It doesn't matter. That was today - what will you do to tomorrow?

Tomorrow I will eat my normal breakfast, my normal lunch, make a healthy dinner, walk my dog, do my PT at-home exercises and go to bed... and I wii get up and do it again the next day.

Willpower is hard to maintain but keep in mind - you didn't to where you are now quickly, it happened over time. Changing your life is a learning experience and the weight will come of - one day and one piece of education at at time.

As the song says, "Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again."

This!

”Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.”

Good thing each sunrise wipes the slate clean. Tomorrow, plan to eat the healthiest meals you can. I had a meltdown last weekend and dove off the wagon headfirst into the deepfryer and the next day had a green smoothie where I tried dandelion greens. If you can swing hard to the bad side, swing just as far back to the good