When you fall off the wagon?

If we're honest with ourselves, we have all fallen off the wagon. For me, I have learned to walk in truth, first with myself and then with my community. I have learned, deliverance comes through confession, and the beautiful thing is you will find that you are not the only one. When you choose to walk in truth, you will no longer listen to the negative messages in your head. Be encouraged, we fall down, but we do get back up.

You know what you need to do. Do the calories only count if you write them down?

It's not like there's someone from MFP central standing behind you with a rolled-up newspaper, ready to smack you if you go over your calories (although maybe that would be motivating to some people, I don't know). Logging is a tool to measure energy coming in and going out of your body - if you don't do it, the energy doesn't change, only your awareness of it does.

Definitely log it, it's a slippery slope otherwise. I think it's easy to hide the extra food but here is a good place to face up to it, in safety and in the knowledge that you have friends who won't judge, and will encourage and offer guidance. Log it, even if it hurts to do so. Just think, at midnight it changes to a clean sheet! XX

I try to log everything the good, the bad & the ugly....the trend I'm seeing is that every month when I start to PMS I fall off the wagon and reach for crap (sweets, heavy/fatty comfort meals etc) but with out logging I wouldn't be a aware/prepared for this behaviour

I log everything, everyday. I fell off HARD the last TWO days. i had a 'holiday' dinner with family the day before last, and then yesterday we ordered chinese! I woke up this morning 4 sodium lbs heavier. But thats what happens, and i knew that.

I definately, definately log everything. Yesterday i put dinner in with quick cals, as an even 1500! Except the weight gain. Because i know it will go away in about a week if i continue my regular programming and hysrate properly. plus, seeing my number 4 digits lighter helps me stay on track.

Dont fret too much. You fell off. We all do. Some more than others. Thats not important. The important thing, is getting back on again. I REALLY enjoyed the food i got to eat. But now, its over, and its crunch time. no pun intended. lol.

Ill be turning on the Xbox, and shooting for 1000 cals on the DDR today. And drinking lots of water.

Cebreisch certainly seems to know what shes talking about, also. You dont lose 100 lbs by not knowing what you are doing. I have lost almost 30. and 99%of the time, im on the wagon, feeling great.

Something else, it took me 20 years, to figure all this out. And the first 6 months of THIS time, was experimentation also... You may not get it right away. You just havent found the right balance for yourself yet. Stick with it! And log it all, pass or fail.

Best of luck. Add me if you want . :-)

You need to hold yourself accountable - LOG EVERYTHING. If you only log the good days you are only cheating yourself of what this site can really help you accomplish!!

We are human - we have good days and we have bad days. So what you ate a dozen oreos..... make a promise to yourself that you will eat a better dinner and workout later and/or work out 2x as hard tomorrow with a better diary. Today is only one day, but its up to you not to make todays bad choice a habit. This whole process is a learning experience and a life long experience.

YOU have to want it and YOU have to understand you are worth the hard work and dedication!!!

Constant logging is the only thing that will help. You are only hurting yourself by not keeping a close eye on everything. It will only allow you to keep eating like you are because you just ignore the bad results. I log EVERYTHING, and I feel so much better since starting this journey. Logging everything will give you a better picture of what you are doing right and what needs to change.

you are only human.. we all fall down at times..

I too 'fall off the wagon'... I make sure to log everything.. and that way, when I look back, I can look for trends and triggers and then try to manage my life around those things.. you know, lesson learned kind of deal.. I've learned quite a bit thus far!

if it is bothersome to you, feel free to make your food journal private.. that way, it is between you and your own ghosts...

good luck to you..

If you're losing weight, logging "bad" days keeps you accountable and responsible. If you want to put blinders on when you fall off the wagon (we're talking more than just a day here and there), you're setting yourself up for failure. The most important aspect of calorie counting is the AWARENESS of your diet. If you're turning a blind eye to bad habits, you're not going to change them.

I have not logged many times due to guilt. But it made me feel worse. I try to log as accurate as possible daily. Reading this thread and the comments has helped me. We all struggle with this journey. Start logging everything.

If I can accurately log, I usually do. But I often skip the weekends because we tend to eat a lot of meals somewhere other than home that were prepared by someone other than me or my husband so I really have no idea of the ingredients. I don't see the point of guessing and don't need a log to "keep me honest". I ate it whether I log it or not.

But I don't really consider these days, when I often eat far too many calories and/or exercise less than usual, as "falling off the wagon". They are just a natural part of my life. These days of wanton eating (and drinking) and fun are the reason it’s easy to be good the rest of the time. I would not be as happy or as healthy if I thought I had to eat perfect all the time and exercise hard every day.

I come from a big family where every occasion/holiday/event involves food and drink, and lots of it. I don't ever want to miss out on those occasions.

I wasn't posting when I'd do bad then completely fell off the wagon. I am also doing weight watchers along with this ( I like the support I get here) so if I don't log here I'm still logging on weight watchers. I usually go over my calories on here but I also think that 1200 was hindering my weightloss before.

I decided that when I do eat bad and go way over my calories or miss a gym day I'm going to write in the notes section of the log how I feel about it. Another thing that could help is get a day planner and put stickers on the days you do good (one color for eating and one color for exercise) It's helped me a lot this last month to stay on track.

I also think I'm going to go back and log everything from the days I haven't logged (Like I said I log EVERYTHING on the WW tracker). Maybe I can figure out my calorie goal on here and boot WW in the next couple months.

Feel free to add me.

I go back and forth. If I know I'm only a little over, then I might not log those items. But if I go way over, I log those things too. Sometimes I'm surprised by how much "way over' actually is. Yesterday I had a bad food day, logged it all, and found out I only ate about 2200 calories. It kind of made me feel better knowing that I think 2200 is a lot, now that I've learned how much I should actually eat.