I'm about to give in...

what will you be happy about / what will you regret tomorrow?

hey dont beat yourself up...its ok to have a cheat day to eat whatever you want...just know that your body needs it so that your body doesn't think that you are starving it while eating healthy 6 days out of the week...dont give up because you are excercising and the only thing that will come from excercising is weight loss...

the best advice i can give to you during the week lower your carb intake and pic one day like a friday or a saturday to eat whatever you want..now on your cheat day you may gain a pd or two but know that during the week you are keeping your carb intake low so it will maxmimize your weight loss...make sure you are doing alot of cardio and different excercises that can trick the body...

I don't think you should give up. What could you POSSIBLY want to eat tonight that's 2000 calories? Girl, it's not worth it. A splurge every now and then is okay but you're contemplating this, it's not spur-of-the-moment or an accident, and 2000 calories is a TON, and you said that's just for dinner? You'll probably end up consuming close to 3500 calories, which we all know is a pound.

Are those 2000 calories, that fatty mexican food, really worth all your hard work? Like I said on your profile, I think you should re-evaluate your dinner and find something healthier. Maybe one of those salads in the taco shell? Add chicken so it fills you up and eat SOME chips & salsa... watch the chips, the salsa you don't really have to worry about...

Don't give up on the day already, just use that as motivation to eat very well all day, then it's ok to cheat tonight. Get lots of exercise in today, and drink a lot of water. I think if you "quit" on the day already you will be sorry. And I don't know what kind of mexican place you are going to tonight, but there has to be something you can eat, and enjoy without eating 2000 calories. Have just a handful of chips with salsa instead of a basket. Eat slow, enjoy every taste. Drink lots of water in between bites. Order the fajitas, but use only half the tortillas, and stuff them FULL. Use sour cream and guac but maybe just half of the normal. Even if you want to just let loose tonight, making better choices during the day prior to tonight will help you not to feel guilty. Please don't give up already!!

What the heck are you planning to eat that's 2,000 calories? Change your planned menu! I ate pizza until I was sick last night (stupid, stupid, stupid) and it was only 2,700 calories. Don't quit on today, but sure as hell revise the plan for tonight!

I agree - what are you planning to eat that's 2000 calories? Can you make a better choice? Can you choose to eat 1/2 of what you want?
But even if you decide that yes, you are going to eat a 2000 calorie meal... then no, don't let it ruin your day! Get in an extra workout today, drink LOTS of water (Mexican is high in sodium), eat a light lunch. A bad meal or bad moment does not have to = a bad day! We all have moments that we splurge... that's called life... but we don't have to scrap the whole day.

I think your calories may be WAY off
For instance ....

Chevy's Fresh Mex - Chips & Salsa, 3 basket 1,350 180 60 18

I doubt that you are going to sit there and by yourself eat 3 baskets of chips and salsa. I'd be surprised if you even ate a whole basket by yourself.

And 2 cups of refried beans? That seems like an awful lot of refried beans.

If you start now by throwing in the towel you will continue to do it more often. Don't beat yourself up over eating the 2000 calories that is not that bad. If you throw in the towel it is just more calories you are adding up and it will wipe away the hard calories that you have burned already by excerising. Stay on track and let yourself eat whatever you want once a week so you want give up. Good Luck!!!

I have been on weight watchers and have lost 73lbs so I know you can eat whatever for one day out of the week and still loss weight.

On cheat days eat an apple or something beforehand so you won't want to eat it all

So I know today is pretty much shot because I'm going to dinner to a mexican place for a frineds birthday tonight. So I logged that and that alone is like 2000 calories so im already wayyyyyyyyyyy over. I went to the gym 5 days this week so far including this morning. I'm getting the mentality that hey today is already shot i might as well eat what ever i want and not worry about it today...ugh I know thats bad but today really is pretty bad. I'm going to the gym tomorrow too so that will make 6 days this week(which was my goal) so i guess im asking..if i do just throw in the towel for today will that like erase my hard work for the week?..well i didnt do very well this week actually with eating but o well. And tomorrow is a new day and I'm getting right back on the horse...

Sooo yah..I want to know if its okay if i quit for the day lol

keep in mind I DID GO TO THE GYM THIS MORN!

I Looked at your diary... It looks that you are off on your calculations. I usually just get a chicken fajita ask for lots of veggies and then I just eat the skillet and the beans I don't eat the shells or anything else. I will eat 12 chips with the salsa. It's a lot less calorie and fat.

Ya know, I have to say, I disagree with just about everyone's post this time and usually I don't! Go have a blast girl, enjoy the night, celebrate your friend and don't worry about the calories for ONE MEAL. That's all it is. No wonder so many of us fall off the wagon. It's this kind of " I can't have this...EVER" belief system that keeps us from succeeding. I have so many slim friends and without fail, they eat small amounts of delicious food. They stay active and enjoy themselves and occasionally they splurge! And guess what? They STAY slim.. They know how many calories they need to keep going through the day and they stick to it. When one of them wants to lose 3 lbs ( imagine!) they up their workouts and drop their calories for a few weeks untill they are where they want to be. But if I call them and say "it's my birthday and I want to go out for Mexican" they're going to slam that menu hard. They have known for years what we are still struggling to learn. Eat well but eat right, excersize and stay in control of what goes in you. So go have fun, tomorrow's another day. Do an extra 30 minutes of cardio tomorrow and Monday, jack up the weights and you're set! we really can have everything, we just can't have it all the time!