Bad day - how do you move on tomorrow?

I once read on here that the most important meal after a binge is your next meal. Learn from it and eat your next meal the way you should. Why wait?

Anyone of us could be in the same boat. You've taken that so important first step and know you need that change. No matter where you are with what you're eating or what you have eaten. You can change with the next meal, add nutrients and fiber. Drink some water and move. Do something fun for exercise, get up and dance go for a walk in the woods. Plan your meals and do your best to stick to it. Good luck and friend me if you like.

I once read on here that the most important meal after a binge is your next meal. Learn from it and eat your next meal the way you should. Why wait?

Exactly.

Don't let a bad day turn into a bad weekend. Acknowledge it, accept it, and move ahead! It happens!

Just make sure you refocus starting NOW. I used to be queen of "well, I screwed up today (Wednesday for instance), so I guess I'll restart Monday!" What ridiculous thinking. Get back at it immediately.

You can do it!

Keep to your routine as best as you can. Everyone has bad days, it just happens. When you have a bad day, jump back into your healthy routine the next. If you had planned on going to the gym, GO to the gym. Make sure you drink your water and get back to your clean diet. It's tempting to want to let an unhealthy cycle continue...but you have to fight! Be as consistent as you can be and hang in there!! Best of luck to you!!

Just start the day fresh. Plan out your meals for the entire day instead of adding food as you go along. Make sure you are eating enough. Spend a little time in the evening planning out your meals for the next day. Tell yourself you're not hungry, you're bored, drink a glass of water and find something to do (if the weather is nice, grab a book and go sit outside to read, go for a walk, etc). Look up healtier recipies for your favorite crap foods. Example: I love buffalo wings, but they are fried, so I pan-grill diced (cut into about 1" cubes) boneless/skiness chicken breasts (no dredging, just a quick spray of olive oil Pam), toss them in buffalo sauce, and serve with homemade ranch dressing (Ranch packet, skim milk, olive oil mayo, watered down a little bit because I like it thin - 2 tbs = about 70 calories). Add a couple veggie sides and the craving is met! What happened yesterday happened. Leave it in the past and have a better day today.

everything in moderation, including moderation. The next few days especially you need to sweat, so go do some cardio. Your meals should be very healthy and light, and boom your back on track.

just forget the binge and hop back on the wagon next day.

The more you worry about it the more likely you are to fail. Yesterday is gone and won't be coming back. Focus on today, approach it with a positive, upbeat attitude, and move forward.

Don't think if it as "being on a diet", but as a positive, healthy lifestyle change.

one day is nothing in the scale of things. I went over by lots on friday as I had a bad day, result was iv not been that hungry this weekend so its sort of evened out.
My thing to stop myself is to think how much exercise id have to do to burn the junk food off, and it usually stops me x

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Get rid of all of the crap in your house that you will scarf down. Only you know you best. Try to put yourself in as a disinterested 3rd party looking at you and your behavior. What would you recommend? Good luck, but we've all been there and have done it and gotten back on track.

It helps to remind myself of my life 'before.' On occasion, I would exercise and eat really well for a day or two or even a week, but of course didn't lose any weight. I didn't lose anything because weight loss is a process and it's cumulative. One day of proper eating and exercise didn't make any difference in the long run. I remind myself of that so I'll remember than one day or even a week of overeating isn't going to make me regain all the weight I lost. Your weight and fitness will reflect whatever it is you do MOST of the time. So just let those days go and forget about them.

I forgive myself if I am on program 90% of the time! I have to move on or I will go back to the old me. This is my life! This is a life-style change. I am not going to be perfect. When I pull in a parking place wrong, I don't quit driving. When I miss making the bed one day, I don't quit cleaning house. When I forget some little thing in my daily life I pick it up the next day. As people with food issues we tend to go OCD on that point. We aren't going to be perfect. We fall down then we pick ourselves off and dust ourselves off. I made major bad dietary choices today, but I choose to move on! I am gong to the gym and working out a little harder to get the guilt beast off my back, then I am eating better the rest of the day! You can do this. Don't beat yourself up! If you are on program 51% of the time you are on more than you are off! Celebrate. Celebrate each good day! Don't beat yourself up!!