Uh no... I did a bad thing :(

lol - I did the same thing tonight. Only, if makes you feel any better, I went over my day's calorie limit (1640) by a whopping 1,828! :embarassed:

Tomorrow's weigh-in marks 4 weeks of eating healthier and using the MFP app. I only had to lose .25 lb more to reach an 8 pound loss in 4 weeks. But... tonight's dinner ended up being 14 maui waui (pineapple) chicken wings & 2 bacon/cheese potato skins (from wild wing) and 2 jos louis vachons. Yeah... after 4 weeks I lost it. I blame it on spending the afternoon with my teenager daughter shopping for clothes. :laugh:

Ah well, I still lost a good bit of weight in 4 weeks and tomorrow's a new week. I'll just climb back in the saddle and be really good for another 4 weeks! :happy:

lol - I did the same thing tonight. Only, if makes you feel any better, I went over my day's calorie limit (1640) by a whopping 1,828! :embarassed:

Tomorrow's weigh-in marks 4 weeks of eating healthier and using the MFP app. I only had to lose .25 lb more to reach an 8 pound loss in 4 weeks. But... tonight's dinner ended up being 14 maui waui (pineapple) chicken wings & 2 bacon/cheese potato skins (from wild wing) and 2 jos louis vachons. Yeah... after 4 weeks I lost it. I blame it on spending the afternoon with my teenager daughter shopping for clothes. :laugh:

Ah well, I still lost a good bit of weight in 4 weeks and tomorrow's a new week. I'll just climb back in the saddle and be really good for another 4 weeks! :happy:

I went over by about the same yesterday. In fact, I regularly go over by 1000 or so, but it seems to all balance out in the end and I still manage to keep my weight within a reasonable range. 500 calories is nothing. Most people have days in life where they overeat, though they probably only know from the feeling in their stomach and don't count calories, thus for them, it is a simple matter of thinking 'oops, I think I ate too much, better eat a little less tomorrow to give my belly a rest'.

Yeah, you've done it.

My "indulgence" turned into a binge because I ate while I was emotional, causing me to go about 500 calories over my daily goal. Whenever I get like this I just feel like I might as well give up, and that's where it always stops for me. I don't want a bad night to turn into completely falling off the wagon. What do you do to avoid a "snowball effect" when you've gone over your calories?

If you were driving let's say, from New York to California but got lost in Indiana...would you go all the way back to New York? No, you would stop,perhaps ask directions and then get back on the highway and continue your journey.

Same thing. you took a detour. Get back on the highway. Ok, perhaps you won't get there exactly on time but you will get there. YOU JUST have to get back on the highway and keep going.

Think of the weight loss journey that way.

What's more important is you string a whole bunch of good days together. Bad Days will happen. It's life. Don't let them push you off the highway.

Detours will happen on this journey. Heck, maybe you will take a detour again when you hit Colorado...but the thing is...find the onramp. Keep Going. Do not stop.

You can get back. Maybe a little late to your destination but keep heading forward. You will get there. California(insert goal here) is waiting for you!

Happened to me just today too. I know it feels bad, but you cannot let it hinder you. The more you let it hinder you, the more it will continue to hinder you until eventually, it's going to take over your life and you won't ever lose the weight!

Forget about it.

Brush it off and don't do it again! Allow yourself one cheat day (that's not letting you go overboard, 200cal over your original budget is acceptable on a cheat day) is one way to reward yourself consistently for your self-control.

Don't let this bother you!

Keep your head up and your self-control higher. This takes time.

I can't tell you how many times i've let it get to me. BUt you can't let it conquer you.