Days like these I want to give up
TdaniT
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I am so disgusted with myself right now. I didn't make the right choice for breakfast this morning and so I have used 990 calories up already. 
It is days like these that I want to give up. What is the point? I can't seem to get a grip on getting my diet straight. I am always hungry! And yes I know that I am whining. I just want the will power and know-how to do this right!
It is days like these that I want to give up. What is the point? I can't seem to get a grip on getting my diet straight. I am always hungry! And yes I know that I am whining. I just want the will power and know-how to do this right! 0
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So eat a lot of veggies and lean proteins the rest of the day, drink water, and go workout and you will be fine! NO reason to quit over a bad breakfast!!!
Also- if this happens a lot pre-plan your meals the night before or the week before. It doesn't have to be hard! You can do this. Start changing one habit at a time and allow yourself some grace.0 -
What did you eat for breakfast?
Don't give up. Just plan your meals ahead of time (and only buy what you need for them) so that you aren't faced with as many difficult decisions. On the weeks when I brown bag breakfast, lunch and snack to work, I do better and I save money! That's win all around.0 -
I am so disgusted with myself right now. I didn't make the right choice for breakfast this morning and so I have used 990 calories up already. It is days like these that I want to give up. What is the point? I can't seem to get a grip on getting my diet straight. I am always hungry! And yes I know that I am whining. I just want the will power and know-how to do this right!
Take each day as it comes. It's not something that's always going to happen overnight. Since you know you struggled with breakfast today, why not plan out tomorrow's breakfast so you don't run into that trap again?0 -
We all have days where we run through our calories at an ungodly rate. I've had plenty of mornings where I do that. The key is to spend the rest of the day making healthier food choices. Starving yourself is not an acceptable response, and going "**** it, may as well go nuts!" won't do you any good, either.
See about adding a few more servings of fruits and veggies, another few glasses of water, or another round of exercise into your day today. You will feel better and will have gained practice in damage control.0 -
I ate 4000 (FOUR THOUSAND!!!!) calories yesterday, 2500 of which were late night overeating. I understand the feeling but I'm going to pick myself up and keep going. If I can come back from 4000, you can come back from 990!0
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I am so disgusted with myself right now. I didn't make the right choice for breakfast this morning and so I have used 990 calories up already. It is days like these that I want to give up. What is the point? I can't seem to get a grip on getting my diet straight. I am always hungry! And yes I know that I am whining. I just want the will power and know-how to do this right!
So exercise them off!
You have the will power and the know how, because 1) you are here, and 2) you know what you did wrong!
Whenever you are hungry, drink a glass of water, it'll fill any hole for a bit..0 -
I ate 4000 (FOUR THOUSAND!!!!) calories yesterday, 2500 of which were late night overeating. I understand the feeling but I'm going to pick myself up and keep going. If I can come back from 4000, you can come back from 990!
I like someone who adds a bit of perspective - nice one!:flowerforyou:0 -
The time to get it right is the MOMENT you take that last bite of a poor choice!!
So you went over on calories for breakfast? Walk an extra mile - do 25 jumping jacks - jump rope for a half hour. . . BURN THEM!!
The will power comes from within my friend. YOU are the one in control!! YOU are the one that has to tell yourself no. We are all here for support and can give suggestions til the cows come home - but in the end YOU are the ONLY one capable of changing your eating habits!!
With that said - You are NOT alone. I struggle each and every moment of each and every day. I have such a bad habit of eating sweets after a meal it's not even funny. Cookies, candy bars, Little Debbie cakes - UGH!! Last night I struggled and struggled - finally I caved and went for the Little Debbie cakes. There are two in a package - instead of eating both - I gave one to my hubby. . . PORTION CONTROL is a MAJOR help in this battle we fight!
What is the point? Why even bother? Because obviously you are not happy with where you are and you want it to change - and guess what? You are SO worth it!! You are SO capable of reaching your goal!! You will look back a year from now and think "wow why did I think it was so hard?"
Forming a habit takes like 3 weeks - BREAKING a habit takes a LOT longer!!
Hang in there - you will be so proud of yourself for it!!0 -
It's ok to make mistakes.
Why are you upset with yourself? Because you want to change, right? So wouldn't giving up ultimately just make you more upset with yourself?
So here was this thing. You did it, and you realize now that it didn't help you meet your goals. Accept that, remember that next time you have the same kind of choice, and learn from it. Move on and enjoy the rest of your day with a more health-oriented outlook.
You've already lost almost ten pounds, so you do know what to do and you do have the willpower. Some days are just a little harder than others.
Take care. 0 -
As another mentioned, fill the rest of the day with fruits, vegetables, and anything else that fits within your calories. Include protein somewhere along the way. Change the mindset and think of it as a challenge to see how creative you can be today. You'll make it through. If you're hungry all the time I can see how this happened. Hope you find how to balance things out and get more for your calories! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:0
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So eat a lot of veggies and lean proteins the rest of the day, drink water, and go workout and you will be fine! NO reason to quit over a bad breakfast!!!
That's exactly how I feel! Just get back at it and you'll be fine!0 -
Go exercise for an hour. Then breakfast will only be 500 calories.
The food you ate should give you extra energy to burn. Think of it as something you can turn into a positive.
One high cal meal will not kill you ! Just get back on your horse n keep going0 -
Been there....oh how I've been there. I get angry and then binge for days and it's no good. Go workout. Go outside and take a walk. Do a workout video - do something. This is a journey, it's a learning process, you need to be kind to yourself.0
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You should not always be hungry. Your diary is closed but I think you should make sure your calorie goal is appropriate and then make sure you're making good choices for satiety. Most people find that proteins and fats are good for that.
Everyone has bad days. I think that the people who are successful long term are the ones who figure out how to keep going and not let one slip up or one bad day get them down. Eat reasonably for the rest of the day. Get some exercise. Make better choices tomorrow.0 -
The first time I went over by more than 100 cals (it was something close to 900) I was distraught. My weigh in day was in two days. I panicked about it, excercised, and come weigh in day found out that had lost nearly a pound. One day doesn't change anything, just make healthy decisions for the rest of it and remember it's for the long run.
What is your daily calorie intake usually? If you're hungry all the time you might not be eating filling enough food or you might be eating too little!0 -
WHY did you choose that breakfast? Was it a typical days breakfast for you? Or were you upset about something? Or was there just tempting food about?
Planning is the key. What are you going to have for breakfast tomorrow, for instance.0 -
So eat a lot of veggies and lean proteins the rest of the day, drink water, and go workout and you will be fine! NO reason to quit over a bad breakfast!!!
Also- if this happens a lot pre-plan your meals the night before or the week before. It doesn't have to be hard! You can do this. Start changing one habit at a time and allow yourself some grace.
this!
if you open your diary people might be able to give you some tips on what to change/add to your diet?0 -
There's a 30 day shred group starting today. The workout takes 20 minutes and the video is on YouTube.
You can do anything for twenty minutes !!
The people on the group will help motivate you, as they did me this morning.
I did 35 mins on elliptical and 20 mins of jillian michaels. Peer pressure is a wonderful thing 0 -
1. log the food
2. Analyze it tonight when you close your diary
3. Start again tomorrow with the knowledge you learned yesterday
About anyone on here has cracked a couple of times. No biggie just continue on.0 -
I am so disgusted with myself right now. I didn't make the right choice for breakfast this morning and so I have used 990 calories up already. It is days like these that I want to give up. What is the point? I can't seem to get a grip on getting my diet straight. I am always hungry! And yes I know that I am whining. I just want the will power and know-how to do this right!
So exercise them off!
You have the will power and the know how, because 1) you are here, and 2) you know what you did wrong!
Whenever you are hungry, drink a glass of water, it'll fill any hole for a bit..
This! Just workout a little extra today. When you are first starting out, it can be hard to do both diet and exercise. Since you are struggling with your diet so much, focus more on working out and then your body will MAKE you change your diet. I crave vegetables more and even fruit. I hate fruit! Before you give up, just take it slow. It will all fall into place.0 -
I'm having a bad day too. Where is this?There's a 30 day shred group starting today. The workout takes 20 minutes and the video is on YouTube.
You can do anything for twenty minutes !!
The people on the group will help motivate you, as they did me this morning.
I did 35 mins on elliptical and 20 mins of jillian michaels. Peer pressure is a wonderful thing
A lot of good advice here. For what it's worth my twopenneth is, don't worry about what happened this morning. It's what you do with the rest of the day and tomorrow that counts! I keep going over my cals on a daily basis but even so I lost 1.2lbs this week! Log what you ate and eat sensibly from This Moment on. It's hard once you've slipped but you can do it. 0 -
This is a life styel change, something you will do everyday of your life....Is everyday of your life always perfect???? Your food choices won't be either, don't beat yourself up, learn from it, move on and get right back to it......
Always remember, your not where you want to be but your not where you were either......always strive to move forward and stop going around the same mountain! Chin up, you can do it....0 -
I found it on groups. I'm sorry I don't know how to forward a link0
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I ate 4000 (FOUR THOUSAND!!!!) calories yesterday, 2500 of which were late night overeating. I understand the feeling but I'm going to pick myself up and keep going. If I can come back from 4000, you can come back from 990!
That is true. I ate a better lunch or so I thought but still ended up over. Guess today is going to be a bust day. No I am not saying **** it! I am still trying but it just seems to be a really off day for me.0 -
The time to get it right is the MOMENT you take that last bite of a poor choice!!
So you went over on calories for breakfast? Walk an extra mile - do 25 jumping jacks - jump rope for a half hour. . . BURN THEM!!
The will power comes from within my friend. YOU are the one in control!! YOU are the one that has to tell yourself no. We are all here for support and can give suggestions til the cows come home - but in the end YOU are the ONLY one capable of changing your eating habits!!
With that said - You are NOT alone. I struggle each and every moment of each and every day. I have such a bad habit of eating sweets after a meal it's not even funny. Cookies, candy bars, Little Debbie cakes - UGH!! Last night I struggled and struggled - finally I caved and went for the Little Debbie cakes. There are two in a package - instead of eating both - I gave one to my hubby. . . PORTION CONTROL is a MAJOR help in this battle we fight!
What is the point? Why even bother? Because obviously you are not happy with where you are and you want it to change - and guess what? You are SO worth it!! You are SO capable of reaching your goal!! You will look back a year from now and think "wow why did I think it was so hard?"
Forming a habit takes like 3 weeks - BREAKING a habit takes a LOT longer!!
Hang in there - you will be so proud of yourself for it!!
Thank you, what you have said is true. And I do know that I am just having a pity party right now. I am in the habit of exercising (still working on doing more). The habit of fixing my diet has been the toughest struggle ever!0 -
What did you eat for breakfast?
Don't give up. Just plan your meals ahead of time (and only buy what you need for them) so that you aren't faced with as many difficult decisions. On the weeks when I brown bag breakfast, lunch and snack to work, I do better and I save money! That's win all around.
:blushing: I ate a pepperoni and cheese bagel melt from Wawa and got a 20oz Coke. I know it wasn't good, it was things like this that I used to eat. I was just craving something "normal". Okay, I know that isn't what normal for me should be.
Today at lunch I thought I was choosing something healthier. I was at Applebee's with some ladies from work and I did the pick and pair lunch. I got the Fiesta Chicken Chopped salad and the Chicken Fajita Rollup. And a glass of water with lemon. Turns out that is 1,020 calories worth of food!!!0 -
IT'S A TRICK.
Feeling bad about what you ate, feeling bad because you didn't work out -- that's just a trick to get you to give up, to get you to throw your hands up in the air, say 'what's the use' and then eat a bag of chips, or a box of cookies or a gallon of icecream.
Don't do it. Don't fall for that.
Whatever you did or failed to do -- that happened, it's done, now move on. Don't make it a 'bad day' - make it a 'bad morning' .Don't let it take over your whole day or your week. Eat a smaller lunch, take a walk in the afternoon or do extra reps in your workout, and have your regular dinner. Just keep moving forward in body and thought, and don't worry about 1 morning.0 -
What did you eat for breakfast?
Don't give up. Just plan your meals ahead of time (and only buy what you need for them) so that you aren't faced with as many difficult decisions. On the weeks when I brown bag breakfast, lunch and snack to work, I do better and I save money! That's win all around.
:blushing: I ate a pepperoni and cheese bagel melt from Wawa and got a 20oz Coke. I know it wasn't good, it was things like this that I used to eat. I was just craving something "normal". Okay, I know that isn't what normal for me should be.
Today at lunch I thought I was choosing something healthier. I was at Applebee's with some ladies from work and I did the pick and pair lunch. I got the Fiesta Chicken Chopped salad and the Chicken Fajita Rollup. And a glass of water with lemon. Turns out that is 1,020 calories worth of food!!!
Planning is great for situations like this where you are going to a chain restaurants. Often, their salads are loading with fat and calories, especially the dressing. In the future, you could survey the menu online, or ask for nutriton information in the restaurant if available. Avoid anything breaded or with a sauce, if you must have it, ask for it on the side and add a small amount. Grilled chicken (ask for it to not be grilled in oil or butter) and broccoli, or steamed veggies are available at almost every restaurant when in doubt.0 -
Like everyone's saying, don't give up. Start afresh tomorrow. If you know breakfast caused the problem, try to plan ahead and that might avoid the problem.
I have a tendency to snack a lot late at night (the fact that I'm a nit owl doesn't help) but you can't let one bad meal stop you from achieving your goals.0
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