One day of bad eating wont effect you....

Did you eat 7000 cals above your maintance between Sunday and today? Unless you didn't track properly you only consumed about 1000 calories over your daily goal... which most likely isn't even close to your maintance calories.

One day of bad eating will not ruin your fat loss progress. Don't weight so close after eating higher cals or more crap foods than normal as you gain water weight.

One day will not ruin your progress... you gain water weight and that's it. You did not gain fat unless you ate at least 7000 calories above your maintance calories which would be well above the calorie goal you have daily. Your maintance calories would be well over 2000 calories most likely... you eat 1200 a day. Just eating that little can harm your real progress over time.

Another vote here for "you're eating too little" and "retaining water."

I dont think i ate 7,000 thats alot but yesterdays eating didnt help me either... in which im working out today even though i'm sick.

so rest. if you're in the gym trying to burn off the 2lbs that you think you gained.. while you're sick.. you're just gonna feel worse.

^^^ What they all said...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/mariposa224/view/you-did-not-gain-x-number-of-pounds-overnight-431514

If you're sick, your body is going to hang on to all the nutrients it thinks it will need.

What height are you? You're 128 pounds and aiming for 120, si that right?

I don't think it necessarily effects you that way when you have a bad day of eating. When I have a treat day, I usually just feel like crap the next day and end up having a not so great workout.

Unless you ate 7000 calories over your maintenance number you didn't gain 2 lbs of fat in one day. You may have eaten too much salt and be retaining water, you may have some extra food in your gut or it may just be a freaky fluctuation which we all have but you didn't undo all your work and gain 2 lbs of fat in one day.

this, my money on water weight

I dont think i ate 7,000 thats alot but yesterdays eating didnt help me either... in which im working out today even though i'm sick.

It's water weight, either from carb replenishment or sodium, not fat.

http://www.justinowings.com/understanding-bodyweight-and-glycogen-de/

Yep. I dropped two pounds two weeks ago, got cocky and ate like a fool the weekend after, and gained it right back. Twas a very sad day. Fortunately, I'm learning how to focus less on the scale and more on my measurements. So, I'm not too heartbroken about it. The problem is I got myself hooked on sugar again. CURSE YOU, SUGAR! I need to give it up again...but when...

I promise that unless you ate 7,000 ish calories you didn't actually gain two pounds. The scale will fluctuate throughout the day- all day, every day- so don't let it make you think that's what really happened. Start eating good again and you'll discover it falls right back off.

Primse example: I was in Las Vegas for a week then in Tulsa for a black tie fundraiser (which means nice dinner). I came back home and weighed 126 (left weighing 120). When I got back home it was also that TOM. After TOM left and I was eating right again I immediately went back down to around 122, and I tend to fluctuate between 120-123. So.... trust me. You're fine.

Unless you ate 7000 calories over your maintenance number you didn't gain 2 lbs of fat in one day. You may have eaten too much salt and be retaining water, you may have some extra food in your gut or it may just be a freaky fluctuation which we all have but you didn't undo all your work and gain 2 lbs of fat in one day.

EXACTLY!

I can fluctuate 2 lbs from one day to the next just from water retention! I don't weigh myself everyday. It just makes me neurotic. lol.

The 3 posters above me already said what I was going to say.

ditto

I am sure others have already touched on this but... I have to disagree with your post.

Every Saturday or Sunday I have what is called a cheat day. I eat what ever I want that day and have no regrets. I have found that if I don't have a cheat day I stray away from a healthy lifestyle. I don't really use myfitnesspal for weightloss as much as I use it to keep my self in line. When I don't use it I have a tendence to have a cheat day everyday. Also, Having a cheat day gives you something to look forward to each week and keeps you going on the right track.

Of course when I say what ever I want I mean with in reason... I don't have 7000 Calorie day and I still stary away from soda... but I might have a cheeseburger and I usually exceed my Calorie Goal by about 1000 sometimes 1500.


Don't let one day make you feel like all hope is lost. Who cares about two little pounds... think big picture. If you gain two today but lose 10 over 3-4 monrths then your doing good. This is a slow process and if you try and speed it up you will fail everytime. You will win the battle but lose the war. If you lose weight to fast you will likely not build enough muscle to speed up your matoblism and just gain it all back. Slow down and don't look at your progress in terms of days at a time but a week at a time or maybe even a month at a time.

ALSO... LEARN TO HAPPY WITH YOUR BODY RIGHT NOW... I understand that it might not be the body you want but be happy with it none the less. I have found that being upset about how you look right this second does nothing but make you feel bad. Be Happy and keep your head up. If your happy now then you will just be happier once the weight is lost.