Bad day, 1st social gathering since starting MPF

just remember that you're human and need to live a little! you've come very far and shouldn't beat yourself up over letting loose once in a while. 2 chocolate coated strawberries? I eat chocolate almost every day and keep it in my macros, you should start trying to do this too so you can realise you don't have to cut out your favourite foods! I can't function without dark chocolate

Hmm, the beers weren't the best idea but it's done and dusted, just think about next time and how you will approach the situation. Maybe just make sure you have a really good few days to make up for it?

:flowerforyou: just live a little and don't let it get you down!

One bad day won't undo the week of good you did previously. Likely, all it will do is cause a sodium bloat for a few days and you'll be back to losing. Might even spike your metabolism a bit.

You ask for help then get salty at the advice? :noway:

Do it your way. Keep drinking your 4 beers at a time. Which by the way, for the record, light beers are at least 100 calories each.

If you always do what you've always done, you'll always keep getting the same results,

I agree with the previous posts. You still need to live, and be able to eat at events such as this. Since Dec. 28th, I have had New Year's Eve, my wedding anniversary (with 2 celebration dinners), Easter, my husband's birthday (with 2 dinner celebrations and cake and ice cream both days), a trip back home with a few dinner outs, and it seems like a few other events that I am not recalling. I have allowed myself to eat, some with more control than others. I have still lost 12 inches in my mid-section (4" in hips, 4" in waist, and 4" in abs), and have gone down 2 to 3 pant sizes (and 23 lbs - but I really focus on the inches lost). I know that if I had not allowed myself to enjoy the food that others were eating, I would have lost more weight and more inches. However, this is not a lose it fast diet for me, it is a way of life. I am finding that the more I lose, the more aware I am of what I am eating, and am making wiser choices. And, I am finding that when I do choose to eat things like cake and ice cream, I am not beating myself up. I know that it is just one day, and that tomorrow I will eat healthy every day until the next event (at which time I will need to decide if I want to make the healthiest choices, or allow myself to indulge); and I might add an extra work out for a few days. If I know that I am going to want to eat more calories than normal for dinner, I tend to eat less calories for breakfast and lunch (but I do focus on making sure I eat protein at each meal - which works for me). You will do well. Give yourself a break; and have patience with yourself as you learn the ins and outs of eating healthy, and balancing the life events you will celebrate.

Greetings! I began MFP almost a week ago after a doctors visit where I learned I had gained 30lbs. since last summer when I got married. Wake up call!

Today we had our typical Sunday dinner with family & friends. While planning the menu and preparing the food I kept my goal in mind but also felt as though I deserved a "free" day. Long story short I ate, drank and was merry! I not only ate "more" food than intended including 2 chocolate covered strawberries that someone brought but I also drank 4 beers. I went WAY over most of the food tracking catagories and now I'm in a shame spiral. I feel like *kitten* about myself and lack of self control. I can't help but feeling I will never meet my fitness goal unless I become a "shut-in". How do you deal with these situation? I'm concerned I will lose control each time I'm in the social setting and with summer around the corner bbqs, cookouts & parties are abundant. HELP!

I started MFP about 10 days ago and am looking at social events like a minefield. I would've eaten ALL the chocolate covered strawberries.

I recently went to breakfast with friends, ate before I went, explained I was on a diet, and just had a cappuccino while everybody else ate omelets and French toast with syrup. They're good friends and understood. One asked about the MFP website.

My two cents:
(1) Tell people ahead of time that the doctor said you need to lose weight. Explain it.
(2) Eat before the event so you won't be as tempted to eat all that bad stuff. Fill up on broccoli or something low calorie that makes you full. Then nibble or hold a plate to be polite. Or just be honest and don't eat any of it because the doctor said you have to lose weight. Drink coffee and socialize.