Picking yourself up after slipping

I had a horendous week last week, and when I say horendous I really mean it, I binged several times, it was terrible. But I logged everything and looking at that last week was enough to wake me up again. It was the first time I had slipped in over a year, so I forgave myself and started back to normal on Monday.
We are all human and will have slips, it is what you do after the slip that counts.

I mindlessly eat like that, too. Just don't quit. I read a quote the other day that made so much sense to me. It said, "If you're tired of starting over, stop quitting." So you'll eventually get there. If you don't quit, what you're doing will eventually become a habit. Don't give up!!!

Just think about how awful you feel after each setback - ask yourself, "why do I keep doing this?! It doesn't feel good!" I know in the moment it's hard to think of that. I get it. Setbacks are going to happen. The important thing is that you keep trying. You got this!

Are you totally depriving yourself of any treats for the most part? Just curious because I see many people who cry the blues over eating an M&M- I used to be the same way. Just my opinion, let yourself snack every now and then, in moderation...maybe reward your self a snack for X amount of exercise? Dieting, exercising, and lifestyle changes do not have to make you depressed or miserable. Small steps toward your goal but remember to enjoy life in the mean time because we only get one to live On a side note, if midnight snacking is your vice, try keeping goodies out of the house (hard when you have a toddler like I do), that way you have to go out to get a snack instead of having them at your fingertips. Best of luck

I wholeheartedly agree with this - Have you ever read the blog Runs for Cookies? So good. Anyhow, she makes sure to plan something sweet every day. Her nighttime snack is a glass of wine and one Dove chocolate. I plan my snack before I plan anything else. It's important not to deprive yourself.

I just ate 665 calories of cookies and they were delicious! I am sure this afternoon guilt will set in and I will be at the gym on my rest day BUT OH WELL! We all slip, best of luck to you! :flowerforyou:

Just make good decisions the next day and the day after and the day after. There is no magic trick that's going to help you stop spontaneously eating crap. You just have to stop doing it enough days in a row until it no longer occurs to you to use food to try to solve a problem.

I also find that if you learn how to incorporate the foods you enjoy into your diet, you'll be a lot less likely to binge on them.

I enter my food in before I put it in my mouth...and if I look at the log after I enter it and I hate the way it looks, I don't eat it...my diary keeps me accountable. Even when I'm out, I add things on the mobile app before I eat them (if it's something new I don't know the facts for).

Agreed - well-said.

I do the same thing. I try not to feel bad about it, though. I log everything. EVERYTHING. And I work to make it up throughout the week. I ain't perfect, but I also ain't going back to my previous behavior. As long as this is the exception and not the rule, I feel pretty darn good about myself over all. This diet (really this LIFE) is a work in progress. Not doing everything right all the time is no excuse to not do anything right ever.

I struggle with binge eating as well (just look at my diary for the last couple of weekends). My process is something like this..

I log everything.
I try to reflect a little on why I binged.
I don't beat myself up or feel guilty any longer about over indulging.
I resolve to not go back to fat.
I get back with the "program" the next day.

The most practical thing for me is to not have the trigger foods in the house. Unfortunately, I live with other humans who bring the crack in. Still a work in progress for me. A lot of solid advice given by others, but you really have to figure it our for yourself.

I tell myself to stop whining and feeling sorry for myself, stop feeling guilty and bad, and just get back on the wagon. And I repeat to myself "nobody can do it for me".

I just ate 665 calories of cookies and they were delicious! I am sure this afternoon guilt will set in and I will be at the gym on my rest day BUT OH WELL! We all slip, best of luck to you! :flowerforyou:

Yeah, I ate over 700 Calories worth of cookies on the way to work this morning. And the pathetic thing? They weren't even that good. :grumble:

I got back on track immediately. No mid-morning snack. I hit it hard during my lunch-time workout. And I will be eating lightly this evening. Like several people have said, hop back on the horse and move on. This is life, not a "diet". So we have to look at our behavior over time. Good luck to you!

I enter my food in before I put it in my mouth...and if I look at the log after I enter it and I hate the way it looks, I don't eat it...my diary keeps me accountable. Even when I'm out, I add things on the mobile app before I eat them (if it's something new I don't know the facts for).

Agreed - well-said.

Yup this is what I try to do! Sadly the 100g of toiler one yesterday didn't make it on before eaten tho.

I'm just throwing in my two cents here, but I used to binge like crazy. At my worst, there would times when I'd do nothing but eat for a week or two without exercising or doing much of anything. The funny thing? I never gained as much weight as I thought I did. When I was getting ready to go to my brother's wedding in another state, I ate like crap for two weeks--cup cakes, cake, monstrous bowls of cereal, pancakes. I only gained three pounds--and trust me, I put on weight easily.

I was able to stop emotional and binge eating when I started exercising more (to add more calories for me to eat later ) and adding one "cheat" snack to my day...something like a serving of oreos, or a small bowl of cereal. When they say deprivation causes overeating, they're not kidding. And once you start doing that, you'll soon find yourself wanting less and less of "junky" food I don't crave those things anymore like I used to.

I know everyone is different, but I promise you that nothing is as bad as you think it is, and if you go back to doing what you were doing without dwelling too much on it, you'll look back and laugh. It's okay to have a slip up now and then--we're only human, and everything is good in moderation (even dieting)!

Good luck!

Log everything you eat, ESPECIALLY when you slip up. I slip up or do a free day at least once a week and I will log it all even if it's the next day and seeing the calories and having MFP tell me "If everyday were like today you'd weigh XXX in 5 weeks" is enough to make me sick. If I forget to log, my slip up lasts even longer and then at the end of the week the scale isn't happy. I also weight myself every morning. Even though it fluctuates a lot I'd rather it fluctuate than see it keep going up and up and up and if it does, then you know you need to make some changes cuz it's STARING YOU RIGHT IN THE FACE.