Disaster

Just log it and move on. It's a life style change and those take time. Maybe next time you have a craving like this have one sandwich rather then two and take your time eating it. Ultimately you gain little if you deny yourself all the time, because if you do, chances are you start resenting the new life and eventually go back to your old life.

Once you eat 'good' in terms of portion size and cal content it actually becomes more difficult or unpleasant to eat what you used to eat for example: I had birthday cake today, not a big slice, but half a slice and I did budget for it, but it did make me feel uncomfortably full, probable because I have not had any creamy cakes or slices for a while.

I used to feel like that but these things happen. Just log it and move on! You already ate it and hopefully enjoyed it! Just carry on eating healthy, drinking water and exercising. This is a lifestyle change not a diet

And you will get what you want if yu stick at it.
As everyone above said, log it and move on. The worse thing you can do is think oh well I blew it and just give up. Ive found using MFP to log I can eat what I want, the weight may come off slower, but I'm not depriving myself and I feel this way it will be a lifelong commitment that I can stick to.
Keep doing what you are doing and good luck!

Sounds ace to me, I feel hungry now.

I actually did something similar yesterday. I was stressing at work and had a bag of lays crisps and then felt bad about it. However, the thing to remember is that you have done it, so log it and move on. You can make it up in next couple of days and you were only up by 13 calories. Sometimes you just need to do what you need to do - just don't make a habit of it.

Changing bad habits takes a lot of time. You should try not to feel too guilty - because it doesn't help, you are more likely to do it again because you feel bad. That can be a vicious circle. I try to understand why I ate too much of something. Did I try to do too much to fast? Am I realistic about my calorie needs? Or whatever. I have just started to care about myself again which is why I have joined. But I lost 100 pounds and when I did that I tried to be very positive to myself and realistic. You fell off your wagon, figure it why, to help for next time, and take a deep breath and keep going.

Hmmm. Sounds like you're holding on a little too tight.

Give yourself a break, really - I have a blowout every couple of weeks (eg 2,000ish over yesterday) and I'm still losing.

Look at the big picture and don't put too much strain on your willpower - it's a finite resource. :-)

Good luck! xx

There's been quite a few threads recently in the forum for maintainers where it's obvious people have developed really unhealthy relationships with food. The phrases "scared to eat more", "bad foods", "worried I'll gain if I eat more" keep coming up.

Despite getting to goal weight it's not made them happy and it appears to have ruined any enjoyment from food.

Yes be determined, but don't yet that determination get obsessive and silly.

Enjoy the sandwich and maybe just tuck away the thought that one would have been better than two.

Don't fret about it mate - you'll want some HP brown sauce next time instead of mayo and you cannot go far wrong.

When I started on MFP I had some really see-saw days - eating under target* in the week and then a sneaky few beers...then a load of fodder and some more beers... My weekly bar chart was up and down like a rabbit's *kitten*.

A few months later - I have it much more under control, it is much easier to log, to weigh and to judge my calories and if I decide to have a fairly large calorie pile up I know that it is not going to matter. My lifestyle has changed, the direction of my weight loss has been losing weight and so I don't mind.

Stick to it, give it a month..

Not a Disaster - a few sausages pouff!! This what you have to know

You have to know your calorific maintenance level - you can work this out via any number of free programmes.

Then you have to have a reliable scales.

Then you have to realise than on any given day your weight can fluctuate by as much as four pounds.

Then you must make sure that your are not eating more calories than your daily level.

This means knowing about food and understanding how you can eat healthy and still be under.

Like no sweet drinks, no chocolate bars, no junk food etc. no large portion sizes - they will do you!!

You can then still have your sausages and enjoy them - but be realistic don't just stand there allowing your own mind to target you and shoot you down whenever it feels like - fight it by getting some credit points in the bank exrta walks extra workouts less rubbish foods. Be committed Be serious about it or else going to the gym is a waste of time

IF YOU LEAVE YOUR FIGHT BEHIND IN THE GYM - SYONARA BEBE

I think if you want to make a big thing about it, then feel free too...! I think it would be more worrying, if you thought eating 2 sausage sandwiches on a regular basis was an OK.

This will help you think twice about what you're eating and next time you'll decide to eat just one sandwich instead of 2. Or even not to eat any until your weekend fry up.

These type of disasters will help you build coping mechanisms and commitment.... so, keep having "disasters" because the mnore you do, the better you will get at dealing with them.