cheat meal gone bad

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  • newlook4me
    newlook4me Posts: 4 Member
    If you don't eat your exercise calories back......it may be an advantage. I restrict my calories for 5 days (usually Monday thru Friday) and then eat to maintenance calories on the weekend. This allows more variety and flexibility when I need it the most. What helps me is remembering that "CALORIES ARE KING!" You can eat anything you want, but stay at your calorie goal and manage them the best you can. If you choose to eat all of your 1200 calories in one meal, then try to compensate and not eat anything else for the day. Drink a lot of water! This really does curb your appetite. If you get hungry, drink a glass of water and wait a couple minutes. The hunger will usually pass. Keep yourself busy to divert your thoughts about food. I've found that my toughest time with food is when I get home from work. So, I skip breakfast (I know this is controversial, but it works for me) and eat a small lunch around 2:00. Then I eat the rest of my calories for dinner. I allow myself a 6 hour window to consume my calories for the day. So, I usually don't eat anything after 8:00 PM. I have been following this method for almost a month now and have lost 13 pounds.
    I need to lose 20 more pounds to be at goal. I'm excited because I've been stuck for the past couple of years and I've finally found a method that works for me. Oh, exercise....I walk my dog a few times a week. That's the most cardio I do right now because I live in Chicago and it's really cold outside. I do resistance training for 30 minutes 3 times a week.

    I'm not very active on these blogs, but your's just hit home for me. I've struggled for many years with overeating and feeling guilty and sick afterwards. I realized you need to be kind to yourself. Treat yourself like you would your best friend. You'll get results! Stick to your plan "whatever works for you" and you'll be successful. Good luck to you!!
  • W8G0
    W8G0 Posts: 30 Member
    I had the martini after everything else while watching the OSU game. But yes, I waited to have it until afterwards because I do get the munchies if I drink. :smile:

    As a Buckeye fan, I think drinking during (or especially after) that game was mandatory. :)

    As others have said, it's a lifestyle change, not a diet. In the grand scheme of things, 1 day has a teensy effect.

    -K
  • foxruddellc1
    foxruddellc1 Posts: 65 Member
    Also when you eat the SAME amount of calories over and over and over again then BAM!, jump up in calories and immediately go back down to your normal calories it can knock your weight loss into action and you'll seem to drop a couple pounds. This has happened to me at least 4 times in the last 5 months. I was RELIGIOUS the whole month of October and lost nothing, then one day of going over my calories by about 500 knocked me into gear and suddenly I dropped 4 lbs in the next 2 weeks.

    As you already know, the key it just to keep moving on! :flowerforyou:

    I was curious if this really works... I usually eat back most of my exercise calories, taking up my calories by 400 on the days I work out. So... does this still apply to me? *fingers crossed lol*

    Well obviously I can't TELL you that it will work that way for you, but I'm just saying SOMETIMES it does. I don't use the MFP model on calories and eating back exercise so my stuff is a little different.

    I was just asking a question... no need for bold letters... thanks, i guess...
  • foxruddellc1
    foxruddellc1 Posts: 65 Member
    I had the martini after everything else while watching the OSU game. But yes, I waited to have it until afterwards because I do get the munchies if I drink. :smile:

    As a Buckeye fan, I think drinking during (or especially after) that game was mandatory. :)

    As others have said, it's a lifestyle change, not a diet. In the grand scheme of things, 1 day has a teensy effect.

    -K

    I KNOW!!! I wanted to cry!!!
    :) Thank you :)
  • foxruddellc1
    foxruddellc1 Posts: 65 Member
    Personally, I think it sounds like it all started with the martini. If you can find what started you binge, you can turn this into a learning experience and take cautious steps to prevent it. Don't worry so much, your human, so overheating every now and then is normal. Good luck!

    I had the martini after everything else while watching the OSU game. But yes, I waited to have it until afterwards because I do get the munchies if I drink. :smile:

    You have to have a drink when watching football!:wink: Actually I overate by 2000 calories on a camping trip, and I gained a half pound which was gone the next week. You are going to have those meal challenges. Just educate yourself before hand on how many calories each thing has. If you had stayed with the beer, you would have been okay.

    Good luck and above all, be kind to yourself.
  • Veggiegirlsf
    Veggiegirlsf Posts: 5
    Oh Foxy, what are we going to do with you?!?! :wink:
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    I got stuck on the banana split martini... *runs off to Google recipe*
  • Guinivere
    Guinivere Posts: 357 Member
    OP, Don't be mad honey.

    Food is not the enemy, it's not something you should use as a reward or reason for cardio punishment.

    You could use a better reward - a new music album, a trip to the cinema, a fun day out.

    Given your history with an ED I would say "reframe this scenario"

    Change the word cheat to treat if you feel you must eat food you wouldn't normally eat and only do it when you feel you have earned it (at a milestone).

    Have complete control over your treat meal. It should be at home prepared by you so know exactly what is in it, include any drink and dessert you like. You sit and eat and enjoy but it's all under control. You get to indulge but you stop yourself from falling into this self loathing and punishment afterwards. If you get up from your seat for anything, for the phone or anything, even the doorbell, that's it, you're done.

    This way you can plan it into your weeks allocation too so you have no extra work in the gym and no negative feelings about it.

    Hope that helps :-)
  • padams2359
    padams2359 Posts: 1,093 Member
    I think this is part of the program long term. Wouldn't most of us have had that meal in the past, and not given it a second thought. It isn't that you can never do it, by all means enjoy. The fact that is troubles you will subside over time. You will be able to have the meal, enjoy it, and them make adjustments so that it does not keep happening daily, and the pounds pile on. Awareness is a big step forward.
  • Widadita
    Widadita Posts: 176 Member
    Don't feel bad, one bad meal won't make you gain weight just like one good meal won't make you lose weight.

    You're allowed to have a cheat meal once or twice a month, that will keep your metabolism high, don't forget that. Good luck!

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